Franciszek Latinik
Born on July 17, 1864 in Tarnów, General Franciszek Latinik was the military governor of the capital during the Battle of Warsaw.
He graduated from the Infantry Cadets School in Łobzów. During World War I, he served in the Austro-Hungarian army, and after the end of the Great War, he joined the Polish Army. In 1919, he took part in the short-lived conflict between Poland and Czechoslovakia over Cieszyn Silesia. In the face of the approaching Bolshevik forces, he was transferred to the Northern Front where he took command of the 1st Army. He also applied for the appointment of the military governor of Warsaw, which was approved. He combined the duties of the military commander and the head of the civil administration.
After the Battle of Warsaw, he was the commander of the Southern Group of the 6th Army pursuing the broken forces of the Red Army.
After the Polish-Bolshevik war, it was included in, among others Temporary Organizing Committee for the construction of the Monument to the Unknown Soldier in Warsaw. He was politically involved, sympathetic to the National Democracy and conflicted with Piłsudski in 1925, and asked for his retirement. He died in 1949.