List of prime ministers of Poland
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Prime Ministers of the Duchy of Warsaw (1807–1813)
| Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Entered office | Left office | Monarch (Reign) | |
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Stanisław Małachowski (1736–1809) |
5 October 1807 | 14 December 1807 | Duke Frederick Augustus I (1807–1813) | |
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Ludwik Szymon Gutakowski (1740–1808) |
14 December 1807 | November 1808 | ||
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Józef Poniatowski (1763–1813) Acting Prime Minister |
November 1808 | 25 March 1809 | ||
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Stanisław Kostka Potocki (1755–1821) |
25 March 1809 | May 1813 | ||
Presidents of the Polish National Government (1830–1831)
| Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Entered office | Left office | |
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Adam Jerzy Czartoryski (1770–1861) |
3 December 1830 | 15 August 1831 | |
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Józef Chłopicki (1771–1854) (dictator.) |
5 December 1830 | 17 January 1831 | |
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General Jan Stefan Krukowiecki (1772–1850) |
17 August 1831 | 7 September 1831 | |
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Bonawentura Niemojowski (1787–1835) |
8 September 1831 | 23 September 1831 | |
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Jan Nepomucen Umiński (1778–1851) |
23 September 1831 | 23 September 1831 | |
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Maciej Rybiński (1784–1874) |
25 September 1831 | 9 October 1831 | |
Presidents of the National Government of the Republic of Poland (1846)
| Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Entered office | Left office | |
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National Government of the Republic of Poland (triumvirate):
Jan Tyssowski (President) |
22 February 1846 | 24 February 1846 | |
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Jan Tyssowski (1811–1857) (dictator.) |
24 February 1846 | 3 March 1846 | |
President of the National Committee in Poznań (1848)
| Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Entered office | Left office | |
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Gustaw Potworowski (1800–1860) |
20 March 1848 | 9 May 1848 | |
Presidents of the Polish National Government (1863–1864)
| Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Entered office | Left office | |
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Stefan Bobrowski (1840–1863) |
21 January 1863 | 17 February 1863 | |
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Ludwik Mierosławski (1814–1878) (dictator.) |
17 February 1863 | 11 March 1863 | |
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Marian Langiewicz (1827–1887) (dictator.) |
11 March 1863 | 18 March 1863 | |
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Stefan Bobrowski (1840–1863) |
21 March 1863 | 12 April 1863 | |
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Agaton Giller (1831–1887) |
12 April 1863 | 23 May 1863 | |
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Franciszek Dobrowolski (1830–1896) |
23 May 1863 | 9 June 1863 | |
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Piotr Kobylański (1823–1868) |
9 June 1863 | 10 June 1863 | |
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Karol Majewski (1833–1897) |
14 June 1863 | 17 September 1863 | |
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Franciszek Dobrowolski (1830–1896) |
17 September 1863 | 17 October 1863 | |
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Romuald Traugutt (1826–1864) (dictator.) |
17 October 1863 | 10 April 1864 | |
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Aleksander Waszkowski (1841–1865) |
12 April 1864 | 19 December 1864 | |
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Bronisław Brzeziński (1837–1865) |
20 April 1864 | October 1864 | |
Prime Ministers of the Kingdom of Poland (1917–1918)
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 | |
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Jan Kucharzewski (1876–1952) |
26 November 1917 | 27 February 1918 | Independent | Kucharzewski |
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Antoni Ponikowski (1878–1949) |
27 February 1918 | 4 April 1918 | National-Democratic Party | Ponikowski (provisional) | |
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Jan Kanty Steczkowski (1862–1929) |
4 April 1918 | 23 October 1918 | Party of the National Right | Steczkowski | |
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Józef Świeżyński (1868–1948) |
23 October 1918 | 3 November 1918 | National-Democratic Party | Świeżyński | |
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Władysław Wróblewski (1875–1951) |
3 November 1918 | 14 November 1918 | Independent | Wróblewski (provisional) |
Prime Ministers of the People's Republic (1918)
Colour key (for political parties):
Polish Socialist Party (PPS)
| Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Entered office | Left office | Political party | Cabinet | |
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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)
Colour key (for political parties):
Polish Socialist Party (PPS)
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
Prime Ministers of the Government of the Republic of Poland in Exile (1939–1990)
After the German conquest of Poland, a Polish government-in-exile was formed under the protection of France and Britain. The government was recognized by the United Kingdom and the United States until 5 July 1945, when the Western Allies accepted 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.
