Adam Józef Potocki

Count Adam Józef Potocki (24 February 1822, Łańcut – 15 June 1872, Krzeszowice) was a Polish politician from Galicia, who was a prominent advocate for the autonomy of that region.

He owned numerous estates, steel mills in Silesia, and shares in the consortium building Galicia's railway lines.

[1] He was the son of an army officer, Artur Potocki, and his wife, Zofia née Branicka, a well-known art collector.

That year, he was elected to the Imperial Diet, representing a constituency in Kraków, but resigned after only a few months, following a failed attempt to rescind the ordinance prohibiting political refugees from entering the city.

He served until 1870 when he resigned as part of a general protest against the government's continued refusal to grant autonomy to Galicia.