The Provisional People's Government of the Republic of Poland (), also known as the Government of Ignacy Daszyà Âski, was established on 7 November 1918 in Lublin. It was a precursor government of a sovereign Poland following World War I. It proclaimed the creation of a constitutional republic with the right to parliamentary elections, nationalization of key industries, as well as social, labour, and land reforms. Prominent personalities of the provisional government included Stanisà Âaw Thugutt as Minister of Internal Affairs, Tomasz Arciszewski as Minister of Labour, as well as Col. Edward Rydz-à Âmigà Ây as the Minister of War and Supreme Commander of the Polish Armed Forces. Ignacy Daszyà Âski became Prime Minister. The Provisional Government dissolved itself after several days when Józef Pià Âsudski became Head of State (Naczelnik Paà Âstwa) on 14 November 1918 in Warsaw.
On 2 October 1918, Polish members of the Austro-Hungarian parliament, led by Daszyà Âski, forwarded a historic motion demanding restoration of an independent Polish state. They also recognized that the "Polish question" was an international matter and requested Polish participation in the Paris Peace Conference, in order to negotiate the re-emergence of sovereign Poland. Daszyà Âski gave his speech to the Austrian parliament on 3 October 1918, stating:
On 15 October 1918, Daszyà Âski and other Polish deputies to the Austrian parliament adopted a document in which they declared themselves to be Polish citizens, not Austrian. On 28 October, the Polish Liquidation Committee was formed, led by Wincenty Witos first in Kraków, then in Lwów. On 6 November, Daszyà Âski and his deputies proclaimed the formation of the Polish People's Republic led by interim government based in Lublin, with Daszyà Âski as Prime Minister. On Sunday, 10 November at 7 a.m., Józef Pià Âsudski, newly freed from 16 months in a German prison in Magdeburg, returned by train to Warsaw. Pià Âsudski, together with Colonel Kazimierz Sosnkowski, was greeted at Warsaw's railway station by Regent Zdzisà Âaw Lubomirski and by Colonel Adam Koc. Next day, due to his popularity and support from most political parties, the Regency Council appointed Pià Âsudski as Commander in Chief of the Polish Armed Forces. On 14 November, the Council dissolved itself and transferred all its authority to Pià Âsudski as Chief of State (Naczelnik Paà Âstwa). After consultation with Pià Âsudski, Daszyà Âski's government dissolved itself and a new government formed under JÃÂdrzej Moraczewski. Italy became the first country in Europe to recognise Poland's renewed sovereignty.