List of Prime Ministers of Poland

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

No.	Portrait	Name	Entered office	Left office	Duke of Warsaw
1		Stanisław Małachowski	5 October 1807	14 December 1807	Frederick August III Wettin
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 Government (1830–1831)

No.	Portrait	Name	Entered office	Left office
1		Adam Jerzy Czartoryski	3 December 1830	15 August 1831
–		Józef Chłopicki, dictator	5 December 1830	17 January 1831
2		Gen. Jan Stefan Krukowiecki	17 August 1831	7 September 1831
3		Bonawentura Niemojowski	8 September 1831	23 September 1831
4		Jan Nepomucen Umiński	23 September 1831	23 September 1831
5		Maciej Rybiński	25 September 1831	9 October 1831

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

No.	Portrait	Name	Entered office	Left office
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
		Aleksander Grzegorzewski, member of the National Government triumvirate
2		Jan Tyssowski, dictator	24 February 1846	3 March 1846

President of the National Committee in Poznań (1848)

No.	Portrait	Name	Entered office	Left office
1		Gustaw Potworowski	20 March 1848	9 May 1848

Presidents of the National Government (1863–1864)

No.	Portrait	Name	Entered office	Left office
1		Stefan Bobrowski	21 January 1863	17 February 1863
–		Ludwik Mierosławski, dictator	17 February 1863	11 March 1863
–		Marian Langiewicz, dictator	11 March 1863	18 March 1863
2		Stefan Bobrowski	21 March 1863	12 April 1863
3		Agaton Giller	12 April 1863	23 May 1863
4		Franciszek Dobrowolski	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	17 September 1863	17 October 1863
8		Romuald Traugutt, 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 Regency Kingdom of Poland (1917–1918)

No.	Portrait	Name	Entered office	Left office	Political party
1		Jan Kucharzewski	26 November 1917	27 February 1918	Independent
2		Antoni Ponikowski	27 February 1918	4 April 1918	National-Democratic Party
3		Jan Kanty Steczkowski	4 April 1918	23 October 1918	Party of the National Right
4		Józef Świeżyński	23 October 1918	3 November 1918	National-Democratic Party
5		Władysław Wróblewski	3 November 1918	14 November 1918	Independent

Prime Ministers of the People's Republic (1918)

No.	Portrait	Name	Entered office	Left office	Political party
–		Ignacy Daszyński	7 November 1918	14 November 1918	Polish Socialist Party

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 Republic (1918–1939)

No.	Portrait	Name	Entered office	Left office	Political party
1		Jędrzej Moraczewski	18 November 1918	18 January 1919	Polish Socialist Party
2		Ignacy Jan Paderewski	18 January 1919	13 November 1919	Independent
3		Leopold Skulski	13 December 1919	27 June 1920	Polish People's Party "Piast"
4		Władysław Grabski (1st term)	27 June 1920	24 July 1920	National Populist Union
5		Wincenty Witos (1st term)	24 July 1920	19 September 1921	Polish People's Party "Piast"
6		Antoni Ponikowski	19 September 1921	28 June 1922	Polish Christian Democratic Party
7		Artur Śliwiński	28 June 1922	31 July 1922	Polish Socialist Party
8		Julian Nowak	31 July 1922	16 December 1922	Party of the National Right
9		Władysław Sikorski	16 December 1922	28 May 1923	Independent
(5)		Wincenty Witos (2nd term)	28 May 1923	19 December 1923	Polish People's Party "Piast"
(4)		Władysław Grabski (2nd term)	19 December 1923	20 November 1925	National Populist Union/Christian Union of National Unity
10		Aleksander Skrzyński	20 November 1925	10 May 1926	Party of the National Right
(5)		Wincenty Witos (3rd term)	10 May 1926	14 May 1926	Polish People's Party "Piast"
11		Kazimierz Bartel (3 terms)	15 May 1926	4 June 1926	Nonpartisan Bloc for Cooperation with the Government
			8 June 1926	24 September 1926
			27 September 1926	30 September 1926
12		Józef Piłsudski (1st term)	2 October 1926	27 June 1928	Independent
(11)		Kazimierz Bartel (4th term)	27 June 1928	14 April 1929	Nonpartisan Bloc for Cooperation with the Government
13		Kazimierz Świtalski	14 April 1929	29 December 1929	Nonpartisan Bloc for Cooperation with the Government
(11)		Kazimierz Bartel (5th term)	29 December 1929	29 March 1930	Nonpartisan Bloc for Cooperation with the Government
14		Walery Sławek (1st term)	29 March 1930	25 August 1930	Nonpartisan Bloc for Cooperation with the Government
(12)		Józef Piłsudski (2nd term)	25 August 1930	4 December 1930	Independent
(14)		Walery Sławek (2nd term)	4 December 1930	27 May 1931	Nonpartisan Bloc for Cooperation with the Government
15		Aleksander Prystor	27 May 1931	10 May 1933	Nonpartisan Bloc for Cooperation with the Government
16		Janusz Jędrzejewicz	10 May 1933	15 May 1934	Nonpartisan Bloc for Cooperation with the Government
17		Leon Kozłowski	15 May 1934	28 March 1935	Nonpartisan Bloc for Cooperation with the Government
(14)		Walery Sławek (3rd term)	28 March 1935	13 October 1935	Nonpartisan Bloc for Cooperation with the Government
18		Marian Zyndram-Kościałkowski	13 October 1935	15 May 1936	Nonpartisan Bloc for Cooperation with the Government
19		Felicjan Sławoj Składkowski	15 May 1936	30 September 1939	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, later, by the United States until 6 July 1945, when the Western Allies accepted Stalin's Communist government. Despite having lost recognition by any other government, the government-in-exile continued in London until the election of Lech Wałęsa as President of the Republic of Poland in December 1990.

