BOKANOWSKI, MAURICE (1879-1928), French poli tician. After practising as an advocate in Paris he was elected a member of the Chamber of Deputies in 1919 for the department of the Seine. He quickly became recognized as an expert on eco nomic and financial questions and was appointed president of the finance commission of the Chamber. In 1928 he became Minister for Commerce in the Poincare cabinet, but was killed in an aeroplane accident in September of that year.