Tadeusz Michejda

Tadeusz Michejda
Tadeusz Michejda
Minister of Health of Poland
	In office; February 1947 – 10 January 1951
Prime Minister	Józef Cyrankiewicz
Preceded by	Franciszek Litwin
Succeeded by	Jerzy Sztachelski
Member of the Polish Senate
	In office; 1930–1935
Member of the State National Council
	In office; 1945–1946
Member of the Sejm
	In office; 1947–1952
Personal details
Born	26 September 1879; Nawsie, Austria-Hungary
Died	18 May 1956 (aged 76); Warsaw, Poland
Resting place	Rakowicki Cemetery, Kraków
Nationality	Polish
Occupation	Physician

Tadeusz Michejda (26 September 1879 in Nawsie – 18 May 1956 in Warsaw) was a Polish physician and politician.

Biography

Tadeusz Michejda was born on 26 September 1879 in Nawsie to Franciszek Michejda, a Lutheran pastor, and Anna Roiczek.^[1] He graduated from a state gymnasium in Cieszyn and later studied medicine at universities in Kraków, Prague and Vienna. After graduation, Michejda worked as a doctor in Vienna and Tuchów, later becoming a municipal doctor in Horní Suchá.^[2]

After World War I he was a member of Rada Narodowa Księstwa Cieszyńskego (National Council of the Duchy of Cieszyn) and worked on preparations to hold a plebiscite in Cieszyn Silesia. In 1920 Cieszyn Silesia was divided between Czechoslovakia and Poland. His hometown and the workplace fell to Czechoslovakia and Michejda left the Trans-Olza area as he was an active pro-Polish activist; he stayed in Poland, where he worked many years in several localities, including Działdowo, as a doctor. He was a senator in the Polish Senate for the National Workers' Party from 1930 to 1935, deputy in the State National Council in 1945–1946 and deputy in the Sejm from 1947 to 1952. Michejda was also a Minister of Health from 1947 to 1951 and a Minister without Portfolio from 1951 to 1952. Michejda was since 1950 a member of the Democratic Party, and a vice-chairman of the Polish Red Cross. Tadeusz Michejda died in Warsaw and is buried at the Rakowicki Cemetery in Kraków.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b Golec, Józef; Bojda, Stefania (1995). Słownik biograficzny ziemi cieszyńskiej. Vol. 2. Cieszyn. p. 143.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
^ Brożek, Krzysztof (2002). "Polscy lekarze na Śląsku Cieszyńskim na przełomie XIX i XX wieku (do 1920 r.)" (PDF). Medycyna Nowożytna (in Polish). 9/1: 96.

Government offices
Preceded by Franciszek Litwin	Minister of Health 1947–1951	Succeeded by Jerzy Sztachelski

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[Golec-1] Golec, Józef; Bojda, Stefania (1995). Słownik biograficzny ziemi cieszyńskiej. Vol. 2. Cieszyn. p. 143.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

[2] Brożek, Krzysztof (2002). "Polscy lekarze na Śląsku Cieszyńskim na przełomie XIX i XX wieku (do 1920 r.)" (PDF). Medycyna Nowożytna (in Polish). 9/1: 96.

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