Following the regaining of independence by Poland and the adjoining of Białystok to the newly formed Second Polish Republic, he became the first chairman of the temporary city committee[1] Following the local elections held on September that year in which he ran on Polish Electoral Committee (Polish: Polski Komitet Wyborczy) list[3] he became the first chairman of the Temporary Municipal Committee (de-facto mayor), holding this position for seven months.

His tenure was characterized by enormous problems and he was often blamed as an indecisive politician acting on behalf of powerful influence groups.

[1] Following the local government election held in September that year, he was succeeded by Bolesław Szymański, yet he kept his position as a city councillor and concurrently served as vice-president[4] until his death in 1924.

[5] He died after long illness in 1924 and was buried in the Farny Cemetery in the city.

[6] He was married to Stanisława who was deported to the Soviet Union and died in the Kazakh SSR and they had a son, Ryszard, who was murdered in Kozelsk in 1940.