Bronisław Pieracki

Bronisław Wilhelm Pieracki was a Polish military officer and politician, Legionnaire, certified infantry colonel of the Polish Army, an official of the Ministry of Military Affairs and subsequently its secretary of state. He served as a member of the Sejm during its 2nd and 3rd terms in the Second Polish Republic representing the Nonpartisan Bloc for Cooperation with the Government. He was the 2nd Deputy Chief of the General Staff, Deputy Prime Minister in the cabinet of Walery Sławek, and minister without portfolio. He then served as Minister of Internal Affairs in the governments of Aleksander Prystor, Janusz Jędrzejewicz, and Leon Kozłowski. He was one of the closest associates of Józef Piłsudski following the May Coup and was considered a leading member of the political faction known as the colonels' group. He was assassinated by Hryhorij Maciejko, a member of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists.