List of Prime Ministers of Poland
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Prime Ministers of the Duchy of WarsawDuchy of WarsawThe Duchy of Warsaw was a Polish state established by Napoleon I in 1807 from the Polish lands ceded by the Kingdom of Prussia under the terms of the Treaties of Tilsit. The duchy was held in personal union by one of Napoleon's allies, King Frederick Augustus I of Saxony...
(1807–1813)
| # | Portrait | Name | Entered office | Left office | Duke of Warsaw Duchy of Warsaw The Duchy of Warsaw was a Polish state established by Napoleon I in 1807 from the Polish lands ceded by the Kingdom of Prussia under the terms of the Treaties of Tilsit. The duchy was held in personal union by one of Napoleon's allies, King Frederick Augustus I of Saxony... |
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| 1. | Stanisław Małachowski | 5 October 1807 | 14 December 1807 | Frederick August III Wettin Frederick Augustus I of Saxony Frederick Augustus I was King of Saxony from the House of Wettin. He was also Elector Frederick Augustus III of Saxony and Duke Frederick Augustus I of Warsaw... |
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| 2. | Ludwik Szymon Gutakowski | 14 December 1807 | November 1808 | ||
| - | Józef Poniatowski (acting) | November 1808 | 25 March 1809 | ||
| 3. | Stanisław Kostka Potocki | 25 March 1809 | May 1813 | ||
Presidents of the Polish National GovernmentPolish National Government (November Uprising)Polish National Government of 1831 was a Polish supreme authority during November Uprising against Russian occupation of Poland. It was created by the decree of the Sejm of the Congress Poland on 29 January 1831 to assume the competences of the Polish head of state in the aftermath of another...
(1830–1831)
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Adam Jerzy Czartoryski Adam Jerzy Czartoryski Prince Adam Jerzy Czartoryski was a Polish-Lithuanian noble, statesman and author. He was the son of Prince Adam Kazimierz Czartoryski and Izabela Fleming.... |
3 December 1830 | 15 August 1831 |
| - | Józef Chłopicki, dictator Dictator A dictator is a ruler who assumes sole and absolute power but without hereditary ascension such as an absolute monarch. When other states call the head of state of a particular state a dictator, that state is called a dictatorship... |
5 December 1830 | 17 January 1831 | |
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gen. Jan Stefan Krukowiecki Jan Krukowiecki Count Jan Stefan Krukowiecki was a Polish general and chairman of the Polish National Government during the November Uprising and general during Napoleonic Wars fighting in the troops of Napoleon.-Early life and education:... |
17 August 1831 | 7 September 1831 |
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Bonawentura Niemojowski Bonawentura Niemojowski Bonawentura Niemojowski was a Polish lawyer, writer and politician. He was one of the leaders of Polish National Government during the November Uprising.-Biography:... |
8 September 1831 | 23 September 1831 |
| 4. | Jan Nepomucen Umiński | 23 September 1831 | 23 September 1831 | |
| 5. | Maciej Rybiński Maciej Rybinski Maciej Rybiński , Polish general, last chief of State of November Uprising.... |
25 September 1831 | 9 October 1831 |
Presidents of the National Government of the Republic of Poland (1846)
| No. | Portrait | Name | Entered office | Left office |
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| 1. | Jan Tyssowski, President of the National Government of the Republic of Poland |
22 February 1846 | 24 February 1846 | |
| – | Ludwik Gorzkowski, member of the National Government triumvirate Triumvirate A triumvirate is a political regime dominated by three powerful individuals, each a triumvir . The arrangement can be formal or informal, and though the three are usually equal on paper, in reality this is rarely the case... |
22 February 1846 | 24 February 1846 | |
| – | Aleksander Grzegorzewski, member of the National Government triumvirate |
22 February 1846 | 24 February 1846 | |
| – | Jan Tyssowski, dictator | 24 February 1846 | 3 March 1846 |
President of the National Committee in Poznań (1848)
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Gustaw Potworowski Gustaw Potworowski Gustaw Potworowski, count, was a Polish activist, founder of the Kasyno in Gostyń, activist of the Polish League . Born into an old Calvinist noble family, was one of the leading persons of the Polish national movement in the Prussian Province of Posen.-References:* Witold Jakóbczyk, Przetrwać na... |
20 March 1848 | 9 May 1848 |
Presidents of the National Government (1863–1864)
| No. | Portrait | Name | Entered office | Left office |
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| 1. | Stefan Bobrowski Stefan Bobrowski Stefan Bobrowski was a Polish 19th-century politician and an activist for Polish independence... |
21 January 1863 | 17 February 1863 | |
