Filip Schleicher

Who is Filip Schleicher?

Filip Schleicher was a Polish-Jewish lawyer and statesman. A doctor of Laws, he served as deputy mayor of the city of Lwów between 1913 and 1927. In the 1913 municipal elections to the Lwów city council he was elected a town councillor and subsequently was elected by his peers as a deputy mayor. He served in that capacity even during the 293 days of Russian occupation of that city, as well as the 1918 fights against Ukrainian invasion. He was offered a seat in the government of the West Ukrainian People's Republic, but he refused and remained loyal to Poland. He remained a deputy mayor until 1927.