Polish National Government (November Uprising)

Polish National Government of 1831 was a Polish supreme authority during the November Uprising against the Russian occupation of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. It was formed by the decree of the Sejm (parliament) of the Congress Poland on 29 January 1831 to assume the competences of the Polish head of state in the follow-up of an earlier decree of 25 January: deposing the usurping Tsar Nicholas I of Russia from the throne of Poland.[1]

Kingdom of Poland
Królestwo Polskie (Polish)
1831
Motto: Polish: Za wolność naszą i waszą
(For our freedom and yours)
Congress Poland, 1815
CapitalWarsaw
Common languages
Religion
Roman Catholic
GovernmentRepublic
Dictator of the Uprising 
President 
• 30 Jan – 17 Aug 1831
Adam Jerzy Czartoryski
• 17 Aug – 7 Sep 1831
Jan Krukowiecki
• 7–25 September 1831
Bonawentura Niemojowski
• 25 Sep – 9 Oct 1831
Maciej Rybiński[a]
LegislatureSejm
History 
• November Uprising
29 November 1831
• Suppressed
5 October 1831
ISO 3166 codePL
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Congress Poland
Congress Poland
a: Maciej Rybiński was not a president per se, but a legal successor.

The government concentrated on issues related to the fight with the Russian Empire. In August the government of Prince Adam Jerzy Czartoryski resigned, facing loss of support and radicalization among the Varsovians. Czartoryski was replaced by Jan Krukowiecki. After the capitulation of Warsaw the government was taken over by lawyer Bonawentura Niemojowski. After the government went into exile, it passed its powers to General Maciej Rybiński.

Presidents
Others
Legal dethronisation of Russian Tsar Nicholas I on Polish soil by the National Government, 1831

References

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  1. ^ Grażyna Bielińska, Władze Centralne Powstania Listopadowego 1830-1831. Archivum Patriae, 2011. (in Polish)