In modern-day Poland, a voivode () is a representative of the central government, the Council of Ministers, responsible for government administration within one of the 16 voivodeships, first-level administrative divisions of the country.
Current voivodes VoivodeshipSeatVoivodeTerm startAppointerParty Lower SilesianWrocławAnna Żabska2024Donald TuskUnaligned Kuyavian–PomeranianBydgoszczMichał Sztybel2023Donald TuskPO Lublin LublinKrzysztof Komorski2023Donald TuskPO LubuszGorzów WielkopolskiMarek Cebula2023Donald TuskPO ŁódźŁódźDorota Ryl2023Donald TuskPO Lesser PolandKrakówKrzysztof Klęczar2023Donald TuskPSL MasovianWarsawMariusz Frankowski2023Donald TuskPO OpoleOpoleMonika Jurek2023Donald TuskPO SubcarpathianRzeszówTeresa Kubas-Hul2023Donald TuskPO PodlaskieBiałystokJacek Brzozowski2023Donald TuskPO PomeranianGdańskBeata Rutkiewicz2023Donald TuskUnaligned SilesianKatowiceMarek Wójcik2023Donald TuskPO ŚwiętokrzyskieKielceJózef Bryk2023Donald TuskPO Warmian–MasurianOlsztynRadosław Król2023Donald TuskPSL Greater PolandPoznańAgata Sobczyk2024Donald TuskPL2050 West PomeranianSzczecinAdam Rudawski2023Donald TuskPL2050
Past officeholders by voivodeship Masovian Voivodeship Term startTerm endVoivodePartyOther high offices held1 January 199920 October 2001Antoni PietkiewiczAWSVoivode of Kalisz (1990–1991)21 October 200110 January 2006Leszek MizielińskiSLDMasovian vice-marshal (1998–2001)10 January 200617 January 2007Tomasz KozińskiPiSMayor of Praga-Południe (2002–2006)18 January 20071 February 2007Wojciech DąbrowskiPiSMayor of Żoliborz (2004–2006)15 February 200729 November 2007Jacek SasinPiSDeputy PM (since 2019), MP (since 2011)29 November 20078 December 2015Jacek KozłowskiPOVice-Chairman of Poland 20508 December 201511 November 2019Zdzisław SipieraPiSMayor of Wola (2005–2006), MP (2019–2023)25 November 201931 March 2023Konstanty RadziwiłłPiSMinister of Health (2015–2018), MP (2015–2019)31 March 202313 December 2023Tobiasz BocheńskiPiSŁódź Voivode (2019–2023)13 December 2023IncumbentMariusz FrankowskiPODeputy director of strategy and regional development of the Masovian Vovoideship in the Marshal's Office (2007–2011) Warsaw city councilor (2018–2023),
Lower Silesian Voivodeship +Portrait NameParty Term of Office Prime minister (Cabinet) Witold KrochmalSolidarity Electoral Action1 January 199919 October 2001 Jerzy Buzek (Buzek)Ryszard NawratDemocratic Left Alliance 19 October 2001 21 March 2003Leszek Miller (Miller)Stanisław łopatowskiDemocratic Left Alliance 21 March 200321 December 2005Leszek Miller (Miller)
Marek Belka
(Belka I, Belka II)Krzysztof GrzelczykLaw and Justice21 December 200529 November 2007Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz (Marcinkiewicz)
Jarosław Kaczyński
(Kaczyński)Rafał JurkowlaniecNonpartisan ( 29 November 20071 December 2010Donald Tusk (Tusk I)Aleksander SkorupkaCivic Platform1 December 201011 March 2014Donald Tusk (Tusk I, Tusk II)Tomasz SmolarzCivic Platform11 March 2014 8 December 2015Donald Tusk Tusk II) Ewa Kopacz ( Kopacz)Paweł HreniakLaw and Justice8 December 201511 November 2019Beata Szydło (Szydło) Mateusz Morawiecki (Morawiecki I)Jarosław ObremskiLaw and Justice29 November 2019 22 December 2023Mateusz Morawiecki ( Morawiecki II, Morawiecki III)Maciej AwiżeńCivic Platform22 December 202325 November 2024Donald Tusk (Tusk III)Anna ŻabskaNonpartisan 25 November 2024Present Donald Tusk (Tusk III)
References
See also Voivodeship marshal Voivodeship executive board