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List of prime ministers of Poland

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This is a list of the prime ministers of Poland. The Prime Minister of Poland is both the leader of the cabinet and the head of government of Poland.

Great Chancellors of Poland (1107–1795)

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Portrait Name Lifespan Term began Term ended
Jan ? 1107 1112
Michał Awdaniec ? 1112 1113
Goswin ? 1113 1138
Lupus ? 1138 1145
Pean died in 1152 1145 1152
Cherubin died in 1180 1152 1172
Klemens ? 1172 1173
Stefan ? 1173 1206
Iwo Odrowąż died 21 August 1229 1206 1208
Wincenty z Niałka died in 1232 1208 1211
Jarost ? 1211 1212
Marcin ? 1212 1213
Nanker died in 1250 1213 1241
Wawrzęta Gutowski ? 1241 1243
Rambold ? 1243 1262
Paweł z Przemankowa died 29 November 1292 1262 1266
Stanisław z Krakowa ? 1266 1270
Prokop died in 1295 1270 1280
Andrzej Zaremba died in 1318 1280 1290
Wincenty ? 1290 1296
Jan died 26 August 1296 1296 1296
Piotr Angeli ? 1296 1306
Franciszek z Krakowa ? 1306 1320
Zbigniew z Szczyrzyca ? 1320 1356
Janusz Suchywilk 1310 – 5 April 1382 1357 1373
Zawisza Kurozwęcki died 12 January 1382 1373 1379
Jan Radlica died 12 January 1392 1380 1386
Mikołaj Zaklika died in 1408 1386 1404
Mikołaj Kurowski 1355–1411 1404 1411
Wojciech Jastrzębiec 1362–1436 1411 1423
Jan Szafraniec 1363 – 28 July 1433 1423 1433
Jan Taszka Koniecpolski died 26 March 1455 1433 or 1434 1454
Jan Gruszczyński 1405 – 8 October 1473 1454 1469
Jakub Dembiński 1427 – 15 January 1490 1469 1473
Uriel Górka 1435 – 21 January 1498 1473 1479
Stanisław Kurozwęcki 1440–1482 1479 1482
Krzesław Kurozwęcki 1440–1503 1483 1503
Jan Łaski 1456 – 19 May 1531 1503 1510
Maciej Drzewicki 22 February 1467 – 22 August 1535 1510 1513
Krzysztof Szydłowiecki 1467–1532 1513 or 1515 1532
Jan Chojeński 17 March 1486 – 11 March 1538 1532 1538
Paweł Dunin-Wolski 1487–1546 1539 1540
Tomasz Sobocki 1508–1547 1540 1541
Samuel Maciejowski 15 January 1499 – 26 October 1550 1541 1550
Jan Ocieski 1501 – 12 May 1563 1550 or 1552 1563
Walenty Dembiński died in 1585 1564 1576
Piotr Dunin-Wolski 1531 – 1590 1576 1578
Jan Zamoyski 19 March 1542 – 3 June 1605 1578 1605
Maciej Pstrokoński 1553 – 1609 1606 1609
Wawrzyniec Gembicki 5 August 1559 – 10 February 1624 1609 1613
Feliks Kryski 1562–1618 1613 1618
Stanisław Żółkiewski 1547 – 7 October 1620 1618 1620
Andrzej Lipski 1572 – 4 September 1631 1620 1623
Wacław Leszczyński 1576 – 17 May 1628 1625 1628
Jakub Zadzik 1582 – 17 March 1642 1628 1635
Tomasz Zamoyski 1594–7 January 1638 1635 1635
Piotr Gembicki 10 October 1585 – 14 July 1657 1635 1643
Jerzy Ossoliński 15 December 1595 – 9 August 1650 1643 1650
Andrzej Leszczyński 1608–1658 1650 1652
Stefan Koryciński 1617 – 4 July 1658 1652 1658
Mikołaj Prażmowski 1617 – 15 April 1673 1658 1666
Jan Leszczyński 1603–1678 1666 1678
Jan Stefan Wydżga 1610 – 6 September 1685 1678 1678
Jan Wielopolski 1630 – 15 February 1688 1678 1688
Jerzy Albrecht Denhoff 1640 – 1702 1688 1702
Karol Tarło 1639 – 1702 1702 1702
Andrzej Chryzostom Załuski 1650 – 12 May 1711 1702 1706
Jan Stanisław Jabłonowski 1669 – 28 April 1731 1706 1709
Jan Szembek 1672 – 9 April 1731 1712 1731
Andrzej Stanisław Załuski 2 December 1695 – 16 December 1758 1735 1746
Jan Małachowski 26 January 1698 – 25 June 1762 1746 1762
Andrzej Zamoyski 12 February 1716 – 10 February 1792 1764 1767
Andrzej Młodziejowski 1717–1780 1767 1780
Jan Andrzej Borch 1715–1780 1780 1780
Antoni Onufry Okęcki 13 June 1729 – 15 June 1793 1780 1786
Jacek Małachowski 25 August 1737 – 27 March 1821 1786 1793
Antoni Sułkowski 11 June 1735 – 16 April 1796 1793 1795

