Count Jan Nepomucen Potocki (1867–1943) was a Polish nobleman (szlachcic) and social activist who served as a member of the Imperial Council and the Sejm of Galicia. Jan was owner of Rymanów Zdrój estates. He was married to Róża Maria Wodzicka on 30 June 1892 in Kraków, and to Maria Szajer on 14 October 1905 in Przemyśl.
Jan Nepomucen Potocki | |
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Count | |
Coat of arms | Piława |
Born | 29 April 1867 Oleszyce |
Died | 13 March 1943 (aged 75) Rymanów-Zdrój |
Family | Potocki |
Consort | Róża Maria Wodzicka Maria Szajer |
Issue | with Róża Maria Wodzicka Jan Potocki Teresa Potocka Aleksander Klemens Potocki Jadwiga Maria Potocka with Maria Szajer Ignacy Potocki Zofia Maria Potocka Maria Potocka Jan Władysław Potocki |
Father | Stanisław Antoni Potocki |
Mother | Anna Zofia Dzialynska |
Career
During the IX term (1897–1900) of the Imperial Council, following the death of Deputy Józef Wiktor, he was elected to replace him on June 7, 1899. In December 1900, he was elected as a deputy from the IV rural constituency to the X term (1901–1907) of the Imperial Council. In 1913, he was elected as a deputy from the IV rural constituency of Sanok to the National Sejm of Galicia for its last (one-year) X term (1913–1914). From 1903, he was a member of the c.k. (Austro-Hungarian) Sanok County Council, elected from the larger estates group, serving as a deputy member of the district council. Re-elected in 1907, he continued to serve as a deputy member of the district council. In the 1912 elections, he was re-elected from the rural communes group. Initially, he lost the election for the position of president (marshal) of the district council to Kazimierz Laskowski, but around 1913, he assumed this position.