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Władysław Siciński

fl. 1652 · 17th century

Władysław Siciński was a deputy to the Sejm of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. In 1652 he dissolved the entire Sejm by his solitary objection, the first successful exercise of the liberum veto. Accounts of the Commonwealth describe this as establishing a destructive precedent that was later exploited to paralyse the legislature, contributing to the state's governmental weakness.

Władysław Siciński
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