Charles Haughey
7th Taoiseach from 1979 to 1981; 1982; 1987 to 1992
Polish pianist, composer, supporter of Poland's independence movements, politician, Prime Minister of reborn Poland (1860-1941)
Ignacy Jan Paderewskiwas a Polish pianist, composer and statesman who was a spokesman for Polish independence. In 1919, he was the nation’s prime minister and foreign minister during which he signed the Treaty of Versailles, which ended World War I.
A favorite of concert audiences around the world, his musical fame opened access to diplomacy and the media, as possibly did his status as a freemason, and charitable work of his second wife, Helena Paderewska.
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Ignacy Jan Paderewskiwas a Polish pianist, composer and statesman who was a spokesman for Polish independence. In 1919, he was the nation’s prime minister and foreign minister during which he signed the Treaty of Versailles, which ended World War I.
A favorite of concert audiences around the world, his musical fame opened access to diplomacy and the media, as possibly did his status as a freemason, and charitable work of his second wife, Helena Paderewska. During World War I, Paderewski advocated an independent Poland, including by touring the United States, where he met with President Woodrow Wilson, who came to support the creation of an independent Poland in his Fourteen Points at the Paris Peace Conference in 1919, which led to the Treaty of Versailles.
Shortly after his resignation from office, Paderewski resumed his concert career to recoup his finances and rarely visited the politically chaotic Poland thereafter, the last time being in 1924.
2 Quotes by Ignacy Jan Paderewski
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You are a dear soul who plays polo, and I am a poor Pole who plays solo.
Ignacy Jan PaderewskiPolish pianist, composer, supporter of Poland's independence movements, politician, Prime Minister of reborn Poland (1860-1941)
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I established a certain standard of behavior, that, during my playing, there must be no talking.
Ignacy Jan PaderewskiPolish pianist, composer, supporter of Poland's independence movements, politician, Prime Minister of reborn Poland (1860-1941)