Walery Roman

Walery Roman (12 September 1877^[1]-25 October 1952^[2]) was a Polish lawyer and politician. His early government career was related to the creation of the Regency Kingdom. He was a supporter of Józef Piłsudski. In the aftermath of World War I he was involved in the establishment of Polish judiciary in the Suwałki region, and negotiations between Poland, Lithuania^[3] and Germany (Ober-Ost); in 1921 received the honorary citizenship of Suwałki. Voivode of the Polesie Voivodeship from 1921 to 1922, Polish government's delegate to Republic of Central Lithuania in 1922-1924 during the region's transformation into the Wilno Voivodeship. Participant of Piłsudski's May Coup of 1926; deputy to Polish parliament from sanacja's the Nonpartisan Bloc for Cooperation with the Government (BBWR) party until 1935. He retired from politics afterwards, and continued his career as a lawyer until 1950.

Walery Roman.

References

1. Biografie suwalskie (in Polish). Wyd. Jacwiez. 1993. p. 73. Retrieved 7 November 2024.
2. Majchrowski, Jacek; Mazur, Grzegorz; Stepan, Kamil (1994). Kto był kim w Drugiej Rzeczypospolitej (in Polish). Polska Oficyna Wydawnicza "BGW". p. 174. ISBN 978-83-7066-569-2. Retrieved 7 November 2024.
3. Historia Polski: 1918-1939. cz. 1. 1918-1926. cz. 2. Rozdz. XIV-XXV (1921-1926) cz. 3. Rozdz. XXVI-XXXVII (1926-1935) cz. 4. Rozdz. XXXVIII-LVI (1935-1939) (in Polish). Państwowe Wydawn. Naukowe. 1957. p. 123. Retrieved 7 November 2024.