Prime Ministers of the Duchy of Warsaw (1807–1813)

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Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)
Entered office Left office Monarch
(Reign)
1 Stanisław Małachowski
(1736–1809)
5 October 1807 14 December 1807
Duke Frederick Augustus I

(1807–1813)
2 Ludwik Szymon Gutakowski
(1738-1811)
14 December 1807 November 1808
3 Józef Poniatowski
(1763–1813)
Acting Prime Minister
November 1808 25 March 1809
4 Stanisław Kostka Potocki
(1755–1821)
25 March 1809 May 1813

Presidents of the Polish National Government (1830–1831)

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Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)
Entered office Left office
1 Prince
Adam Jerzy Czartoryski
(1770–1861)
3 December 1830 15 August 1831
Józef Chłopicki
(1771–1854)
(dictator)
5 December 1830 17 January 1831
2 General
Jan Stefan Krukowiecki
(1772–1850)
17 August 1831 7 September 1831
3 Bonawentura Niemojowski
(1787–1835)
8 September 1831 23 September 1831
4 Jan Nepomucen Umiński
(1778–1851)
23 September 1831 23 September 1831
5 Maciej Rybiński
(1784–1874)
25 September 1831 9 October 1831

Presidents of the National Government of the Republic of Poland (1846)

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Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)
Entered office Left office

Tyssowski
National Government of the Republic of Poland (triumvirate):

Jan Tyssowski (President)
(1811–1857)
Ludwik Gorzkowski
(1811–1857)
Aleksander Grzegorzewski
(1806–1855)

22 February 1846 24 February 1846
Jan Tyssowski
(1811–1857)
(dictator)
24 February 1846 3 March 1846

President of the National Committee in Poznań (1848)

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Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)
Entered office Left office
1 Gustaw Potworowski
(1800–1860)
20 March 1848 9 May 1848

Presidents of the Polish National Government (1863–1864)

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Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)
Entered office Left office
1 Stefan Bobrowski
(1840–1863)
21 January 1863 17 February 1863
Ludwik Mierosławski
(1814–1878)
(dictator)
17 February 1863 11 March 1863
Marian Langiewicz
(1827–1887)
(dictator)
11 March 1863 18 March 1863
2 Stefan Bobrowski
(1840–1863)
21 March 1863 12 April 1863
3 Agaton Giller
(1831–1887)
12 April 1863 23 May 1863
4 Franciszek Dobrowolski
(1830–1896)
23 May 1863 9 June 1863
5 Piotr Kobylański
(1823–1868)
9 June 1863 10 June 1863
6 Karol Majewski
(1833–1897)
14 June 1863 17 September 1863
7 Franciszek Dobrowolski
(1830–1896)
17 September 1863 17 October 1863
8 Romuald Traugutt
(1826–1864)
(dictator.)
17 October 1863 10 April 1864
Aleksander Waszkowski
(1841–1865)
12 April 1864 19 December 1864
9 Bronisław Brzeziński
(1837–1865)
20 April 1864 October 1864

