Władysław Raczkiewicz (January 28th, 1885 - June 6th, 1947) was a politician Polish and he was the first president of the Polish Gouvernement in exile of 1939 until his death in 1947.

Władysław, wire of a judge, was born in Russia. It made its studies with Saint-Pétersbourg where it joined the Organization of Polish Youth. After having finished its studies with the Faculty of Law of the Université of Dorpat he exerted as lawyer with Minsk. When the First World War burst it joined the clandestine movement for Polish freedom and was useful under Józef Piłsudski, which created for itself an army to reconquer the independence of Poland against Russia.

During the Russian Civil war, Piłsudski named Raczkiewicz Minister of Interior Department. Thereafter he became president of the Senate. When Poland was invaded by the German Army in 1939, he flees in London, where he joined Władysław Sikorski and Stanisław Mikołajczyk to establish a Polish government in exile.

In February 1945, Stalin, Churchill and Roosevelt held a Conference with Yalta. Poland was the principal point of discussion. Stalin explained that only a Polish government extremely and pro-Communist would be able to guarantee the safety of the Soviet Union. Following this conference the Allies withdrew their recognition with the Polish Government in exile.

Raczkiewicz died in 1947.

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