Stanisław Małachowski
Count Stanisław Małachowski | |
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Portrait by Johann Baptist von Lampi the Elder | |
| 1st Prime Minister of Duchy of Warsaw | |
| In office 5 October – 14 December 1807 | |
| Monarch | Frederick Augustus I |
| Preceded by | Office established |
| Succeeded by | Ludwik Szymon Gutakowski |
| Sejm Marshal of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth | |
| In office 1788–1792 | |
| Monarch | Stanisław II August |
| Preceded by | Stanisław Kostka Gadomski |
| Succeeded by | Stanisław Kostka Bieliński |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 24 August 1736 Końskie, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth |
| Died | 29 December 1809 (aged 73) Warsaw, Duchy of Warsaw |
| Political party | Patriotic Party (1788-1792) |
| Spouse(s) | Urszula Hutten-Czapska Konstancja Hutten-Czapska |
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| Profession | Nobleman, politician |
Count Stanisław Małachowski, of the Nałęcz coat-of-arms (Polish pronunciation: [staˈɲiswaf mawaˈxɔfskʲi]; 1736–1809) was a Polish statesman, the first Prime Minister of Poland, a member of the Polish government's Permanent Council (Rada Nieustająca) (1776–1780), Marshal of the Crown Courts of Justice from 1774, Crown Grand Referendary (1780–1792) and Marshal of the Four-Year Sejm (1788–1792).
The son of Jan Małachowski, the royal grand chancellor, Małachowski was named marshal (speaker) of the Sejm (Diet) in 1788. He was the prime force behind the constitution, adopted in 1791, that embodied such modern western European reforms as majority rule in parliament, separation of powers, and enfranchisement of the middle classes; this constitution was abrogated at the Second Partition of Poland in 1792. In 1807–09 Małachowski served as president of the senate (government) of the Duchy of Warsaw, promoted by Napoleon Bonaparte.