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Gabriel Narutowicz, the first president of Poland, was assassinated only five days after having taken office.
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Assassination of Gabriel Narutowicz
1922 murder in Warsaw, Poland
Gabriel Narutowicz, the first president of Poland after regaining independence, was assassinated by a far-right Polish nationalist on 16 December 1922, five days after taking office, aged 57. He was fatally shot by Eligiusz Niewiadomski, an artist and art critic, while visiting…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)