| - | Ludwik Mierosławski, dictator | 17 February 1863 | 11 March 1863 | |
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Marian Langiewicz Marian Langiewicz Marian Langiewicz, full name Marian Antoni Melchior Langiewicz , was a Polish patriot notable as a military leader of the January Uprising in 1863.-Biography:He was born in the province of Posen, his father being the local doctor... , dictator |
11 March 1863 | 18 March 1863 |
| 2. | Stefan Bobrowski Stefan Bobrowski Stefan Bobrowski was a Polish 19th-century politician and an activist for Polish independence... |
21 March 1863 | 12 April 1863 | |
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Agaton Giller Agaton Giller Agaton Giller was a Polish historian, journalist and politician. He and his brother Stefan Giller played notable roles in the Polish independence movement and in the January 1863 Uprising.-Life:During the January 1863 Uprising, Agaton Giller was a member of the National Government... |
12 April 1863 | 23 May 1863 |
| 4. | Franciszek Dobrowolski Franciszek Dobrowolski Franciszek Dobrowolski was a Polish theatre director, editor of Dziennik Poznański .-References:* Witold Jakóbczyk, Przetrwać na Wartą 1815-1914, Dzieje narodu i państwa polskiego, vol. III-55, Krajowa Agencja Wydawnicza, Warszawa 1989.... |
23 May 1863 | 9 June 1863 | |
| 5. | Piotr Kobylański | 9 June 1863 | 10 June 1863 | |
| 6. | Karol Majewski | 14 June 1863 | 17 September 1863 | |
| 7. | Franciszek Dobrowolski Franciszek Dobrowolski Franciszek Dobrowolski was a Polish theatre director, editor of Dziennik Poznański .-References:* Witold Jakóbczyk, Przetrwać na Wartą 1815-1914, Dzieje narodu i państwa polskiego, vol. III-55, Krajowa Agencja Wydawnicza, Warszawa 1989.... |
17 September 1863 | 17 October 1863 | |
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Romuald Traugutt Romuald Traugutt Romuald Traugutt was a Polish general and war hero, best known for commanding the January Uprising. From October 1863 to August 1864 he was Dictator of Insurrection. He headed the Polish national government from October 17, 1863 to April 20, 1864, and was president of its Foreign Affairs... , dictator |
17 October 1863 | 10 April 1864 |
| 9. | Aleksander Waszkowski | 12 April 1864 | 19 December 1864 | |
| 10. | Bronisław Brzeziński | 20 April 1864 | October 1864 |
Prime Ministers of the RegencyRegency Councilright|thumb|Regency Council: Ostrowski, Kakowski, LubomirskiThe Regency Council of the Kingdom of Poland was a semi-independent and temporary highest authority during World War I, formed by Germany and Austria-Hungary in the occupied Polish territories in September 1917. It was supposed to stay...
Kingdom of Poland (1917–1918)
| No. | Portrait | Name | Entered office | Left office |
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| 1. | Jan Kucharzewski Jan Kucharzewski Jan Kucharzewski was a Polish historian, lawyer, and politician, prime minister of Poland .In 1898 he graduated from Warsaw University, he was a member of Zet political organizaction, National Democrats movement, and National League until 1911... |
26 November 1917 | 27 February 1918 | |
| 2. | Antoni Ponikowski Antoni Ponikowski Antoni Ponikowski was a Polish academician and politician who served as prime minister in 1918 and from 1921 to 1922.... |
27 February 1918 | 4 April 1918 | |
| 3. | Jan Kanty Steczkowski Jan Kanty Steczkowski Jan Kanty Steczkowski was a Polish economist, solicitor and politician.Steczkowski served as Minister of Finances in the government of Jan Kucharzewski. On April 4, 1918, the Regency Council set up a government in which he became the Prime Minister... |
4 April 1918 | 23 October 1918 | |
| 4. | Józef Świeżyński Józef Swiezynski Józef Świeżyński was the prime minister of the Kingdom of Poland for a short time — from October 23, 1918 to November 5, 1918.- Citations :... |
23 October 1918 | 3 November 1918 | |
| 5. | Władysław Wróblewski | 3 November 1918 | 14 November 1918 |
Prime Ministers of the People's Republic (1918)
| No. | Portrait | Name | Entered office | Left office |
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| - | Ignacy Daszyński Ignacy Daszynski Ignacy Ewaryst Daszyński was a Polish politician, journalist and Prime Minister of the Polish government created in Lublin in 1918.... |
7 November 1918 | 14 November 1918 |
Until 11 November, Daszyński was Prime Minister in the Polish People's Republic, based at Lublin, in the territory occupied by Austrian troops. On 11 November, he was invited to form a national government on 11 November but failed and resigned three days later.
Prime Ministers of the Second Polish RepublicSecond Polish RepublicThe Second Polish Republic, Second Commonwealth of Poland or interwar Poland refers to Poland between the two world wars; a period in Polish history in which Poland was restored as an independent state. Officially known as the Republic of Poland or the Commonwealth of Poland , the Polish state was...