Prime Ministers of the Kingdom of Poland (1917–1918)

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Colour key (for political parties):
  National-Democratic Party (SDN)
  Party of the National Right (SPN)
  Independent

Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)
Entered office Left office Political party Cabinet
1
Jan Kucharzewski 1.jpg
Jan Kucharzewski
(1876–1952)
26 November 1917 27 February 1918 Independent Kucharzewski
Antoni Ponikowski.jpg
Antoni Ponikowski
(1878–1949)
27 February 1918 4 April 1918 National-Democratic Party Ponikowski
(provisional)
2
Jan Kanty Steczkowski.PNG
Jan Kanty Steczkowski
(1862–1929)
4 April 1918 23 October 1918 Party of the National Right Steczkowski
3
Premier Świeżyński.png
Józef Świeżyński
(1868–1948)
23 October 1918 3 November 1918 National-Democratic Party Świeżyński
Władysław Wróblewski.JPG
Władysław Wróblewski
(1875–1951)
3 November 1918 14 November 1918 Independent Wróblewski
(provisional)

Prime Ministers of the People's Republic (1918)

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Colour key (for political parties):
  Polish Socialist Party (PPS)

Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)
Entered office Left office Political party Cabinet
1 Ignacy Daszyński
(1866–1936)
7 November 1918 14 November 1918 Polish Socialist Party Provisional People's Government of the Republic of Poland

Note: 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 but failed and resigned three days later.

Prime Ministers of the Republic of Poland (1918–1939)

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Colour key (for political parties):
  Polish Socialist Party (PPS)
  National People's Union (NZL)
  Polish People's Party "Piast" (PSL Piast)
  Popular National Union (ZLN)
  Polish Christian Democratic Party (PSChD)
  Party of the National Right (SPN)
  Nonpartisan Bloc for Cooperation with the Government (BBWR)
  Independent

Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)
Tenure Ministerial offices held as prime minister Party Government
Took office Left office Duration
Moraczewski.png
Jędrzej Moraczewski
(1870–1944)
17 November 1918 16 January 1919 61 days Minister of Communication
(6 November 1918-29 December 1918)
Polish Socialist Party Moraczewski
(PPSPiastWyzwoleniePSL Lewica)
Ignacy Jan Paderewski.PNG
Ignacy Jan Paderewski
(1860–1941)
16 January 1919 9 November 1919 298 days Minister of Foreign Affairs Independent Paderewski
(ZLN–PPS–Wyzwolenie–SPN)
L Skulski.jpg
Leopold Skulski
(1878–1940)
13 November 1919 9 June 1920 210 days National People's Union Skulski
(NZL-ZLN-Piast–Wyzwolenie–SPN–NPR)
Wladyslaw Grabski ca 1930 (color adjustments).png
Władysław Grabski
(1874–1938)
23 June 1920 24 July 1920 32 days Minister of the Treasury Popular National Union Grabski I
(Piast–ZLN–Wyzwolenie)
Witos 1920.jpg
Wincenty Witos
(1874–1945)
24 July 1920 5 September 1921 1 year, 44 days Polish People's Party "Piast" Rząd Obrony Narodowej (Witos I)
(Piast–ZLN–PPS–ChNSP–Wyzwolenie–SPN–NPR)
Ponikowski.png
Antoni Ponikowski
(1878–1949)
19 September 1921 10 March 1922 261 days Minister of Culture and Art
Minister of Public Enlightenment
Polish Christian Democratic Party Ponikowski I
(ChNSP–SPN)
5 March 1922 6 June 1922 Ponikowski II
(ChNSP–SPN)
Sliwinski.png
Artur Śliwiński
(1877–1953)
28 June 1922 7 July 1922 10 days Independent Śliwiński
Premier Julian Nowak.png
Julian Nowak
(1865–1946)
31 July 1922 14 December 1922 137 days Party of the National Right Nowak
(SPN)
W. Sikorski, 1925.png
Władysław Sikorski
(1881–1943)
16 December 1922 26 May 1923 162 days Independent Sikorski I
Witos 1927 (cropped).png
Wincenty Witos
(1874–1945)
28 May 1923 14 December 1923 201 days Polish People's Party "Piast" Witos II
(ZLN–Piast–ChNSP)
Wladyslaw Grabski ca 1930 (color adjustments).png
Władysław Grabski
(1874–1938)
19 December 1923 14 November 1925 1 year, 332 days Popular National Union
Christian Union of National Unity
Grabski II
(ZLN–PSChD–PSL Wyzwolenie–SPN)
Skrzynski A.jpg
Aleksander Skrzyński
(1882–1931)
20 November 1925 5 May 1926 167 days Party of the National Right Skrzyński
(ZLN–Piast–PSChD–PPS–NPR–SPN)
Witos 1927 (cropped).png
Wincenty Witos
(1874–1945)
10 May 1926 14 May 1926 4 days Polish People's Party "Piast" Witos III
(ZLN–Piast–PSChD–NPR)
Bartel.png
Kazimierz Bartel
(1882–1941)
15 May 1926 4 June 1926 138 days Nonpartisan Bloc for
Cooperation with the Government
Bartel I
8 June 1926 24 September 1926 Minister of Iron Railways Bartel II
27 September 1926 30 September 1926 Bartel III
Jozef Pilsudski1.jpg
Józef Piłsudski
(1867–1935)
2 October 1926 27 June 1928 1 year, 270 days Minister of Military Affairs Independent Piłsudski I
Bartel.png
Kazimierz Bartel
(1882–1941)
28 June 1928 13 April 1929 288 days Nonpartisan Bloc for
Cooperation with the Government
Bartel IV
Switalski.png
Kazimierz Świtalski
(1886–1962)
14 April 1929 7 December 1929 238 days Nonpartisan Bloc for
Cooperation with the Government
Świtalski
Bartel.png
Kazimierz Bartel
(1882–1941)
29 December 1929 15 March 1930 77 days Nonpartisan Bloc for
Cooperation with the Government
Bartel V
Slawek_i_Daszynski.png
Walery Sławek
(1879–1939)
29 March 1930 23 August 1930 148 days Nonpartisan Bloc for
Cooperation with the Government
Sławek I
Jozef Pilsudski1.jpg
Józef Piłsudski
(1867–1935)
25 August 1930 4 December 1930 102 days Independent Piłsudski II
Slawek_i_Daszynski.png
Walery Sławek
(1879–1939)
5 December 1930 26 May 1931 173 days Nonpartisan Bloc for
Cooperation with the Government
Sławek II
Aleksander prystor 1.jpg
Aleksander Prystor
(1874–1941)
28 May 1931 10 May 1933 1 year, 349 days Nonpartisan Bloc for
Cooperation with the Government
Prystor
Janusz Jędrzejewicz.PNG
Janusz Jędrzejewicz
(1885–1951)
10 May 1933 16 May 1934 1 year, 7 days Minister of Public Enlightenment Nonpartisan Bloc for
Cooperation with the Government
Jędrzejewicz
Leon Kozłowski.PNG
Leon Kozłowski
(1892–1944)
16 May 1934 28 March 1935 317 days Nonpartisan Bloc for
Cooperation with the Government
Kozłowski
Slawek_i_Daszynski.png
Walery Sławek
(1879–1939)
28 March 1935 14 October 1935 201 days Nonpartisan Bloc for
Cooperation with the Government
Sławek III
Marian Zyndram-Kościałkowski, 1934.png
Marian Zyndram-Kościałkowski
(1892–1946)
13 October 1935 16 May 1936 217 days Nonpartisan Bloc for
Cooperation with the Government
Zyndram-Kościałkowski
FSSkladkowski (HistoriaPolski str.247).jpg
Felicjan Sławoj Składkowski
(1885–1962)
16 May 1936 30 September 1939 3 years, 138 days Minister of Internal Affairs Camp of National Unity Składkowski

Prime Ministers of the Government of the Republic of Poland in Exile (1939–1990)

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After the German conquest of Poland, a Polish government-in-exile was formed under the protection of France and Britain. The government was recognised by the United Kingdom and the United States until 5 July 1945, when the Western Allies accepted Joseph Stalin's communist government. By the end of 1946, the government-in-exile had lost recognition by all but a handful of independent nations. Despite this, it continued in London until the election of Lech Wałęsa as President of the Republic of Poland in December 1990.

Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)
Tenure Ministerial offices held as prime minister Party Government
Took office Left office Duration
Wladyslaw_Sikorski_2.jpg
Władysław Sikorski
(1881–1943)
30 September 1939 19 July 1940 293 days Minister of Justice
(16 October 1939-19 July 1940)
Minister of Military Affairs
Independent Sikorski II
Bundesarchiv Bild 102-11032, August Zaleski.jpg
August Zaleski
(1860–1941)
19 July 1940 25 July 1940[a] 6 days Independent
Wladyslaw_Sikorski_2.jpg
Władysław Sikorski
(1881–1943)
25 July 1940 4 July 1943 2 years, 344 days Minister of Interior
(25 July 1940-10 October 1940)
Minister of Military Affairs
(25 July 1940-26 August 1942)
Independent Sikorski III
Mikolajczyk.jpg
Stanisław Mikołajczyk
(1901–1966)
14 July 1943 24 November 1944 1 year, 133 days People's Party Mikołajczyk
Tomasz Arciszewski.jpg
Tomasz Arciszewski
(1877–1955)
29 November 1944 25 July 1945
(lost recognition by
major Allied powers)
2 years, 215 days Director of the Ministry of Labour and Welfare Polish Socialist Party Arciszewski
2 July 1947
Bor.jpg
Tadeusz Bór-Komorowski
(1895–1966)
2 July 1947 10 February 1949 1 year, 223 days Director of the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Sail
Director of the Ministry of Labour and Welfare
Director of the Ministry of the Treasury
Independent Komorowski
Tadeusz_Tomaszewski,_członek_Trybunału_Stanu.JPG
Tadeusz Tomaszewski
(1881–1950)
7 April 1949 10 August 1950† 1 year, 125 days Director of the Ministry of Justice
Director of the Ministry of the Treasury
Union of Polish Socialists in Exile Tomaszewski
Roman Odzierzyński.JPG
Roman Odzierzyński
(1892–1975)
11 August 1950
(Acting)
25 August 1950 3 years, 151 days Director of the Ministry of Justice
Director of the Ministry of National Defence
Independent
25 August 1950 8 December 1953 Director of the Ministry of Justice
Minister of National Defence
Director of the Ministry of the Treasury
(21 January 1952-8 December 1953)
Odzierzyński
Mikołaj Dolanowski nac.jpg
Jerzy Hryniewski
(1895–1978)
18 January 1954 13 May 1954 115 days Polish Independence League Hryniewski
Stanisław Cat-Mackiewicz.jpg
Stanisław Cat-Mackiewicz
(1896–1966)
8 June 1954 21 June 1955 1 year, 332 days Director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Independent Mackiewicz
3x4.svg
Hugon Hanke
(1904–1964)
8 August 1955 11 September 1955
(defected to the
Polish People's Republic)
34 days Labour Faction Hanke
Antoni Pająk 1.JPG
Antoni Pająk
(1893–1965)
12 September 1955 28 March 1957 9 years, 275 days Minister of the Treasury Polish Socialist Party Pająk I
15 April 1957 26 September 1963 Pająk II
9 October 1963 14 June 1965 Pająk III
Zawisza Aleksander.jpg
Aleksander Zawisza
(1896–1977)
25 June 1965 9 June 1970 4 years, 349 days Minister of Foreign Affairs Independent Zawisza
3x4.svg
Zygmunt Muchniewski
(1896–1979)
20 July 1970 14 July 1972 1 year, 360 days Labour Faction Muchniewski
Alfred_Urbański_Prime_Minister_of_Poland_in_Exile_1972-1976.jpg
Alfred Urbański
(1899–1983)
18 July 1972 15 December 1973 3 years, 363 days Minister of Interior Polish Socialist Party Urbański I
17 January 1974 15 July 1947 Minister of the Treasury Urbański II
Kazimierz_Sabbat.jpg
Kazimierz Sabbat
(1913–1989)
5 August 1976 12 June 1978 9 years, 246 days Minister of Justice
Minister of National Affairs
Independent Sabbat I
12 July 1978 9 April 1979 Sabbat II
20 July 1979 17 December 1983 Minister of Foreign Affairs Sabbat III
17 January 1984 8 April 1986 Minister of Foreign Affairs Sabbat IV
1986_Szczepanik_EF_3_old.jpg
Edward Szczepanik
(1915–2005)
8 April 1986 1 November 1989 4 years, 258 days Independent Szczepanik I
1 November 1989 20 December 1990 Szczepanik II

