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| Date | 16 December 1922 |
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| Location | Zachęta National Gallery of Art, Warsaw, Second Polish Republic |
| Coordinates | 52°14′20″N 21°00′40″E / 52.239°N 21.011°E |
| Motive | Polish nationalism Anti-communism Anti-semitism |
| Target | Gabriel Narutowicz, President of Poland |
| Perpetrator | Eligiusz Niewiadomski |
Gabriel Narutowicz, the first president of Poland after regaining independence, was assassinated on 16 December 1922, five days after taking office, aged 57.[1] He was fatally shot by Eligiusz Niewiadomski, an artist and art critic, while visiting an exhibition at Warsaw's Zachęta gallery.