(1918–1939)
| No. | Portrait | Name | Entered office | Left office |
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| 1. | Jędrzej Moraczewski Jedrzej Moraczewski Jędrzej Moraczewski was a Polish socialist politician who served as first Prime Minister of Poland , from November 1918 to January 1919.... |
18 November 1918 | 18 January 1919 | |
| 2. | Ignacy Jan Paderewski Ignacy Jan Paderewski Ignacy Jan Paderewski GBE was a Polish pianist, composer, diplomat, politician, and the second Prime Minister of the Republic of Poland.-Biography:... |
18 January 1919 | 13 November 1919 | |
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Leopold Skulski Leopold Skulski Leopold Skulski was prime minister of Poland from 1919 to 1920.He was involved in politics from at least the mid 1910s, and served as mayor of Łódź between 1917 an 1919. He became a deputy in the Polish parliament after the 1919 elections, and on 13 December 1919 he became the Prime Minister of... |
13 December 1919 | 27 June 1920 |
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Władysław Grabski (1st term) | 27 June 1920 | 24 July 1920 |
| 5. | Wincenty Witos Wincenty Witos Wincenty Witos was a prominent member of the Polish People's Party from 1895, and leader of its "Piast" faction from 1913. He was a member of parliament in the Galician Sejm from 1908–1914, and an envoy to Reichsrat in Vienna from 1911 to 1918... (1st term) |
24 July 1920 | 19 September 1921 | |
| 6. | Antoni Ponikowski Antoni Ponikowski Antoni Ponikowski was a Polish academician and politician who served as prime minister in 1918 and from 1921 to 1922.... |
19 September 1921 | 28 June 1922 | |
| 7. | Artur Śliwiński Artur Sliwinski Artur Śliwiński was the Prime Minister of Poland from 28 June – 7 July 1922. In 1915 he had presided over the National Central Committee, which sought Polish independence from Russia.... |
28 June 1922 | 31 July 1922 | |
| 8. | Julian Nowak Julian Nowak Julian Ignacy Nowak was a Polish microbiologist and politician who served as prime minister in 1922.Nowak studied medicine at the Jagiellonian University in 1886–1893, and was a professor there since 1899. In 1921–1922 he was a rector of the university. Being a conservative politician, he served... |
31 July 1922 | 16 December 1922 | |
| 9. | Władysław Sikorski | 16 December 1922 | 28 May 1923 | |
| (5.) | Wincenty Witos Wincenty Witos Wincenty Witos was a prominent member of the Polish People's Party from 1895, and leader of its "Piast" faction from 1913. He was a member of parliament in the Galician Sejm from 1908–1914, and an envoy to Reichsrat in Vienna from 1911 to 1918... (2nd term) |
28 May 1923 | 19 December 1923 | |
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Władysław Grabski (2nd term) | 19 December 1923 | 20 November 1925 |
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Aleksander Skrzyński Aleksander Skrzynski Aleksander Józef Skrzyński |Galicia]] – 25 September 1931 in Łąkociny near Ostrów Wielkopolski, Poland) was a Polish politician who served as the country's prime minister from 1925 to 1926... |
20 November 1925 | 10 May 1926 |
| (5.) | Wincenty Witos Wincenty Witos Wincenty Witos was a prominent member of the Polish People's Party from 1895, and leader of its "Piast" faction from 1913. He was a member of parliament in the Galician Sejm from 1908–1914, and an envoy to Reichsrat in Vienna from 1911 to 1918... (3rd term) |
10 May 1926 | 14 May 1926 | |
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Kazimierz Bartel Kazimierz Bartel Kazimierz Władysław Bartel was a Polish mathematician and politician who served as Prime Minister of Poland three times between 1926 and 1930.... (3 terms) |
15 May 1926 | 4 June 1926 |
| 8 June 1926 | 24 September 1926 | |||
| 27 September 1926 | 30 September 1926 | |||
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Józef Piłsudski (1st term) | 2 October 1926 | 27 June 1928 |
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Kazimierz Bartel Kazimierz Bartel Kazimierz Władysław Bartel was a Polish mathematician and politician who served as Prime Minister of Poland three times between 1926 and 1930.... (4th term) |
27 June 1928 | 14 April 1929 |
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Kazimierz Świtalski Kazimierz Switalski Col. Kazimierz Stanisław Świtalski was a Polish officer, politician, and a Prime Minister of Poland.-Biographical note:Before the World War I he joined the Związek Walki Czynnej, an underground organisation formed by Józef Piłsudski. In 1914 Świtalski joined the Polish Legions and in 1918 the... |
14 April 1929 | 29 December 1929 |
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Kazimierz Bartel Kazimierz Bartel Kazimierz Władysław Bartel was a Polish mathematician and politician who served as Prime Minister of Poland three times between 1926 and 1930.... (5th term) |
29 December 1929 | 29 March 1930 |
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Walery Sławek (1st term) | 29 March 1930 | 25 August 1930 |
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Józef Piłsudski (2nd term) | 25 August 1930 | 4 December 1930 |
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Walery Sławek (2nd term) | 4 December 1930 | 27 May 1931 |
| 15. | Aleksander Prystor Aleksander Prystor Aleksander Błażej Prystor was a Polish politician, soldier and activist who served as Prime Minister of Poland from 1931 to 1933.He was a member of the Combat Organization of the Polish Socialist Party and in 1908 took part in the Bezdany raid.... |
27 May 1931 | 10 May 1933 | |
| 16. | Janusz Jędrzejewicz Janusz Jedrzejewicz Janusz Jędrzejewicz was a Polish politician and educator, a leader of the Sanacja political group, and Prime Minister of Poland from 1933 to 1934.-Life:... |
10 May 1933 | 15 May 1934 | |
| 17. | Leon Kozłowski | 15 May 1934 | 28 March 1935 | |
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Walery Sławek (3rd term) | 28 March 1935 | 13 October 1935 |
| 18. | Marian Zyndram-Kościałkowski | 13 October 1935 | 15 May 1936 | |
| 19. | Felicjan Sławoj Składkowski | 15 May 1936 | 30 September 1939 |
Prime Ministers of Polish Government in ExilePolish government in ExileThe Polish government-in-exile, formally known as the Government of the Republic of Poland in Exile , was the government in exile of Poland formed in the aftermath of the Invasion of Poland of September 1939, and the subsequent occupation of Poland by Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union, which...
