Cyryl Ratajski (3 March 1875 – 19 October 1942) was a Polish politician and lawyer.
Life and career
Ratajski was born in Zalesie Wielkie, then part of the German Empire, on 3 March 1875. He graduated from a high school in Poznań and studied law at the University of Berlin. After leaving university, he worked as a court clerk in Torgau. He opened his own law firm in Racibórz after passing a judge's exam in 1905.[1] He moved back to Poznań in 1911 to look after his father-in-law's business.[2]
He became an envoy for the Supreme Popular Council to the Polish National Committee in Paris in January 1919.[1] He served as mayor of Poznań between 1922 and 1924 and again between 1925 and 1934[3] as well as Minister of Interior between 1924 and 1925. From 1937, he was a member of the Labor Party. He became mayor of Poznań again in September 1939 before being deported to German-occupied Poland in early 1940. He was the first Head of Delegate's Office of the Polish government in exile (Delegat Rządu na Kraj) on 3 December 1940 until 5 August 1942 when he was replaced by Jan Piekałkiewicz[2] due to ill health.[3]
