Zygmunt Marek, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Zygmunt Marek

Polish politician

Date of Birth: 17-Mar-1872

Place of Birth: Kraków, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland

Date of Death: 01-Jan-1931

Profession: writer, lawyer, politician

Nationality: Poland

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Zygmunt Stanislaw Marek (born March 17, 1872 in Kraków, died 1931 in Kraków) was a Polish socialist politician. After graduating from Gimnazjum Sw.
Jacka he studied law.
He joined Polish Social Democratic Party of Galicia (PPSD) in 1890.
Marek was a chief editor of Wiezien polityczny (Politician prisoner) and Naprzód (Forward) newspapers during World War I.
In 1919, after Poland regained independence after years of partitions, he joined united Polish Socialist Party (PPS). Elected Sejm member the same year, he became chairman of the PPS caucus, replacing Norbert Barlicki in 1926.
On May 31, 1926 he placed a candidacy of Józef Pilsudski for President.
Pilsudski was elected by National Assembly for this post, but decided against taking office.
In that case PPS drafted their own candidate in next election, held on June 1, and Marek became a nominee.
He faced Pilsudski-backed chemistry professor Ignacy Moscicki and Poznan Voivode Adolf Binski, who represented right.
In first turn he took last place with 56 votes (against 215 for Moscicki and 211 for Binski).
In a runoff he finished last again, with just one vote (Moscicki defeated Binski 281 to 200). Marek served as a Sejm Vice-Marshal from 1928 to 1931.