List of heads of state of the Free City of Danzig

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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 
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:

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

 Politics 
Heads of State of the Free City of Danzig 

  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   4  Arthur Karl Greiser  23 November 1934  23 August 1939    State President 5  Albert Förster  23 August 1939  1 September 1939  

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