(1939–1945)
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Władysław Sikorski (2 terms) |
30 September 1939 | 18 July 1940 |
| 18 July 1940 | 4 July 1943 | |||
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Stanisław Mikołajczyk | 14 July 1943 | 24 November 1944 |
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Tomasz Arciszewski Tomasz Arciszewski Tomasz Arciszewski was a Polish socialist politician, a member of the Polish Socialist Party and the Prime Minister of the Polish government-in-exile in London from 1944 to 1947, presiding over the period when the government lost the recognition of the Western powers.-Early life:Tomasz Arciszewski... |
29 November 1944 | 5 July 1945 (lost recognition by any member of the United Nations United Nations The United Nations is an international organization whose stated aims are facilitating cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress, human rights, and achievement of world peace... ) |
Prime Ministers of the Republic of PolandPeople's Republic of PolandThe People's Republic of Poland was the official name of Poland from 1952 to 1990. Although the Soviet Union took control of the country immediately after the liberation from Nazi Germany in 1944, the name of the state was not changed until eight years later...
(1945–1952)
| No. | Portrait | Name | Entered office | Left office |
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| 1. | Edward Osóbka-Morawski Edward Osóbka-Morawski Edward Osóbka-Morawski was a Polish activist in PPS before World War II, and after the Soviet takover of Poland, Chairman of the Communist interim government called the Polish Committee of National Liberation formed in Lublin with Stalin's approval and backing.In October 1944, Osóbka-Morawski... (3 terms) |
22 July 1944 | 31 December 1944 | |
| 31 December 1944 | 28 June 1945 | |||
| 28 June 1945 | 6 February 1947 | |||
| 2. | Józef Cyrankiewicz Józef Cyrankiewicz Józef Cyrankiewicz was a Polish Socialist, after 1948 Communist political figure. He served as premier of the People's Republic of Poland between 1947 and 1952, and again between 1954 and 1970... |
6 February 1947 | 20 November 1952 |
Prime Ministers of the People's Republic of PolandPeople's Republic of PolandThe People's Republic of Poland was the official name of Poland from 1952 to 1990. Although the Soviet Union took control of the country immediately after the liberation from Nazi Germany in 1944, the name of the state was not changed until eight years later...
(1952–1990)
| No. | Portrait | Name | Entered office | Left office |
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| 3. | Bolesław Bierut | 20 November 1952 | 18 March 1954 | |
| 4. | Józef Cyrankiewicz Józef Cyrankiewicz Józef Cyrankiewicz was a Polish Socialist, after 1948 Communist political figure. He served as premier of the People's Republic of Poland between 1947 and 1952, and again between 1954 and 1970... |
18 March 1954 | 23 December 1970 | |
| 5. | Piotr Jaroszewicz Piotr Jaroszewicz Gen. Piotr Jaroszewicz was a Polish Communist political figure. He served as the Prime Minister of Poland between 1970 and 1980.Piotr Jaroszewicz was born on 8 October 1909 in Nieśwież. After finishing the secondary school in Jasło he started working as a teacher and headmaster in Garwolin... |
23 December 1970 | 18 February 1980 | |
| 6. | Edward Babiuch Edward Babiuch Edward Babiuch was a Polish Communist political figure. He was one of four deputy chairmen of the Polish Council of State 1976–1980. Babiuch briefly served as the Prime Minister of Poland in 1980, from February 18 to August 24 of that year.-References:... |
18 February 1980 | 24 August 1980 | |
| 7. | Józef Pińkowski Józef Pinkowski Józef Pińkowski was a Polish Communist politician who served as Prime Minister from 1980 to 1981.... |
24 August 1980 | 11 February 1981 | |
| 8. | Wojciech Jaruzelski Wojciech Jaruzelski Wojciech Witold Jaruzelski is a retired Polish military officer and Communist politician. He was the last Communist leader of Poland from 1981 to 1989, Prime Minister from 1981 to 1985 and the country's head of state from 1985 to 1990. He was also the last commander-in-chief of the Polish People's... |
11 February 1981 | 6 November 1985 | |
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Zbigniew Messner Zbigniew Messner Zbigniew Messner was a Communist economist and politician in Poland. In 1972, he became Professor of Karol Adamiecki University of Economics in Katowice... |
6 November 1985 | 27 September 1988 |
| 10. | Mieczysław Rakowski | 27 September 1988 | 2 August 1989 | |
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Czesław Kiszczak lost vote of confidence |
2 August 1989 | 24 August 1989 |
| 12. | Tadeusz Mazowiecki Tadeusz Mazowiecki Tadeusz Mazowiecki is a Polish author, journalist, philanthropist and Christian-democratic politician, formerly one of the leaders of the Solidarity movement, and the first non-communist prime minister in Central and Eastern Europe after World War II.-Biography:Mazowiecki comes from a Polish... during democratic transition |
24 August 1989 | 4 January 1991 |
Prime Ministers of the Republic
