This is a list of the prime ministers of Poland. The Prime Minister of Poland is both the leader of the cabinet of Poland and the head of government of the country.
Prime Ministers of the Duchy of Warsaw (1807–1813)
PortraitName(Birth–Death)Entered officeLeft officeMonarch(Reign) 1 Stanisław Małachowski(1736–1809) 5 October 1807 14 December 1807 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)
PortraitName(Birth–Death)Entered officeLeft office 1 PrinceAdam Jerzy Czartoryski(1770–1861) 3 December 1830 15 August 1831– Józef Chłopicki(1771–1854)(dictator) 5 December 1830 17 January 1831 2 GeneralJan 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) PortraitName(Birth–Death)Entered officeLeft 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) PortraitName(Birth–Death)Entered officeLeft office 1 Gustaw Potworowski(1800–1860) 20 March 1848 9 May 1848
Presidents of the Polish National Government (1863–1864)
PortraitName(Birth–Death)Entered officeLeft office1 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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PortraitName(Birth–Death)Entered officeLeft officePolitical partyCabinet1 Jan Kucharzewski(1876–1952) 26 November 1917 27 February 1918 Independent Kucharzewski– Antoni Ponikowski(1878–1949) 27 February 1918 4 April 1918 National-Democratic Party Ponikowski(provisional)2 Jan Kanty Steczkowski(1862–1929) 4 April 1918 23 October 1918 Party of the National Right Steczkowski3 Józef Świeżyński(1868–1948) 23 October 1918 3 November 1918 National-Democratic Party Świeżyński– 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):
PortraitName(Birth–Death)Entered officeLeft officePolitical partyCabinet1 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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Portrait Name Tenure Ministerial offices held as prime minister Party Government Took office Left office Duration Jędrzej Moraczewski(1870–1944) 17 November 1918 16 January 1919 Minister of CommunicationPolish Socialist PartyMoraczewski Ignacy Jan Paderewski(1860–1941) 16 January 1919 9 November 1919 Minister of Foreign Affairs Independent Paderewski Leopold Skulski(1878–1940) 13 November 1919 9 June 1920 National People's UnionSkulski Władysław Grabski(1874–1938) 23 June 1920 24 July 1920 Minister of the TreasuryPopular National UnionGrabski I Wincenty Witos(1874–1945) 24 July 1920 5 September 1921 Polish People's Party "Piast"Rząd Obrony Narodowej (Witos I)Antoni Ponikowski(1878–1949) 19 September 1921 10 March 1922 Minister of Culture and ArtMinister of Public EnlightenmentPolish Christian Democratic PartyPonikowski I 5 March 1922 6 June 1922 Ponikowski II Artur Śliwiński(1877–1953) 28 June 1922 7 July 1922 IndependentŚliwiński Julian Nowak(1865–1946) 31 July 1922 14 December 1922 Party of the National RightNowak Władysław Sikorski(1881–1943) 16 December 1922 26 May 1923 Independent Sikorski I Wincenty Witos(1874–1945) 28 May 1923 14 December 1923 Polish People's Party "Piast"Witos II Władysław Grabski(1874–1938) 19 December 1923 14 November 1925 Popular National UnionChristian Union of National UnityGrabski II Aleksander Skrzyński(1882–1931) 20 November 1925 5 May 1926 Party of the National RightSkrzyński Wincenty Witos(1874–1945) 10 May 1926 14 May 1926 Polish People's Party "Piast" Witos IIIKazimierz Bartel(1882–1941) 15 May 1926 4 June 1926 Nonpartisan Bloc forCooperation with the GovernmentBartel I 8 June 1926 24 September 1926 Minister of Iron Railways Bartel II 27 September 1926 30 September 1926Bartel III Józef Piłsudski(1867–1935) 2 October 1926 27 June 1928 Minister of Military Affairs IndependentPiłsudski I Kazimierz Bartel(1882–1941) 28 June 1928 13 April 1929 Nonpartisan Bloc forCooperation with