Senior marshal ( or ) is an officer in the Sejm or Senate of Poland, presiding over the first sitting of the parliament house, appointed by the President of Poland. It is their role to conduct taking an oath by MPs and carry out election of the permanent leader of the house, who then takes the lead.
In the Sejm, senior marshal is appointed out of the oldest MPs, and it is also their duty to open the first sitting. Whereas in the Senate, the eldest senator-elect is nominated for the office and it is the President who starts the proceedeing.
Senior Marshals of the Sejm
Polish People's Republic
I Sejm – Lucjan Rudnicki (PZPR) II Sejm – Bolesław Drobner (PZPR) III Sejm – Bolesław Drobner (PZPR) IV Sejm – Bolesław Drobner (PZPR) V Sejm – Jarosław Iwaszkiewicz (non-partisan) VI Sejm – Jarosław Iwaszkiewicz (non-partisan)https://bs.sejm.gov.pl/F?func=find-b&request=000003852&find_code=SYS&local_base=ARS10 VII Sejm – Jarosław Iwaszkiewicz (non-partisan) VIII Sejm – Jerzy Ziętek (PZPR)https://bs.sejm.gov.pl/F?func=find-b&request=000003859&find_code=SYS&local_base=ARS10 IX Sejm – Bogdan Suchodolski (non-partisan)https://bs.sejm.gov.pl/F?func=find-b&request=000003866&find_code=SYS&local_base=ARS10 X Sejm – Zbigniew Rudnicki (SD), July 4, 1989
Third Republic
I SejmThe Sejm elected in 1991 is considered the first Sejm of the Third Republic – Aleksander Małachowski (SP), November 25, 1991 II Sejm – Aleksander Małachowski (UP), October 14, 1993 III Sejm – Józef Kaleta (SLD), October 20, 1997 IV Sejm – Aleksander Małachowski (UP), October 19, 2001 V Sejm – Józef Zych (PSL),Served as the Marshal of the Sejm 3 March 1995 – 19 October 1997 October 19–24, 2005 VI Sejm – Zbigniew Religa (PiS), November 5, 2007 VII Sejm – Józef Zych (PSL), November 8, 2011 VIII Sejm – Kornel Morawiecki (WiS), November 12, 2015 IX Sejm – Antoni Macierewicz (PiS), November 12, 2019Macierewicz wasn't an oldest MP of the 9th Sejm. The oldest one was opposition MP Iwona Śledzińska-Katarasińska (Civic Platform), his senior of 7 years and 7 months. President Andrzej Duda was a member of Law and Justice before his election and chose to name an MP from his political party. X Sejm – Marek Sawicki (PSL), November 13 2023
Senior Marshals of the Senate
Polish People's Republic
IThe Senate elected in the first semi-democratic elections of 1989 is considered the first Senate Senate – Stanisław Stomma (Solidarity), July 4, 1989
Third Republic
II Senate – Jan Tomasz Zamoyski (ZChN), November 26, 1991 III Senate – Jan Mulak (PPS), October 15, 1993 IV Senate – Władysław Bartoszewski (UW), October 21, 1997 V Senate – Andrzej Wielowieyski (UW), October 20, 2001 VI Senate – Kazimierz Kutz (Independent), October 20, 2005 VII Senate – Ryszard Bender (PiS), November 5, 2007 VIII Senate – Kazimierz Kutz (Independent), November 8, 2011 IX Senate – Michał Seweryński (PiS), November 12, 2015 X Senate – Barbara Borys-Damięcka (KO), November 12, 2019 XI Senate – Michał Seweryński (PiS), November 13, 2023
See also Dean of the House Father of the House
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