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| 1 | Tadeusz Mazowiecki Tadeusz Mazowiecki Tadeusz Mazowiecki is a Polish author, journalist, philanthropist and Christian-democratic politician, formerly one of the leaders of the Solidarity movement, and the first non-communist prime minister in Central and Eastern Europe after World War II.-Biography:Mazowiecki comes from a Polish... |
20 August 1989 24 August 1989 12 September 1989 |
R. 25 November 1990 4 January 1991 |
Solidarność (KO‘S’) Solidarity Citizens' Committee The Solidarity Citizens' Committee , also known as "Citizens' Electoral Committee" , previously named "Citizens' Committee with Lech Wałęsa" was an legal political organisation of the democratic opposition in communist Poland... until 1990 Democratic Union (UD) Democratic Union (Poland) The Democratic Union was a Liberal Christian-democratic party in Poland. The party was founded in 1990 by Prime Minister, Christian democrat Tadeusz Mazowiecki as a merger of the Citizens' Movement for Democratic Action and the Forum of Right Democrats .The party had a market-socialist... from 1990 |
Mazowiecki KO‘S’ Solidarity Citizens' Committee The Solidarity Citizens' Committee , also known as "Citizens' Electoral Committee" , previously named "Citizens' Committee with Lech Wałęsa" was an legal political organisation of the democratic opposition in communist Poland... –ZSL United People's Party (Poland) The United People's Party was an agrarian political party in the People's Republic of Poland. It was formed on 27 November 1949 from the merger of the communist Stronnictwo Ludowe party with remnants of the independent People's Party of Stanisław Mikołajczyk .ZSL became - as intended from its very... –PZPR Polish United Workers' Party The Polish United Workers' Party was the Communist party which governed the People's Republic of Poland from 1948 to 1989. Ideologically it was based on the theories of Marxism-Leninism.- The Party's Program and Goals :... –SD Democratic Party (Poland) The Democratic Party is a Polish centrist party. The party faced a revival in 2009, when it was joined by liberal politician Paweł Piskorski, formerly member of Civic Platform.-History:The party was established on April 15, 1939... |
Contract Contract Sejm Contract Sejm is a term commonly applied to the Polish Parliament elected in the Polish parliamentary elections of 1989. The contract refers to an agreement reached by the Communist Party and the Solidarity movement during the Polish Round Table Agreement. The final agreement was signed on April... (1989) |
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| – | Jan Olszewski Jan Olszewski Jan Ferdynand Olszewski is a Polish lawyer and political figure. He is best known for serving as Prime Minister of the Republic of Poland from 1991 to 1992.... |
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| 2 | Jan Krzysztof Bielecki Jan Krzysztof Bielecki Jan Krzysztof Bielecki is a Polish centre politician. He served as Prime Minister of Poland for most of 1991. He is a member of Civic Platform. Chairman of the Council of the Polish Institute of International Affairs.... |
4 January 1991 4 January 1991 12 January 1991 |
R. 5 December 1991 6 December 1991 |
Liberal Democratic Congress (KLD) Liberal Democratic Congress The Liberal Democratic Congress was a centrist-conservative, liberal-Catholic party in Poland. The party, led by Donald Tusk, had roots in the Solidarity movement... |
Bielecki KLD Liberal Democratic Congress The Liberal Democratic Congress was a centrist-conservative, liberal-Catholic party in Poland. The party, led by Donald Tusk, had roots in the Solidarity movement... –ZChN–PC–SD Democratic Party (Poland) The Democratic Party is a Polish centrist party. The party faced a revival in 2009, when it was joined by liberal politician Paweł Piskorski, formerly member of Civic Platform.-History:The party was established on April 15, 1939... |
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| – | Bronisław Geremek | Never took office. | Democratic Union (UD) Democratic Union (Poland) The Democratic Union was a Liberal Christian-democratic party in Poland. The party was founded in 1990 by Prime Minister, Christian democrat Tadeusz Mazowiecki as a merger of the Citizens' Movement for Democratic Action and the Forum of Right Democrats .The party had a market-socialist... |
– | I (1991) Polish parliamentary election, 1991 The Polish parliamentary election in 1991 to the Sejm and the Senate of Poland was held on October 27. In the Sejm elections, 27,517,280 citizens were eligible to vote, 11,887,949 of them cast their votes, 11,218,602 of those were counted as valid. In the Senate elections, 43.2% of citizens cast... |
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| 3 | Jan Olszewski Jan Olszewski Jan Ferdynand Olszewski is a Polish lawyer and political figure. He is best known for serving as Prime Minister of the Republic of Poland from 1991 to 1992.... |
6 December 1991 6 December 1991 23 December 1991 |
Dis. 5 June 1992 5 June 1992 |
Centre Agreement (PC) | Olszewski PC–ZChN–PSL.PL |
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| 4 | Waldemar Pawlak Waldemar Pawlak Waldemar Pawlak is a Polish politician. He twice served as Prime Minister of Poland, briefly in 1992 and again from 1993 to 1995. Since November 2007, he has been Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Economy. Pawlak is the only person who held the office of Prime Minister twice during the... |
