Chief of district[a] was a public official in Second Polish Republic with the power to govern the districts.[1] He was a representative of the Council of Ministers, responsible for the implementation of the laws as well as superior to local administration offices.[2]

The function of chief of district existed within the districts of the civil administrations of Poland, that existed between 1919 and 1920, during the Polish–Soviet War.[1] Said administrations were Civil Administration of the Eastern Lands, Civil Administration of the Lands of Volhynia and Podolian Front and Provisional Administration of Front-line and Phase Territories, and districts formed within them were: Brześć, Mińsk, Wilno, Volhynian and Podolian.[1] Later the function had existed within the districts of Poland between 1920 and 1921. Such districts were: Nowogródek, Polesian and Volhynian[2]

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  1. ^ Polish: Naczelnik okręgu

References edit

  1. ^ a b c Joanna Gierowska-Kałłaur, Zarząd cywilny ziem wschodnich. Warsaw. 2003.
  2. ^ a b Dz.U. z 1920 r. nr 115, poz. 760

Bibliography edit

  • Joanna Gierowska-Kałłaur, Zarząd cywilny ziem wschodnich. Warsaw. 2003.