Chairmen of the Executive for National Unity (1954–1972)

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In 1954, one group within the government-in-exile opposed the continuation of August Zaleski as President of the government-in-exile beyond the end of his seven-year term. They established the Council of National Unity, vested the powers of the President in the Rada Trzech (three-man council), and appointed their own government, the Executive for National Unity. After the death of Zaleski in 1972, the Council of National Unity dissolved and ceded its powers to Zaleski's successor Stanisław Ostrowski.

Prime Ministers of the Polish People's Republic (1944–1989)

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Colour key (for political parties):
  Polish Socialist Party (PPS)
  Polish United Workers' Party (PZPR)
  Solidarity Citizens' Committee (KO‘S')

Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)
Entered office Left office Political party Cabinet
1
Edward Osóbka-Morwskai 1944.jpg
Edward Osóbka-Morawski
(1909–1997)
22 July 1944 31 December 1944 Polish Socialist Party Polish Committee of National Liberation
31 December 1944 28 June 1945 Provisional Government of the Republic of Poland
28 June 1945 6 February 1947 Provisional Government of National Unity
2
Cyrankiewicz.jpg
Józef Cyrankiewicz
(1911–1989)
6 February 1947 20 November 1952 Polish Socialist Party Cyrankiewicz I
Polish United Workers' Party
(from December 1948)
3
PL Bolesław Bierut (1892-1956).jpg
Bolesław Bierut
(1892–1956)
20 November 1952 18 March 1954 Polish United Workers' Party Bierut
(2)
Cyrankiewicz.jpg
Józef Cyrankiewicz
(1911–1989)
18 March 1954 15 May 1961 Polish United Workers' Party Cyrankiewicz II
18 May 1961 24 June 1965 Cyrankiewicz III
25 June 1965 27 June 1969 Cyrankiewicz IV
28 June 1969 23 December 1970 Cyrankiewicz V
4
Piotr Jaroszewicz, Prime Minister of the People's Republic of Poland 1970-1980 (cropped) (cropped).jpg
Piotr Jaroszewicz
(1909–1992)
23 December 1970 28 March 1972 Polish United Workers' Party (Cyrankiewicz V)
28 March 1972 25 March 1976 Jaroszewicz I
27 March 1976 18 February 1980 Jaroszewicz II
5
Edward Babiuch Sanok.JPG
Edward Babiuch
(1927–2021)
18 February 1980 24 August 1980 Polish United Workers' Party Babiuch
6
Józef Pińkowski.jpg
Józef Pińkowski
(1929–2000)
24 August 1980 11 February 1981 Polish United Workers' Party Pińkowski
7
Gen. Wojciech Jaruzelski 13 grudnia 1981.JPG
Wojciech Jaruzelski
(1923–2014)
11 February 1981 6 November 1985 Polish United Workers' Party Jaruzelski
8
Zbigniew Messner 1988.jpg
Zbigniew Messner
(1929–2014)
6 November 1985 27 September 1988 Polish United Workers' Party Messner
9
Mieczysław Rakowski na mównicy.jpg
Mieczysław Rakowski
(1926–2008)
27 September 1988 2 August 1989 Polish United Workers' Party Rakowski
10
Czeslaw Kiszczak.jpg
Czesław Kiszczak
(1925–2015)
(lost vote of confidence)
2 August 1989 24 August 1989 Polish United Workers' Party Kiszczak
11
Tadeusz Mazowiecki with EP President 1990.jpg
Tadeusz Mazowiecki
(1927–2013)
(during democratic transition)
24 August 1989 31 December 1989
(People's Republic
abolished.
)
Solidarity Citizens' Committee Mazowiecki