5 June 1992 5 June 1992 no confidence vote |
R. 7 July 1992 11 July 1992 |
Polish People's Party (PSL) | Pawlak I First Cabinet of Waldemar Pawlak Waldemar Pawlak is the only person to serve twice as Prime Minister of the Republic of Poland during Third Republic period .His first premiership was the briefest Government during this period, lasted only 33 days... PSL |
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| 5 | Hanna Suchocka Hanna Suchocka Hanna Suchocka is a Polish political figure. She served as the prime minister of Poland between 11 July 1992 and 26 October 1993 under the presidency of Lech Wałęsa. She is the first woman to hold this post in Poland and 19th in the world.Suchocka is a specialist in Constitutional Law... |
10 July 1992 11 July 1992 11 July 1992 |
28 May 1993 26 October 1993 |
Democratic Union (UD) Democratic Union (Poland) The Democratic Union was a Liberal Christian-democratic party in Poland. The party was founded in 1990 by Prime Minister, Christian democrat Tadeusz Mazowiecki as a merger of the Citizens' Movement for Democratic Action and the Forum of Right Democrats .The party had a market-socialist... |
Suchocka UD Democratic Union (Poland) The Democratic Union was a Liberal Christian-democratic party in Poland. The party was founded in 1990 by Prime Minister, Christian democrat Tadeusz Mazowiecki as a merger of the Citizens' Movement for Democratic Action and the Forum of Right Democrats .The party had a market-socialist... –KLD Liberal Democratic Congress The Liberal Democratic Congress was a centrist-conservative, liberal-Catholic party in Poland. The party, led by Donald Tusk, had roots in the Solidarity movement... –ZChN–PChD– PPPP Polish Beer-Lovers' Party The Polish Beer-Lovers' Party was a satirical Polish political party that was founded in 1990 by satirist Janusz Rewiński. Originally, the party's goal was to promote cultural beer-drinking in English-style pubs instead of vodka and thus fight alcoholism.The humorous name and disillusionment with... –PSL.PL |
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| (4) | Waldemar Pawlak Waldemar Pawlak Waldemar Pawlak is a Polish politician. He twice served as Prime Minister of Poland, briefly in 1992 and again from 1993 to 1995. Since November 2007, he has been Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Economy. Pawlak is the only person who held the office of Prime Minister twice during the... |
18 October 1993 26 October 1993 10 November 1993 |
1 March 1995 7 March 1995 |
Polish People's Party (PSL) | Pawlak II Second Cabinet of Waldemar Pawlak Cabinet of Waldemar Pawlak... SLD Democratic Left Alliance Democratic Left Alliance is a social-democratic political party in Poland. Formed in 1991 as a coalition of centre-left parties, it was formally established as a single party on 15 April 1999. It is currently the third largest opposition party in Poland.... –PSL–BBWR |
II (1993) Polish parliamentary election, 1993 Polish parliamentary election in 1993 to Sejm and Senate of Poland was held on the 19 September. In Sejm elections, 52.13% of citizens cast their votes, and 95.7% of those were counted as valid. In Senate elections, 52.1% of citizens cast their votes, and 97.07% were valid... |
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| 6 | Józef Oleksy Józef Oleksy Józef Oleksy is a post-communist Polish politician, former chairman of Democratic Left Alliance .... |
1 March 1995 7 March 1995 4 March 1995 |
26 January 1996 7 February 1996 |
Democratic Left Alliance (SLD) Democratic Left Alliance Democratic Left Alliance is a social-democratic political party in Poland. Formed in 1991 as a coalition of centre-left parties, it was formally established as a single party on 15 April 1999. It is currently the third largest opposition party in Poland.... |
Oleksy SLD Democratic Left Alliance Democratic Left Alliance is a social-democratic political party in Poland. Formed in 1991 as a coalition of centre-left parties, it was formally established as a single party on 15 April 1999. It is currently the third largest opposition party in Poland.... –PSL |
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| 7 | Włodzimierz Cimoszewicz | 7 February 1996 7 February 1996 15 February 1996 |
R. 17 October 1997 31 October 1997 |
Democratic Left Alliance (SLD) Democratic Left Alliance Democratic Left Alliance is a social-democratic political party in Poland. Formed in 1991 as a coalition of centre-left parties, it was formally established as a single party on 15 April 1999. It is currently the third largest opposition party in Poland.... |
Cimoszewicz SLD Democratic Left Alliance Democratic Left Alliance is a social-democratic political party in Poland. Formed in 1991 as a coalition of centre-left parties, it was formally established as a single party on 15 April 1999. It is currently the third largest opposition party in Poland.... –PSL |
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Jerzy Buzek Jerzy Buzek Jerzy Karol Buzek is a Polish engineer, academic lecturer and politician who was the ninth post-Cold War Prime Minister of Poland from 1997 to 2001... |
17 October 1997 31 October 1997 11 November 1997 |
Dis. 19 October 2001 19 October 2001 |
