Julian Nowak
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Julian Ignacy Nowak (ˈjuljan ˈnɔvak; 10 March 1865 – 7 November 1946) was a Polish
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...

 microbiologist and politician who served as prime minister in 1922.

Nowak studied medicine at the Jagiellonian University
Jagiellonian University
The Jagiellonian University was established in 1364 by Casimir III the Great in Kazimierz . It is the oldest university in Poland, the second oldest university in Central Europe and one of the oldest universities in the world....

 in 1886–1893, and was a professor there since 1899. In 1921–1922 he was a rector of the university. Being a conservative politician, he served as the Prime Minister briefly in 1922. In the same year he also served briefly as the Minister of Religious Affairs. In 1922–1927 he was a Senator in the Polish Senate.

He was awarded the Commander's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta.

Julian Ignacy Nowak was buried in Rakowicki Cemetery.
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