Pisudski
Józef Klemens Piłsudski (5 December 1867 – 12 May 1935) was a Polish statesman and military leader who played a central role in reestablishing Poland as an independent state and shaping its early interwar period. Born in Zalavas, then part of the Russian Empire, he became involved in nationalist and socialist circles and spent years in exile before emerging as a leading figure of the Polish independence movement. During World War I he organized and led the Polish Legions within the Austro-Hungarian Army, gaining prominence as a national leader.
With the collapse of empires after the war, Piłsudski returned to Poland and, on 11 November 1918,
In 1926 Piłsudski led the May Coup, installing an increasingly centralized and authoritarian regime under the
Piłsudski’s death in Warsaw in 1935 left a power vacuum that influenced Polish politics in the lead-up