Facts: - president: jozef himself -lrb- acting -rrb- stanisaw wojciechowski himself -lrb- acting -rrb- pisudski ignacy moscicki -lrb- chief of state -rrb- gabriel narutowicz - party: polish people 's party '' piast '' - predecessor: stanisaw wojciechowski gabriel narutowicz wojciech trampczynski - birth date: 19 february 1884 - resting place: palmiry - caption: maciej rataj - order: acting of sejm of the republic of poland president of the republic of poland 2nd marshal - death date: 21 june 1940 - term end: 4 june 1926 22 december 1922 26 march 1928 - name: maciej rataj - death place: palmiry , poland - birth place: chopy , near lemberg , austria-hungary - successor: ignacy moscicki stanisaw wojciechowski ignacy daszynski - primeminister: kazimierz wadysaw sikorski , wincenty witos , wadysaw grabski , aleksander bartel skrzynski , wincenty witos , kazimierz bartel , jozef pisudski julian nowak wadysaw sikorski julian nowak , - alma mater: university of lwow - occupation: politician - term start: 15 may 16 december 23 november 1922 - image: rataj.jpg Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of maciej rataj .
The answer to this question is:
maciej rataj -lrb- 19 february 1884 -- 21 june 1940 -rrb- was a polish politician and writer .