Władysław Wróblewski was a Polish

Poland

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 politician, scientist, diplomat and lawyer. He is notable as the last provisional prime minister of the German-controlled puppet state of Regency Kingdom before Poland regained her independence in 1918.

Wróblewski was a notable lawyer and docent

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 of administration and administrative law 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 Kraków

Kraków

Kraków also Krakow, or Cracow , is the second largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland. Situated on the Vistula River in the Lesser Poland region, the city dates back to the 7th century. Kraków has traditionally been one of the leading centres of Polish academic, cultural, and artistic life...

. On November 4, 1918, after the withdrawal of Józef Świeżyński

Józef Swiezynski

Józef Świeżyński was the prime minister of the Kingdom of Poland for a short time — from October 23, 1918 to November 5, 1918.- Citations :...

's provisional government, Wróblewski was chosen by the Regency Council

Regency Council

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 to act as the head of a new temporary provisional government. As the situation in Poland was changing rapidly, Wróblewski chose not to appoint his own ministers and instead continued the job of his predecessor, with the same set of ministers. The last meeting of his government took place on November 11 of that year, when all powers were ceded to Józef Piłsudski, who got back from prison in Magdeburg Fortress earlier that day.

On November 18 all ministries were taken by the new government of Jędrzej Moraczewski

Jedrzej Moraczewski

Jędrzej Moraczewski was a Polish socialist politician who served as first Prime Minister of Poland , from November 1918 to January 1919....

 and the Regency Kingdom ceased to exist, giving way to the reborn Republic of Poland. Afterwards he remained an active member of the Polish administration, initially as an undersecretary of state at the Council of Ministers and later as a diplomat. Among other posts, he was the Polish ambassador in London

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 and later in Washington

Washington, D.C.

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. Between 1929 and 1936 he headed the Bank Polski, the state bank of Poland.