Józef Buzek

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Józef Buzek (16 November 1873 in Końska, Austria-Hungary - 22 September 1936 in Cieszyn, Poland) was a Polish lawyer, economist, statistician and politician from Zaolzie.

He graduated from state gymnasium in Cieszyn in 1894. He then studied law in Kraków and Vienna, eventually earning a law degree at Jagiellonian University in 1899 and habilitation at Lwów University in 1902. Buzek was also politically active and was a deputy in State Council in Vienna from 1907 to 1918. He worked as a statistician in Vienna and was a chairman of Statistic Office in Lwów. He was the first director of Polish Central Statistical Office from 1918 to 1929. Buzek was a member of Sejm (1919-1922) and Senate (1922-1927). Buzek wrote many books about statistics and nationality issues.

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• Cicha, Irena; Kazimierz Jaworski, Bronisław Ondraszek, Barbara Stalmach and Jan Stalmach (2000). Olza od pramene po ujście. Český Těšín: Region Silesia. ISBN 80-238-6081-X. 

• Jaworski, Kazimierz. "Cieszyńskie rody: Buzkowie". Zwrot 1 (2007): 38. 

Government offices
Preceded by -	Director of Central Statistical Office of Poland 1918 – 1929	Succeeded by Edward Szturm de Sztrem