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Assassination of Gabriel Narutowicz
1922 murder in Warsaw, Poland
Gabriel Narutowicz, the firstpresident of Poland after regaining independence, was assassinated on 16 December 1922, five days after taking office, aged 57.
He was fatally shot by Eligiusz Niewiadomski, an artist and art critic, while visiting an exhibition at Warsaw's Zachęta gallery.
Background
Poland regainedindependence in 1918 in the aftermath of World War I.
Soon afterwards, Gabriel Narutowicz, professor of engineering, became one of the left-wing leaders in the Sejm (Polish parliament).
Following the 1921 March Constitution of Poland and the November 1922 Polish legislative election, Narutowicz was elected the first president of Poland in the Polish presidential election, 9 December 1922.
His election was not accepted by the right-wing nationalist endecja faction, which staged a number of protests. Narutowicz's forthcoming murder would be the culmination of an aggressive, right wing and anti-semitic