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)
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)
Presidents of the Polish National Government (1830–1831)
Presidents of the National Government of the Republic of Poland (1846)
President of the National Committee in Poznań (1848)
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)
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
Prime Ministers of the People's Republic (1918)
Colour key (for political parties): Polish Socialist Party (PPS)
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) 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
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 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
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
August Zaleski (1860–1941)
19 July 1940
25 July 1940[ a]
6 days
Independent
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
Stanisław Mikołajczyk (1901–1966)
14 July 1943
24 November 1944
1 year, 133 days
People's Party
Mikołajczyk
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
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 (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 (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
Jerzy Hryniewski (1895–1978)
18 January 1954
13 May 1954
115 days
Polish Independence League
Hryniewski
Stanisław Cat-Mackiewicz (1896–1966)
8 June 1954
21 June 1955
1 year, 332 days
Director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Independent
Mackiewicz
Hugon Hanke (1904–1964)
8 August 1955
11 September 1955(defected to thePolish People's Republic )
34 days
Labour Faction
Hanke
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
Aleksander Zawisza (1896–1977)
25 June 1965
9 June 1970
4 years, 349 days
Minister of Foreign Affairs
Independent
Zawisza
Zygmunt Muchniewski (1896–1979)
20 July 1970
14 July 1972
1 year, 360 days
Labour Faction
Muchniewski
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 (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
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)
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)
Colour key (for political parties): Polish Socialist Party (PPS) Polish United Workers' Party (PZPR) Solidarity Citizens' Committee (KO‘S')
Prime Ministers of the Republic of Poland (1989–present)
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 None (1927–2013)
24 August 1989
4 January 1991
1 year, 134 days
–
Solidarity Citizens' Committee
Mazowiecki B: (KO‘S' –ZSL –PZPR –SD )
E: (KO‘S' –UD –PSL –SD –ROAD –FPD )
Contract (1989 )
1
President Wojciech Jaruzelski (1989–1990)
Democratic Union
2
President Lech Wałęsa (1990–1995)
Jan Krzysztof Bielecki Gdańsk - 21 (born 1951)
4 January 1991
6 December 1991
337 days
–
Liberal Democratic Congress
Bielecki (KLD –ZChN –PC –SD )
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 Płock - 3 (born 1959)
5 June 1992
11 July 1992[ a]
37 days
–
Polish People's Party
Pawlak I
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 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)
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 Białystok - 4 (born 1950)
7 February 1996
31 October 1997
1 year, 267 days
Cimoszewicz (SLD –PSL )
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 (AWS –UW ) [ b]
III(1997)
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 (SLD –UP –PSL ) [ c]
IV(2001)
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 )
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 (PiS –SRP –LPR ) [ d]
V
(2005 )
4
President Lech Kaczyński (2005–2010 )
Jarosław Kaczyński Warsaw - 19 (born 1949)
14 July 2006
16 November 2007
1 year, 126 days
–
Kaczyński (PiS –SRP –LPR ) [ e]
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 (PO –PSL )
VI
(2007 )
5
President Bronisław Komorowski (2010–2015)
18 November 2011
22 September 2014
Tusk II (PO –PSL )
VII
(2011 )
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)
Beata Szydło Chrzanów - 12 (born 1963)
16 November 2015
11 December 2017
2 years, 26 days
–
Law and Justice
Szydło
VIII
(2015 )
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 )
Donald Tusk Warsaw - 19 (born 1957)
13 December 2023
Incumbent
1 year, 57 days
–
Civic Platform
Tusk III (KO –PSL –PL2050 –NL )
^ a b Invited to form a government by the President, but failed to do so and resigned
^ UW left the Buzek cabinet on 8 June 2000.
^ PSL left the Miller cabinet on 3 March 2003.
^ SRP and LPR joined the Marcinkiewicz Cabinet on 5 May 2006.
^ SRP and LPR left the Kaczyński Cabinet on 13 August 2007.
Timeline
See also
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