Ignacy Matuszewski

Ignacy Matuszewski
Matuszewski in 1927
Minister of Finance of Poland
In office
14 April 1929 – 26 May 1931
PresidentIgnacy Mościcki
Prime Minister
Preceded byGabriel Czechowicz
Succeeded byJan Piłsudski
Commandant of Minsk
In office
19 February 1918 – 21 February 1918
Serving with Kastuś Jezavitaŭ
Preceded byPosition established
(Kārlis Landers as President of the Minsk City Executive Committee)
Succeeded byPosition abolished
(Viktar Jarkin [be] as President of the Minsk City Executive Committee)
Personal details
Born
Ignacy Hugo Stanisław Matuszewski

(1891-09-10)10 September 1891
Warsaw, Congress Poland, Russian Empire (now Poland)
Died13 August 1946(1946-08-13) (aged 54)
New York City, United States
Political partyNonpartisan Bloc for Cooperation with the Government
Alma materJagiellonian University
Military service
Allegiance
  • Russian Empire Russian Empire
  • Second Polish Republic Poland
Years of service1914–1940
RankColonel
Unit
Battles/wars

Ignacy Hugo Stanisław Matuszewski (10 September [O.S. 29 August] 1891 – 3 August 1946) was a Polish politician, publicist, diplomat, Minister of Finance of the Second Polish Republic, colonel, infantry officer and intelligence agent of the Polish Army, member of the International Olympic Committee. A strong supporter of Józef Piłsudski, he was counted among the "Colonels" and co-founded the Józef Piłsudski Institute of America.