Józef Klemens Piłsudski (1867 –1935) was a Polish statesman
who served as the Chief of State (1918–22) and First Marshal of Poland (from
1920).
He was considered the de facto leader (1926–35) of the Second Polish
Republic as the Minister of Military Affairs. From World War I he had great
power in Polish politics and was a distinguished figure on the international
scene. He is viewed as a father of the Second Polish Republic re-established in
1918, 123 years after the 1795 Partitions of Poland by Austria, Prussia and
Russia.
Deeming himself a descendant of the culture and traditions
of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, Piłsudski believed in a multi-ethnic
Poland—"a home of nations" including indigenous ethnic and religious
minorities that he hoped would establish a robust union with the independent
states of Lithuania and Ukraine.
Not known to be a beret-wearer himself, many (Basque and military) berets were seen on Piłsudski's 2019 birthday celebration.
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