List of heads of state of the Free City of Danzig

The Free City of Danzig (German: Freie Stadt Danzig; Polish: Wolne Miasto Gdańsk) existed between 1920 and 1939.

The City had its own post office, currency and citizenship, but it was not independent: it was administered directly by the League of Nations, represented by a High Commissioner. The city was governed by the Senate. The head of state was the President of the Senate. The Free City was represented abroad by Poland's ambassadors.

League of Nations High Commissioners

House of the Commissioners

League of Nations mandated territories, were run by member countries on behalf of the League. But Danzig and the Saargebiet were run by the League of Nations itself, with representatives of various countries being the High Commissioner:^[1]

	Name	Period	Country
1	Reginald Thomas Tower	1919-1920	UK
2	Edward Lisle Strutt	1920	UK
3	Bernardo Attolico	1920	Italy
4	Richard Cyril Byrne Haking	1921-1923	UK
5	Mervyn Sorley McDonnell	1923-1925	UK
6	Joost Adriaan van Hamel	1925-1929	Netherlands
7	Manfredi di Gravina	1929-1932	Italy
8	Helmer Rosting	1932-1934	Denmark
9	Seán Lester	1934-1936	Irish Free State
10	Carl Jakob Burckhardt	1937-1939	Switzerland

Politics

Heads of State of the Free City of Danzig ^[1]

	Presidents of the Danzig senate	Took Office	Left Office	Party
1	Heinrich Sahm	6 December 1920	10 January 1931	none
2	Ernst Ziehm	10 January 1931	20 June 1933	DNVP
3	Hermann Rauschning	20 June 1933	23 November 1934	NSDAP
4	Arthur Karl Greiser	23 November 1934	23 August 1939	NSDAP
	State President
5	Albert Förster	23 August 1939	1 September 1939	NSDAP

Related pages

• Free City of Danzig

References

1. "Danzig subsection of Poland entry from World Statesmen.org".