Colour key (for political parties):
People's Party (SL)
Polish Socialist Party (PPS)
Independent
| Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Entered office | Left office | Political party | Cabinet | |
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Władysław Sikorski (1881–1943) |
30 September 1939 | 18 July 1940 | Independent | Sikorski II |
| 18 July 1940 | 4 July 1943 | Sikorski III | ||||
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Stanisław Mikołajczyk (1901–1966) |
14 July 1943 | 24 November 1944 | People's Party | Mikołajczyk |
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Tomasz Arciszewski (1877–1955) |
29 November 1944 | 5 July 1945 (lost recognition by major Allied powers) |
Polish Socialist Party | Arciszewski |
Prime Ministers of the Government-in-Exile (with little or no international recognition, 1945–1990)
- Tomasz Arciszewski (until 2 July 1947), Polish Socialist Party
- Tadeusz Bór-Komorowski (2 July 1947 – 10 February 1949), Independent
- Tadeusz Tomaszewski (7 April 1949 – 10 August 1950), Independent
- Roman Odzierzyński (25 September 1950 – 8 December 1953), Independent
- Jerzy Hryniewski (18 January 1954 – 13 May 1954), League of Poland's Independence
- Stanisław Mackiewicz (8 June 1954 – 21 June 1955), Nonpartisan Bloc for Cooperation with the Government
- Hugon Hanke (8 August 1955 – 10 September 1955), Labor Party
- Antoni Pająk (10 September 1955 – 14 June 1965), Polish Socialist Party
- Aleksander Zawisza (25 June 1965 – 9 June 1970), Independent
- Zygmunt Muchniewski (20 July 1970 – 13 July 1972), Labor Party
- Alfred Urbański (18 July 1972 – 15 July 1976), Polish Socialist Party
- Kazimierz Sabbat (5 August 1976 – 8 April 1986), Independent
- Edward Szczepanik (8 April 1986 – 22 December 1990), League of Poland's Independence
Chairmen of the Executive for National Unity (1954–1972)
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.
- Roman Odzierzyński (1954–1955)
- Adam Ciołkosz (1956–1959)
- Witold Czerwiński (1959–1963)
- Adam Ciołkosz (1963 – December 1966)
- Jan Starzewski (December 1966 – 1967)
- Kazimierz Sabbat (1967 – 8 July 1972)
Prime Ministers of the People's Republic of Poland (1944–1989)
Colour key (for political parties):
Polish Socialist Party (PPS)
Polish United Workers' Party (PZPR)
Solidarity Citizens' Committee (KO‘S’)
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Prime Ministers of the Republic of Poland (1990–present)
Colour key (for political parties):
Democratic Union (UD)
Centre Agreement (PC)
Liberal Democratic Congress (KLD)
Polish People's Party (PSL)
Democratic Left Alliance (SLD)
Solidarity Electoral Action (AWS)
Law and Justice (PiS)
Civic Platform (PO)
| Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Designated Took office Voted of confidence |
Left office R.: Resigned Dis.: Dismissed N.C.: Voted of no-confidence |
Political party | Cabinet | Sejm (Election) | |
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Tadeusz Mazowiecki (1927–2013) |
20 August 1989 24 August 1989 12 September 1989 |
R. 25 November 1990 4 January 1991 |
Solidarność (KO‘S’) until 1990 Democratic Union (UD) from 1990 |
Mazowiecki KO‘S’–ZSL–PZPR–SD |
Contract (1989) |
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Jan Olszewski (1930–) |
(Never took office.)[1] | Centre Agreement (PC) | — | |||
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Jan Krzysztof Bielecki (1951–) |
4 January 1991 4 January 1991 12 January 1991 |
R. 5 December 1991 6 December 1991 |
Liberal Democratic Congress (KLD) | Bielecki KLD–ZChN–PC–SD | |
