Admiral Michał Aleksander Borowski, His Service and Activity in the Free City of Gdańsk in the Years 1919–1928

Abstract

Michał Aleksander Borowski (1872–1939), Major General of the Russian Navy, Rear Admiral of the Polish Navy. He was admitted to the Polish Army on December 12, 1918. In February 1919, as part of the General Delegation of the Ministry of Provisions, he held the post of head of the Gdańsk port, and from July 1919, simultaneously as part of the Department for Maritime Affairs, he held the post of plenipotentiary for military and maritime affairs. In March 1921, he was deputy chairman of the Polish delegation to the Gdańsk Port Council, and from July 1923, chairman of the Polish delegation to the Port and Waterways Council in Gdańsk. He left the service in August 1927 and retired in Vilnius where he died on December 23, 1939.