Chief of District

Chief of District[lower-alpha 1] was a public official in Second Polish Republic with the power to govern the districts.[1] He was a representative of the Council of Ministers, responsible for the implementation of the laws as well as superior to local administration offices.[2]

The function of Chief of District existed within the districts of the civil administrations of Poland, that existed between 1919 and 1920, during the Polish–Soviet War.[1] Said administrations were Civil Administration of the Eastern Lands, Civil Administration of the Lands of Volhynia and Podolian Front and Provisional Administration of Front-line and Phase Territories, and districts formed within them were: Brześć, Mińsk, Wilno, Volhynian and Podolian.[1] Later the function had existed within the districts of Poland between 1920 and 1921. Such districts were: Nowogródek, Polesian and Volhynian[2]