Prime Ministers of the Republic of Poland (1989–present)

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Political parties
Christian Democrats

  Polish People's Party (2)
  Solidarity Electoral Action (1)

Conservatives

  Centre Agreement / Law and Justice (5)

Liberals

  Solidarity Citizens' Committee / Democratic Union (2)
  Liberal Democratic Congress (1)
  Civic Platform (3)

Social Democrats

  Social Democracy / Democratic Left Alliance (4)

Portrait Name
Sejm District
(Birth–Death)
Tenure Ministerial offices held as prime minister Party Government Sejm
(Election)
President
(Term)
Took office Left office Duration

(Tadeusz Mazowiecki) Rueda de prensa de Felipe González con el primer ministro de Polonia. Pool Moncloa. 26 de septiembre de 1990 (cropped).jpeg
Tadeusz Mazowiecki
None
(1927–2013)
24 August 1989 4 January 1991 1 year, 134 days Solidarity Citizens' Committee Mazowiecki
B: (KO‘S'ZSLPZPRSD)
E: (KO‘S'–UDPSL–SD–ROADFPD)
Contract
(1989)
1 President
Wojciech Jaruzelski

(1989–1990)
Democratic Union
2 President
Lech Wałęsa

(1990–1995)
Premier Jan Krzysztof Bielecki 1991 (cropped).jpg
Jan Krzysztof Bielecki
Gdańsk - 21
(born 1951)
4 January 1991 6 December 1991 337 days Liberal Democratic Congress Bielecki
(KLDZChNPC–SD)
Jan Olszewski 3.jpg
Jan Olszewski
Warsaw - 17
(1930–2019)
6 December 1991 5 June 1992
(no confidence vote)
183 days Centre Agreement Olszewski
(PC–ZChN–PSL.PL)
I
(1991)
Waldemar Pawlak candidate 2010 C.jpg
Waldemar Pawlak
Płock - 3
(born 1959)
5 June 1992 11 July 1992[a] 37 days Polish People's Party Pawlak I
Hanna Suchocka, Prime Minister of Poland 1992-1993.jpg
Hanna Suchocka
Poznań - 18
(born 1946)
11 July 1992 26 October 1993 1 year, 108 days Democratic Union Suchocka
(UD–KLD–ZChN–PChD
PPPP–PSL.PL)
Waldemar Pawlak candidate 2010 C.jpg
Waldemar Pawlak
Płock - 34
(born 1959)
26 October 1993 7 March 1995 1 year, 133 days Polish People's Party Pawlak II
(SLD–PSL–BBWR)
II
(1993)
Negotiations on the Oblast of Kaliningrad with Russia, Poland and Lituania.jpg
Józef Oleksy
Siedlce - 39
(1946–2015)
7 March 1995 7 February 1996 338 days Social Democracy Oleksy
(SLD–PSL)
3 President
Aleksander Kwaśniewski

