Władysław Jabłoński (2 October 1872 – 21 September 1952) was an architect and government official. From 1922 to 1927 he was the mayor of Warsaw, Poland.[1]
Biography
Władysław Jabłoński was born on 2 October 1872 in Warsaw, Congress Poland, Russian Empire (now part of Poland). He was a son of Ignacy Jabłoński and Józefa Jabłońska (née Gruberski).[1]
In 1890 he has graduated from a vocational school in Warsaw. He has then studied architecture in Saint Petersburg and at the Vienna University of Technology. For many years he has worked in the City Administration of Warsaw. In 1918 he co-founded the Warsaw Worker's Trade Unions Management. Jabłoński was also the city head architect.[1] Additionally, he taught at the private university of the Science Courses Association.[2]
From 7 December 1922 to 6 July 1927, he was the mayor of Warsaw. While in office, the inflation in the city economy was stoped, and the manufacturing ans service industries were greatly developed. The housing situation was also improved.[1]
Jabłoński died on 21 September 1952 in Warsaw, and was buried at the Powązki Cemetery in the city (grave no. 63–4–6,7).[3]
Awards and decorations
- Commander's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta (1924)[4]
- Officer of the National Order of the Legion of Honour
References
- ^ a b c d Bartłomiej Kaczorowski (editor): Encyklopedia Warszawy. Warsaw: Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN, 1994, p. 283–284. ISBN 83-01-08836-2. (in Polish)
- ^ Ryszard Błędowski, Stanisław Orłowski, Henryk Mościcki: Dziesięciolecie Wolnej Wszechnicy Polskiej TKN: sprawozdanie z działalności Towarzystwa Kursów Naukowych, 1906–1916, Warsaw, 1917. (in Polish)
- ^ "Cmentarz Stare Powązki: JÓZEFA JABŁOŃSKA". cmentarze.um.warszawa.pl (in Polish).
- ^ Order Odrodzenia Polski. Trzechlecie pierwszej kapituły 1921–1924. Warsaw: Presidium of the Council of Ministers, 1926, p. 18. (in Polish)
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