Franciszek Dobrowolski

Franciszek Dobrowolski
Dictator of the Polish National Government
In office
May 23, 1863 – June 9, 1863
Preceded byAgaton Giller
Succeeded byPiotr Kobylański
In office
September 17, 1863 – October 17, 1863
Preceded byKarol Majewski
Succeeded byRomuald Traugutt
Personal details
BornJuly 20, 1830
Suchympn n. Płock
Congress Poland, Russian Empire
DiedJuly 11, 1896
Poznań,
Grand Duchy of Posen, Germany

Franciszek Dobrowolski (Polish pronunciation: [fraɲˈt͡ɕiʂɛɡ dɔbrɔˈvɔlskʲi]; 1830–1896) was a Polish theatre director, editor of Dziennik Poznański (Poznań Daily) and a social and political activist who participated in the Polish National Government during the January Uprising.

Briefly interned in 1864, Dobrowolski left Poland for Germany eventually settling in Poznań where he worked as an editor for Dziennik Poznański and as director of the Polish Theatre in Poznań.