(1995–2005)
Włodzimierz Cimoszewicz VII kadencja Kancelaria Senatu.JPG
Włodzimierz Cimoszewicz
Białystok - 4
(born 1950)
7 February 1996 31 October 1997 1 year, 267 days Cimoszewicz
(SLD–PSL)
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Jerzy Buzek
Gliwice - 17
(born 1940)
31 October 1997 19 October 2001 3 years, 354 days
  • Chairman
    of the European Integration Committee (1998–2001)
Solidarity Electoral Action Buzek
(AWSUW)[b]
III
(1997)
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Leszek Miller
Łódź - 9
(born 1946)
19 October 2001 2 May 2004 2 years, 197 days
  • Chairman
    of the European Integration Committee
Democratic Left Alliance Miller
(SLDUP–PSL)[c]
IV
(2001)
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Marek Belka
None
(born 1952)
2 May 2004 11 June 2004
(no confidence vote)
1 year, 183 days
Belka I
(SLD–UP)
11 June 2004 31 October 2005 Belka II
(SLD–UP–SDPL)
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Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz
Zielona Góra - 8
(born 1959)
31 October 2005 14 July 2006 257 days
  • Chairman
    of the European Integration Committee (2006)
Law and Justice Marcinkiewicz
(PiSSRPLPR)[d]
V
(2005)
4 President
Lech Kaczyński

(2005–2010)
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Jarosław Kaczyński
Warsaw - 19
(born 1949)
14 July 2006 16 November 2007 1 year, 126 days Kaczyński
(PiS–SRP–LPR)[e]
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Donald Tusk
Warsaw - 19
(born 1957)
16 November 2007 18 November 2011 6 years, 311 days
  • Chairman
    of the European Integration Committee (2007–2009)
Civic Platform Tusk I
(POPSL)
VI
(2007)
5 President
Bronisław Komorowski

(2010–2015)
18 November 2011 22 September 2014 Tusk II
(PO–PSL)
VII
(2011)
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Ewa Kopacz
Radom - 17
(born 1956)
22 September 2014 16 November 2015 1 year, 56 days Kopacz
(PO–PSL)
6 President
Andrzej Duda

(2015–present)
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Beata Szydło
Chrzanów - 12
(born 1963)
16 November 2015 11 December 2017 2 years, 26 days Law and Justice Szydło VIII
(2015)
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Mateusz Morawiecki
None (until 2019)
Katowice II - 31 (from 2019)
(born 1968)
11 December 2017 15 November 2019 6 years, 3 days
Morawiecki I
15 November 2019 27 November 2023 Morawiecki II IX
(2019)
27 November 2023 13 December 2023
(no confidence vote)
Morawiecki III X
(2023)
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Donald Tusk
Warsaw - 19
(born 1957)
13 December 2023 Incumbent 360 days Civic Platform Tusk III
(KO–PSL–PL2050NL)
  1. ^ a b Invited to form a government by the President, but failed to form a government and resigned
  2. ^ UW left the Buzek cabinet on 8 June 2000.
  3. ^ PSL left the Miller cabinet on 3 March 2003.
  4. ^ SRP and LPR joined the Marcinkiewicz Cabinet on 5 May 2006.
  5. ^ SRP and LPR left the Kaczyński Cabinet on 13 August 2007.

Timeline

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Mateusz MorawieckiBeata SzydłoEwa KopaczDonald TuskJarosław KaczyńskiKazimierz MarcinkiewiczMarek BelkaLeszek MillerJerzy BuzekWłodzimierz CimoszewiczJózef OleksyHanna SuchockaWaldemar PawlakJan OlszewskiJan Krzysztof BieleckiTadeusz MazowieckiCzesław KiszczakMieczysław RakowskiZbigniew MessnerWojciech JaruzelskiJózef PińkowskiEdward BabiuchPiotr JaroszewiczBolesław BierutJózef CyrankiewiczEdward Osóbka-MorawskiFelicjan Sławoj SkładkowskiMarian Zyndram-KościałkowskiLeon KozłowskiJanusz JędrzejewiczAleksander PrystorWalery SławekKazimierz ŚwitalskiJózef PiłsudskiKazimierz BartelAleksander SkrzyńskiWładysław SikorskiJulian NowakArtur ŚliwińskiWincenty WitosWładysław GrabskiLeopold SkulskiIgnacy Jan PaderewskiJędrzej MoraczewskiWładysław WróblewskiJózef ŚwieżyńskiJan Kanty SteczkowskiAntoni PonikowskiJan Kucharzewski

See also

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References

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