Wojciech Korfanty

Wojciech Korfanty
Wojciech Korfanty in 1925
Deputy Prime Minister of Poland
In office 27 October 1923 – 14 December 1923
Prime Minister	Wincenty Witos
Preceded by	Stanisław Głąbiński
Succeeded by	Stanisław Thugutt
Personal details
Born	Adalbert Korfanty (1873-04-20)20 April 1873 Siemianowitz-Laurahütte, German Empire (now Poland)
Died	17 August 1939(1939-08-17) (aged 66) Warsaw, Poland
Political party	Polish Christian Democratic Party Labor Party
Spouse	Elżbieta Korfantowa
Occupation	Politician, activist
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Wojciech Korfanty (IPA: [ˈvɔjt͡ɕɛx kɔrˈfantɨ]; born Adalbert Korfanty; 20 April 1873 – 17 August 1939) was a Polish activist, journalist and politician, who served as a member of the German parliaments, the Reichstag and the Prussian Landtag, and later, in the Polish Sejm. Briefly, he also was a paramilitary leader, known for organizing the Polish Silesian Uprisings in Upper Silesia, which after World War I was contested by Germany and Poland. Korfanty fought to protect Poles from discrimination and the policies of Germanisation in Upper Silesia before the war and sought to join Silesia to Poland after Poland regained its independence.