Juliusz Nowina-Sokolnicki

Juliusz Nowina-Sokolnicki (right) on the occasion of the award of the Order of Saint Stanislaus in 2007

Juliusz Nowina-Sokolnicki (born December 18, 1925 in Pinsk , † August 17, 2009 in Colchester ) was a Polish politician in the former Polish government in exile in London.

Activities as politician in exile

Nowina-Sokolnicki was a politician in the London government in exile after 1945. After their disintegration into two competing camps in 1954, he supported the exiled President August Zaleski in relation to the Council of Three .

When August Zaleski died in 1972, he claimed to have been appointed as his successor and claimed the presidency in exile until the presidential elections in 1990 after the end of the People's Republic of Poland . However, the majority of Poles abroad recognized Stanisław Ostrowski as the exile president when August Zaleski died and found Nowina-Sokolnicki's claims to be illegal.

Claims to nobility and the order of St. Stanislaus

Juliusz Nowina-Sokolnicki was of noble origin, but without a title. A former representative of the Sokolnicki family carried the title of count, but this line died out. Since the beginning of the 1970s, Nowina-Sokolnicki Graf ( Count ) called himself .

As president in exile, he re-established the old Polish Order of Saint Stanislaus and became its grand master. This new order was not recognized by the Polish government after 1990. In 1990, the Order of St. Stanislaus was reactivated in Poland with Marek Kwiatkowski as Grand Master.

Web links

Commons : Juliusz Nowina-Sokolnicki - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

order-of-st-stanislas.org from Nowina-Sokolnicki newly founded Order of Saint Stanislaus (English)
Juliusz Nowina-Sokolnicki (1920-2009) or Another version of the same article
About the illegal Order of St. Stanislas - founded by Juliusz Nowina-Sokolnicki, author: Rafal Heydel-Mankoo

Individual evidence

^ List of Polish Presidents. Homepage of the President of the Republic of Poland, accessed on August 29, 2009 .
↑ Wójtowicz N, Praemiando Incitat. Order Świętego Stanisława , Warszawa 2007, pp. 113–129, ISBN 978-83-925702-0-2

personal data
SURNAME	Nowina-Sokolnicki, Juliusz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Polish politician in exile in London
DATE OF BIRTH	December 18, 1920
PLACE OF BIRTH	Pinsk
DATE OF DEATH	17th August 2009
Place of death	Colchester

[1] List of Polish Presidents. Homepage of the President of the Republic of Poland, accessed on August 29, 2009 .

[2] Wójtowicz N, Praemiando Incitat. Order Świętego Stanisława , Warszawa 2007, pp. 113–129, ISBN 978-83-925702-0-2