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Bronisław Geremek (1932–2008) |
(Never took office.)[1] | Democratic Union (UD) | — | I (1991) | |
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Jan Olszewski (1930–) |
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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Waldemar Pawlak (1959–) |
5 June 1992 5 June 1992 (no confidence vote.) |
R. 7 July 1992 11 July 1992 |
Polish People's Party (PSL) | Pawlak I PSL | |
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Hanna Suchocka (1946–) |
10 July 1992 11 July 1992 11 July 1992 |
28 May 1993 26 October 1993 |
Democratic Union (UD) | Suchocka UD–KLD–ZChN–PChD– PPPP–PSL.PL | |
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Waldemar Pawlak (1959–) |
18 October 1993 26 October 1993 10 November 1993 |
1 March 1995 7 March 1995 |
Polish People's Party (PSL) | Pawlak II SLD–PSL–BBWR |
II (1993) |
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Józef Oleksy (1946–2015) |
1 March 1995 7 March 1995 4 March 1995 |
26 January 1996 7 February 1996 |
Democratic Left Alliance (SLD) | Oleksy SLD–PSL | |
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Włodzimierz Cimoszewicz (1950–) |
7 February 1996 7 February 1996 15 February 1996 |
R. 17 October 1997 31 October 1997 |
Democratic Left Alliance (SLD) | Cimoszewicz SLD–PSL | |
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Jerzy Buzek (1940–) |
17 October 1997 31 October 1997 11 November 1997 |
Dis. 19 October 2001 19 October 2001 |
Solidarity Electoral Action (AWS) | Buzek AWS–UW |
III (1997) |
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Leszek Miller (1946–) |
4 October 2001 19 October 2001 26 October 2001 & 13 June 2003 |
R. 2 May 2004 2 May 2004 |
Democratic Left Alliance (SLD) | Miller SLD–UP–PSL |
IV (2001) |
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Marek Belka (1952–) |
2 May 2004 2 May 2004 14 May 2004 (rejected.) |
N.C. 14 May 2004 11 June 2004 |
Democratic Left Alliance (SLD) | Belka I SLD–UP | |
| 11 June 2004 11 June 2004 24 June 2004 & 15 October 2004 |
R. 5 May 2005 Dis. 19 October 2005 31 October 2005 |
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Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz (1959–) |
19 October 2005 31 October 2005 10 November 2005 |
R. 10 July 2006 14 July 2006 |
Law and Justice (PiS) | Marcinkiewicz PiS–SRP–LPR |
V (2005) |
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Jarosław Kaczyński (1949–) |
10 July 2006 14 July 2006 19 July 2006 |
R. 5 November 2007 16 November 2007 |
Law and Justice (PiS) | Kaczyński PiS–SRP–LPR | |
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Donald Tusk (1957–) |
9 November 2007 16 November 2007 24 November 2007 |
R. 8 November 2011 18 November 2011 |
Civic Platform (PO) | Tusk I PO–PSL |
VI (2007) |
| 8 November 2011 18 November 2011 19 November 2011 |
R. 11 September 2014 22 September 2014 |
Tusk II PO–PSL |
VII (2011) | ||||
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Ewa Kopacz (1956–) |
15 September 2014 22 September 2014 1 October 2014 |
R. 12 November 2015 16 November 2015 |
Civic Platform (PO) | Kopacz PO–PSL | |
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Beata Szydło (1963–) |
13 November 2015 16 November 2015 18 November 2015 |
Incumbent | Law and Justice (PiS) | Szydło PiS |
VIII (2015) |
1 Invited to form a government by the President, but failed to form a government and resigned.
See also
- Prime Minister of the Republic of Poland
- President of the Republic of Poland
- List of heads of state of Poland
- List of Polish monarchs