Solidarity Electoral Action (AWS) Solidarity Electoral Action Solidarity Electoral Action was a political party coalition in Poland. Since 1997 its official name has been Akcja Wyborcza Solidarność Prawicy or Solidarity Electoral Action of the Right... |
Buzek Cabinet of Jerzy Buzek The Cabinet of Jerzy Buzek was appointed on October 31, 1997, passed the vote of confidence on November 11, 1997.-The Cabinet:... AWS Solidarity Electoral Action Solidarity Electoral Action was a political party coalition in Poland. Since 1997 its official name has been Akcja Wyborcza Solidarność Prawicy or Solidarity Electoral Action of the Right... –UW Freedom Union (Poland) The Freedom Union was a liberal democratic party in Poland. It was founded on March 20, 1994 out of the merger of the Democratic Union and the Liberal Democratic Congress . Both of these parties had roots in the Solidarity trade union movement. It represented European democratic and liberal... |
III (1997) Polish parliamentary election, 1997 The Polish parliamentary election in 1997 to the Sejm and Senate of Poland was held on the 21 September. In the Sejm elections, 47.93% of citizens cast their votes, 96.12% of which were counted as valid... |
| 9 | Leszek Miller Leszek Miller Leszek Cezary Miller is a Polish central-left-wing politician, leader of the Democratic Left Alliance , Prime Minister of the government of the Republic of Poland in 2001-2004.-Childhood and youth:... |
4 October 2001 19 October 2001 26 October 2001 & 13 June 2003 |
R. 2 May 2004 2 May 2004 |
Democratic Left Alliance (SLD) Democratic Left Alliance Democratic Left Alliance is a social-democratic political party in Poland. Formed in 1991 as a coalition of centre-left parties, it was formally established as a single party on 15 April 1999. It is currently the third largest opposition party in Poland.... |
Miller Cabinet of Leszek Miller The Cabinet of Leszek Miller was appointed on October 19, 2001, passed the vote of confidence on October 26, 2001, and June 13, 2003.-The Cabinet:... SLD Democratic Left Alliance Democratic Left Alliance is a social-democratic political party in Poland. Formed in 1991 as a coalition of centre-left parties, it was formally established as a single party on 15 April 1999. It is currently the third largest opposition party in Poland.... –UP Labour Union (Poland) The Labour Union is a social-democratic political party in Poland. It is a member of the Party of European Socialists and Socialist International.... –PSL |
IV (2001) Polish parliamentary election, 2001 Polish parliamentary election in 2001 to Sejm and Senate of Poland were held on the 23rd September. In Sejm elections, 46.29% of citizens cast their votes, 96.01% of those were counted as valid... |
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Marek Belka Marek Belka Marek Marian Belka is a Polish professor of Economics, a former Prime Minister and Finance Minister of Poland, former Director of the International Monetary Fund's European Department and current Head of National Bank of Poland.- Biography :... |
2 May 2004 2 May 2004 14 May 2004 (rejected) |
N.C. 14 May 2004 11 June 2004 |
Democratic Left Alliance (SLD) Democratic Left Alliance Democratic Left Alliance is a social-democratic political party in Poland. Formed in 1991 as a coalition of centre-left parties, it was formally established as a single party on 15 April 1999. It is currently the third largest opposition party in Poland.... |
Belka I First Cabinet of Marek Belka The First Cabinet of Marek Belka was appointed on May 2, 2004. It failed a vote of confidence in parliament on May 14, 2004.-The Cabinet:... SLD Democratic Left Alliance Democratic Left Alliance is a social-democratic political party in Poland. Formed in 1991 as a coalition of centre-left parties, it was formally established as a single party on 15 April 1999. It is currently the third largest opposition party in Poland.... –UP Labour Union (Poland) The Labour Union is a social-democratic political party in Poland. It is a member of the Party of European Socialists and Socialist International.... |
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| 11 June 2004 11 June 2004 24 June 2004 & 15 October 2004 |
R. 5 May 2005 Dis. 19 October 2005 31 October 2005 |
Belka II Second Cabinet of Marek Belka The Second Cabinet of Marek Belka was appointed on June 11, 2004, passed the vote of confidence in parliament on June 24, 2004, and October 15, 2004.-The Cabinet:... SLD Democratic Left Alliance Democratic Left Alliance is a social-democratic political party in Poland. Formed in 1991 as a coalition of centre-left parties, it was formally established as a single party on 15 April 1999. It is currently the third largest opposition party in Poland.... –UP Labour Union (Poland) The Labour Union is a social-democratic political party in Poland. It is a member of the Party of European Socialists and Socialist International.... |
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Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz is a Polish conservative politician who served as Prime Minister of Poland from October 31, 2005 to July 14, 2006... |
19 October 2005 31 October 2005 10 November 2005 |
R. 10 July 2006 14 July 2006 |