No.	Portrait	Name	Entered office	Left office	Political party
1		Władysław Sikorski (2 terms)	30 September 1939	18 July 1940	Independent
			18 July 1940	4 July 1943
2		Stanisław Mikołajczyk	14 July 1943	24 November 1944	People's Party
3		Tomasz Arciszewski	29 November 1944	2 July 1945	Polish Socialist Party
4		Tadeusz Bór-Komorowski	2 July 1947	10 February 1949	Independent
5		Tadeusz Tomaszewski	7 April 1949	25 September 1950	Independent
6		Roman Odzierzyński	25 December 1950	8 December 1953	Independent
7		Jerzy Hryniewski	18 January 1954	13 May 1954	League of Poland's Independence
8		Stanisław Mackiewicz	8 June 1954	21 June 1955	Nonpartisan Bloc for Cooperation with the Government
9		Hugon Hanke	8 August 1955	10 September 1955	Labor Party
10		Antoni Pająk	10 September 1955	14 June 1965	Polish Socialist Party
11		Aleksander Zawisza	25 June 1965	9 June 1970	Independent
12		Zygmunt Muchniewski	20 July 1970	13 July 1972	Christian Democracy
13		Alfred Urbański	18 July 1972	15 July 1976	Polish Socialist Party
14		Kazimierz Sabbat	5 August 1976	8 April 1986	Independent
15		Edward Szczepanik	8 April 1986	22 December 1990	League of Poland's Independence

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

No.	Portrait	Name	Entered office	Left office	Political party
1		Edward Osóbka-Morawski (3 terms)	22 July 1944	31 December 1944	Polish Socialist Party
			31 December 1944	28 June 1945
			28 June 1945	6 February 1947
2		Józef Cyrankiewicz	6 February 1947	20 November 1952	Polish Socialist Party/Polish United Workers' Party
3		Bolesław Bierut	20 November 1952	18 March 1954	Polish United Workers' Party
4		Józef Cyrankiewicz	18 March 1954	23 December 1970	Polish United Workers' Party
5		Piotr Jaroszewicz	23 December 1970	18 February 1980	Polish United Workers' Party
6		Edward Babiuch	18 February 1980	24 August 1980	Polish United Workers' Party
7		Józef Pińkowski	24 August 1980	11 February 1981	Polish United Workers' Party
8		Wojciech Jaruzelski	11 February 1981	6 November 1985	Polish United Workers' Party
9		Zbigniew Messner	6 November 1985	27 September 1988	Polish United Workers' Party
10		Mieczysław Rakowski	27 September 1988	2 August 1989	Polish United Workers' Party
11		Czesław Kiszczak lost vote of confidence	2 August 1989	24 August 1989	Polish United Workers' Party
12		Tadeusz Mazowiecki during democratic transition	24 August 1989	4 January 1991	Solidarity Citizens' Committee

Prime Ministers of the Third Republic of Poland (1990–present)

No.	Portrait	Name	Designated Took office Voted of confidence	Left office R.: Resigned Dis.: Dismissed N.C.: Voted of no-confidence	Political party	Cabinet	Sejm (Election)
1		Tadeusz Mazowiecki	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)
–		Jan Olszewski	Never took office.		Centre Agreement (PC)	–
2		Jan Krzysztof Bielecki	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
–		Bronisław Geremek	Never took office.		Democratic Union (UD)	–	I (1991)
3		Jan Olszewski	6 December 1991 6 December 1991 23 December 1991	Dis. 5 June 1992 5 June 1992	Centre Agreement (PC)	Olszewski PC–ZChN–PSL.PL
4		Waldemar Pawlak	5 June 1992 5 June 1992 no confidence vote	R. 7 July 1992 11 July 1992	Polish People's Party (PSL)	Pawlak I PSL
5		Hanna Suchocka	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
(4)		Waldemar Pawlak	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)
6		Józef Oleksy	1 March 1995 7 March 1995 4 March 1995	26 January 1996 7 February 1996	Democratic Left Alliance (SLD)	Oleksy SLD–PSL
7		Włodzimierz Cimoszewicz	7 February 1996 7 February 1996 15 February 1996	R. 17 October 1997 31 October 1997	Democratic Left Alliance (SLD)	Cimoszewicz SLD–PSL
8		Jerzy Buzek	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)
9		Leszek Miller	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)
10		Marek Belka	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		Belka II SLD–UP
11		Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz	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)
12		Jarosław Kaczyński	10 July 2006 14 July 2006 19 July 2006	R. 5 November 2007 16 November 2007	Law and Justice (PiS)	Kaczyński PiS–SRP–LPR
13		Donald Tusk	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	Incumbent		Tusk II PO–PSL	VII (2011)

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

External links

• The Chancellery of the Prime Minister