Editing Stanisław Wojciechowski (section)

== Political movements and early career ==
After 1905, he left the Polish Socialist Party over disagreements on the political future of Poland and its relations to the international class struggle. During World War I, Stanisław Wojciechowski believed that Germany posed the biggest threat to Poland and thus decided to stay in Russia rather than side with his erstwhile friend Piłsudski. After the Russian evacuation of Congress Poland of 1915, he moved to Moscow where he remained active in Polish political circles. After the fall of the Tsarist regime was elected president of the Council of Polish Parties' Union, and heavily engaged on behalf of the [[Polish Army]] in Russia in 1918. He was forced to leave Moscow under threat of arrest once the Bolshevik regime seized power. On 15 January 1919, the Chief of State nominated him, Minister of Internal Affairs, in both the Cabinet of [[Ignacy Jan Paderewski]] and [[Leopold Skulski]], whom Wojciechowski replaced during his numerous absences from the country. During this time, Wojciechowski also participated in the drafting of the Polish constitution.<ref>Zygmunt Kaczmarek, ''Trzej prezydenci II Rzeczypospolitej'' (Warsaw: Instytut Wydawniczy Związków Zawodowych, 1988), pp. 114–119</ref>