Ignacy Daszyński Politician

Ignacy Ewaryst Daszyński [iɡˈnat͡sɨ daˈʂɨɲskʲi] (13px ) (26 October 1866, Zbaraż – 31 October 1936) was a Polish socialist politician, journalist and Prime Minister of the first Polish government (Second Polish Republic), created in Lublin in 1918.He co-founded the Polish Social Democratic Party (Polish abbreviation: PPSD), a precursor to the Polish Socialist Party (PPS). He was also a founder in 1929 of the Centrolew (“Center-Left”). Although he supported Józef Piłsudski during the May 1926 Coup, he later joined the opposition to Piłsudski. From 1928 to 1930, he was Marshal of the Sejm.As a journalist and underground activist, he used the pseudonyms Daszek, Żegota and Ignis.