Ignacy Jan Paderewski becomes Prime Minister of the newly independent Poland.

Ignacy Jan Paderewski

Polish pianist, composer, intellectual and statesman (1860–1941)

Ignacy Jan Paderewski was 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 time he signed the Treaty of Versailles, which ended World War I.