Polish People's Party (Czechoslovakia) Explained

Polish People's Party
Native Name:Polskie Stronnictwo Ludowe
Abbreviation:PSL
Foundation:1922
Dissolution:1937
Merged:Polska Partia Ludowa
Ideology:Christian democracy
Agrarian socialism
Agrarianism
Religion:Protestantism
Position:Centre-left
Country:Czechoslovakia

Polish People's Party (Polish: Polskie Stronnictwo Ludowe, PSL) was a political party in Czechoslovakia founded in autumn 1922, based amongst Polish middle-class Protestants.[1] The chairman of the party was doctor Jan Buzek. Other prominent party activists were pastor Józef Berger and journalist Jarosław Waleczko. In the 1929 parliamentary election, Buzek was elected member of parliament. He joined the Czechoslovak Social Democratic parliamentary group. The party published the weekly newspaper Ewangelik from Český Těšín (Czeski Cieszyn)[2] and Prawo ludu as a party newspaper.

References

. Dan Gawrecki. Pavel Marek. Přehled politického stranictví na území českých zemí a Československa v letech 1861-1998. Polské politické strany v Habsburské monarchii a v Československé republice. 2000. Katedra politologie a evropských studií FFUP. Olomouc. 80-86200-25-6. 238–244. etal.

Notes and References

  1. Gawrecki 2000, 241.
  2. Collegium Carolinum (Munich, Germany), and Karl Bosl. Die erste Tschechoslowakische Republik als multinationaler Parteienstaat: Vorträge d. Tagungen d. Collegium Carolinum in Bad Wiessee vom 24.-27. November 1977 u. vom 20.-23. April 1978. München: Oldenbourg, 1979. p. 229