The article presents an outline of the biography of Tytus Filipowicz (1878-1953), one of the outstanding independence activists, diplomats and politicians. The work discusses the most important episodes in Filipowicz‘s life from his youth until 1939, when he had to leave his homeland forever as a result of an invasion by German and Soviet troops. The article successively describes his socialist activity in Zagłębie Dąbrowskie, his emigration to Great Britain, his activity within the Polish Socialist Party, and his extremely important trip with Józef Piłsudski to Japan in 1904. The author highlights the political action carried out by Filipowicz during World War I and his presence in the structures of the Military Department of the Supreme National Committee, the Polish Legions, and then his cooperation with the Temporary State Council and the Regency Council. A special moment in the life of the hero was the countersigning, together with Józef Piłsudski, of a dispatch notifying the creation of an independent Polish state. In the interwar period, Tytus Filipowicz served as the head of the Polish Special Mission to the Southern Caucasus, and was an envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary of the Republic of Poland in Moscow (1921), Finland (1922-1927), Belgium (1927-1929) and Washington (1929-1933). After his retirement, Filipowicz took part in the political life of the Second Republic of Poland and in 1937 he joined the Democratic Party. Not included in this short study is the last period of his life that Tytus Filipowicz spent in exile in France (1939-1940) and Great Britain (1940-1953), where he was an active participant in the life of exile, a member of the 1st and 4th National Council, as well as chairman of the 3rd National Council.
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