the GovernmentBartel IV Kazimierz Świtalski(1886–1962) 14 April 1929 7 December 1929 Nonpartisan Bloc forCooperation with the GovernmentŚwitalski Kazimierz Bartel(1882–1941) 29 December 1929 15 March 1930 Nonpartisan Bloc forCooperation with the GovernmentBartel V Walery Sławek(1879–1939) 29 March 1930 23 August 1930 Nonpartisan Bloc forCooperation with the GovernmentSławek I Józef Piłsudski(1867–1935) 25 August 1930 4 December 1930 IndependentPiłsudski II Walery Sławek(1879–1939) 5 December 1930 26 May 1931 Nonpartisan Bloc forCooperation with the GovernmentSławek II Aleksander Prystor(1874–1941) 28 May 1931 10 May 1933 Nonpartisan Bloc forCooperation with the GovernmentPrystor Janusz Jędrzejewicz(1885–1951) 10 May 1933 16 May 1934 Minister of Public EnlightenmentNonpartisan Bloc forCooperation with the GovernmentJędrzejewicz Leon Kozłowski(1892–1944) 16 May 1934 28 March 1935 Nonpartisan Bloc forCooperation with the GovernmentKozłowski Walery Sławek(1879–1939) 28 March 1935 14 October 1935 Nonpartisan Bloc forCooperation with the GovernmentSławek III Marian Zyndram-Kościałkowski(1892–1946) 13 October 1935 16 May 1936 Nonpartisan Bloc forCooperation with the GovernmentZyndram-Kościałkowski Felicjan Sławoj Składkowski(1885–1962) 16 May 1936 30 September 1939 Minister of Internal Affairs Camp of National Unity Składkowski
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 Tenure Ministerial offices held as prime minister Party Government Took office Left office Duration Władysław Sikorski(1881–1943) 30 September 1939 19 July 1940 Minister of JusticeMinister of Military Affairs Independent Sikorski II August Zaleski(1883–1972) 19 July 1940 25 July 1940 Independent Władysław Sikorski(1881–1943) 25 July 1940 4 July 1943† Minister of InteriorMinister of Military Affairs Independent Sikorski III Stanisław Mikołajczyk(1901–1966) 14 July 1943 24 November 1944 People's Party Mikołajczyk Tomasz Arciszewski(1877–1955) 29 November 1944 25 July 1945 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 Director of the Ministry of Industry, Trade and SailDirector of the Ministry of Labour and WelfareDirector of the Ministry of the Treasury Independent Komorowski Tadeusz Tomaszewski(1881–1950) 7 April 1949 10 August 1950† Director of the Ministry of JusticeDirector of the Ministry of the TreasuryUnion of Polish Socialists in Exile Tomaszewski Roman Odzierzyński(1892–1975) 11 August 1950 25 August 1950 Director of the Ministry of JusticeDirector of the Ministry of National Defence Independent 25 August 1950 8 December 1953 Director of the Ministry of JusticeMinister of National DefenceDirector of the Ministry of the Treasury Odzierzyński Jerzy Hryniewski(1895–1978) 18 January 1954 13 May 1954 Polish Independence League Hryniewski Stanisław Cat-Mackiewicz(1896–1966) 8 June 1954 21 June 1955 Director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Independent Mackiewicz Hugon Hanke(1904–1964) 8 August 1955 11 September 1955 Labour Faction Hanke Antoni Pająk(1893–1965) 12 September 1955 28 March 1957 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 Minister of Foreign Affairs Independent Zawisza Zygmunt Muchniewski(1896–1979) 20 July 1970 14 July 1972 Labour Faction Muchniewski Alfred Urbański(1899–1983) 18 July 1972 15 December 1973 Minister of Interior Polish Socialist Party Urbański I 17 January 1974 15 July 1976 Minister of the Treasury Urbański II Kazimierz Sabbat(1913–1989) 5 August 1976 12 June 1978 Minister of JusticeMinister 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 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. 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 Polish People's Republic (1944–1989)
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