Law and Justice (PiS) Law and Justice Law and Justice , abbreviated to PiS, is a right-wing, conservative political party in Poland. With 147 seats in the Sejm and 38 in the Senate, it is the second-largest party in the Polish parliament.... |
Marcinkiewicz Cabinet of Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz The Cabinet of Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz was appointed on October 31, 2005, and passed the vote of confidence in parliament on November 10, 2005. It was supported by 272 votes with 187 votes against . This minority government was ruled by politicians of Law and Justice and some independents e.g.... PiS Law and Justice Law and Justice , abbreviated to PiS, is a right-wing, conservative political party in Poland. With 147 seats in the Sejm and 38 in the Senate, it is the second-largest party in the Polish parliament.... –SRP–LPR League of Polish Families The League of Polish Families is a right-wing political party in Poland. It was represented in the Polish parliament, forming part of the cabinet of Jarosław Kaczyński, until the latter dissolved in September 2007.... |
V (2005) Polish parliamentary election, 2005 Parliamentary elections for both houses of the Parliament of Poland were held on September 25, 2005. Thirty million voters were eligible to vote for all 460 members of the lower house, the Assembly of the Republic of Poland , and all 100 members of the upper house, the Senate of the Republic of... |
| 12 | Jarosław Kaczyński | 10 July 2006 14 July 2006 19 July 2006 |
R. 5 November 2007 16 November 2007 |
Law and Justice (PiS) Law and Justice Law and Justice , abbreviated to PiS, is a right-wing, conservative political party in Poland. With 147 seats in the Sejm and 38 in the Senate, it is the second-largest party in the Polish parliament.... |
Kaczyński PiS Law and Justice Law and Justice , abbreviated to PiS, is a right-wing, conservative political party in Poland. With 147 seats in the Sejm and 38 in the Senate, it is the second-largest party in the Polish parliament.... –SRP–LPR League of Polish Families The League of Polish Families is a right-wing political party in Poland. It was represented in the Polish parliament, forming part of the cabinet of Jarosław Kaczyński, until the latter dissolved in September 2007.... |
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Donald Tusk Donald Tusk Donald Franciszek Tusk is a Polish politician who has been Prime Minister of Poland since 2007. He was a co-founder and is chairman of the Civic Platform party.... |
9 November 2007 24 November 2007 |
R. 8 November 2011 18 November 2011 |
Civic Platform (PO) Civic Platform Civic Platform , abbreviated to PO, is a centre-right, liberal conservative political party in Poland. It has been the major coalition partner in Poland's government since the 2007 general election, with party leader Donald Tusk as Prime Minister of Poland and Bronisław Komorowski as President... |
Tusk I PO Civic Platform Civic Platform , abbreviated to PO, is a centre-right, liberal conservative political party in Poland. It has been the major coalition partner in Poland's government since the 2007 general election, with party leader Donald Tusk as Prime Minister of Poland and Bronisław Komorowski as President... –PSL |
VI (2007) Polish parliamentary election, 2007 Early parliamentary elections for both houses of parliament were held in Poland on 21 October 2007 after the Sejm voted for its own dissolution on 7 September 2007. The election took place two years before the maximum tenure of four years, with the previous elections having been in September 2005... |
| 8 November 2011 18 November 2011 19 November 2011 |
Incumbent | Tusk II Second Cabinet of Donald Tusk The Second Cabinet of Donald Tusk is the current government of Poland from November 18, 2011, during the 7th legislature of the Sejm and the 8th legislature of the Senate. It was appointed by President Bronisław Komorowski on November 18, 2011, and passed the vote of confidence in Sejm on November... PO Civic Platform Civic Platform , abbreviated to PO, is a centre-right, liberal conservative political party in Poland. It has been the major coalition partner in Poland's government since the 2007 general election, with party leader Donald Tusk as Prime Minister of Poland and Bronisław Komorowski as President... –PSL |
VII (2011) Polish parliamentary election, 2011 A parliamentary election to both the Senate and the Sejm was held in Poland on 9 October 2011. The previous election, in 2007, resulted in a Civic Platform–Polish People's Party government... |
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Invited to form a government by the President, but failed to form a government and resigned.
See also
- Prime Minister of the Republic of PolandPrime Minister of the Republic of PolandThe Prime Minister of Poland heads the Polish Council of Ministers and directs their work, supervises territorial self-government within the guidelines and in ways described in the Constitution and other legislation, and acts as the superior for all government administration workers...
- President of the Republic of PolandPresident of the Republic of PolandThe President of the Republic of Poland is the Polish head of state. His or her rights and obligations are determined in the Constitution of Poland....
- List of Polish heads of state (1918–present)
- List of Polish monarchs