Andrzej Kazimierz Potocki

Graf Andrzej Kazimierz Potocki (10 June 1861 – 12 April 1908) was an Austro-Hungarian Polish aristocrat and politician who was Statthalter of the Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria from 1903 until his assassination by Ukrainian nationalist Myroslav Sichynskyi [uk] in 1908.

The election of Volodymyr Dudykevych [uk], the public face of the Russophiles and a political ally of Potocki, as a member of the Imperial Council particularly incensed Ukrainian nationalists.

[2] During the 1908 elections to the Diet of Galicia and Lodomeria, Potocki employed political violence in an effort to deter proponents of Ukrainian nationalism from voting.

Shortly after 13:40, Potocki was shot three times at point-blank range with a revolver by Myroslav Sichynskyi [uk], a student and the youngest member of a prominent family of Greek Catholic priests and politicians.

[6] Potocki lived for another hour after being shot, during which he confessed to Catholic priest Józef Bilczewski, composed and sent a telegram to Emperor Franz Joseph I, and said goodbye to his wife, saying, "You were my happiness, light and sunshine throughout my life."

[6] The killing also led to an increased interest in militancy as a means to acquire Ukrainian independence from Austria and separation from Polish landowners.

Myroslav Sichynskyi [ uk ] (pictured after his arrest) assassinated Potocki by shooting on 12 April 1908