Wincenty Witos
He was born in 1874 in Wierzchosławice. During the partitions, he was one of the founders of the Polish people’s movement. With the end of World War I, he headed the Polish Liquidation Commission, a temporary body of Polish administration in Cieszyn Silesia.
In 1919, he became a member of the Legislative Seym, being one of the most important parliamentarians. Meanwhile, the Polish defeats at the front in 1920 and the Bolsheviks approaching Warsaw meant that there was a need to mobilize Polish peasants to join the Polish Army. For this purpose, the Government of National Defense was established, headed by Wincenty Witos. With his call to defend the Fatherland, he made the Polish village move en masse to defend Warsaw.
After the Polish-Bolshevik war, Witos served as prime minister twice. After the coup d’état, Piłsudski found himself in opposition and was persecuted due to his anti-government activities. During World War II, he refused the Germans, who offered him to collaborate and form a pro-German government. He died in 1945 in Krakow.