Bloc of National Minorities

Bloc of National Minorities
Bloc of National Minorities
Founded	1922
Dissolved	1930
Headquarters	Warsaw, Poland
Ideology	Minority politics,; Ethnic minority interests,; Regionalism, ; Federalism
Political position	Centre
	Politics of Poland; Political parties; Elections;

Blok Mniejszości Narodowych (Polish pronunciation: [ˈblɔɡ mɲɛjˈʂɔɕtɕi narɔˈdɔvɨx], BMN; Template:Lang-en; Template:Lang-be, Bliok nacyjanałnych mieńšaściaŭ; Template:Lang-uk, Blok Natsional'nykh Menshyn; Template:Lang-de; Template:Lang-yi, Blok fon Nashonal Minorities), was a political party in the Second Polish Republic, representing a coalition of various ethnic minorities in Poland, primarily Ukrainians, Belarusians, Jews and Germans. The Bloc was co-founded by Yitzhak Gruenbaum, a Polish-Jewish politician. BMN took part in the Polish legislative election, 1922, Polish legislative election, 1928 and Polish legislative election, 1930, doing very well in the 1922 elections (19.5% and the second largest party) and '28 elections (14% and the third largest party). In 1930 elections which were considered not free, it fared poorly (3% and the ninth largest party). In the political shakedown following the 1930 elections, the Bloc was dissolved.

In the Second Polish Republic, ethnic minorities constituted 1/3 of total population.

Notable members

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