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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
Jan Matejko, Andrzej Zajkowski, Salomon Lewental - Iwo Odrowąż - MNK XV-R-23161-27 (414892).jpg 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.JPG Paweł z Przemankowa died 29 November 1292 1262 1266
Stanisław z Krakowa ? 1266 1270
Prokop died in 1295 1270 1280
Andrzej Zaremba.JPG 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.PNG Janusz Suchywilk 1310 – 5 April 1382 1357 1373
POL COA Poraj.svg Zawisza Kurozwęcki died 12 January 1382 1373 1379
POL COA Korab.svg Jan Radlica died 12 January 1392 1380 1386
Mikołaj Zaklika died in 1408 1386 1404
Mikołaj Kurowski 1.PNG Mikołaj Kurowski 1355–1411 1404 1411
Wojciech Jastrzębiec.PNG Wojciech Jastrzębiec 1362–1436 1411 1423
POL COA Starykoń.svg Jan Szafraniec 1363 – 28 July 1433 1423 1433
POL COA Pobog.svg Jan Taszka Koniecpolski died 26 March 1455 1433 or 1434 1454
Jan Gruszczyński.PNG Jan Gruszczyński 1405 – 8 October 1473 1454 1469
POL COA Odrowąż.svg Jakub Dembiński 1427 – 15 January 1490 1469 1473
POL COA Łodzia.svg Uriel Górka 1435 – 21 January 1498 1473 1479
POL COA Poraj.svg Stanisław Kurozwęcki 1440–1482 1479 1482
POL COA Poraj.svg Krzesław Kurozwęcki 1440–1503 1483 1503
Jan Łaski primate of Poland.PNG Jan Łaski 1456 – 19 May 1531 1503 1510
Maciej Drzewiecki Primate of Poland.PNG Maciej Drzewicki 22 February 1467 – 22 August 1535 1510 1513
Szydlowiecki przywilej opat.jpg Krzysztof Szydłowiecki 1467–1532 1513 or 1515 1532
Jan Chojeński.jpg Jan Chojeński 17 March 1486 – 11 March 1538 1532 1538
Herb Łabędź 1.svg Paweł Dunin-Wolski 1487–1546 1539 1540
POL COA Doliwa.svg Tomasz Sobocki 1508–1547 1540 1541
POL Samuel Maciejowski.jpg Samuel Maciejowski 15 January 1499 – 26 October 1550 1541 1550
Jan Ocieski 1501 – 12 May 1563 1550 or 1552 1563
POL COA Rawicz.svg Walenty Dembiński died in 1585 1564 1576
Piotr Dunin-Wolski.PNG Piotr Dunin-Wolski 1531 – 1590 1576 1578
Jan Zamoyski.PNG Jan Zamoyski 19 March 1542 – 3 June 1605 1578 1605
Maciej Pstrokoński 1553 – 1609 1606 1609
Wawrzyniec Gembicki Primate of Poland.PNG Wawrzyniec Gembicki 5 August 1559 – 10 February 1624 1609 1613
Drobin 07 (2009).jpg Feliks Kryski 1562–1618 1613 1618
Stanisław Żółkiewski 11.PNG Stanisław Żółkiewski 1547 – 7 October 1620 1618 1620
POL COA Grabie.svg Andrzej Lipski 1572 – 4 September 1631 1620 1623
Wacław Leszczyński kanclerz.PNG Wacław Leszczyński 1576 – 17 May 1628 1625 1628
J. Zadzik.JPG Jakub Zadzik 1582 – 17 March 1642 1628 1635
Tomasz Zamoyski 1.PNG Tomasz Zamoyski 1594–7 January 1638 1635 1635
PGembicki.JPG Piotr Gembicki 10 October 1585 – 14 July 1657 1635 1643
Strobel Jerzy Ossoliński.jpg Jerzy Ossoliński 15 December 1595 – 9 August 1650 1643 1650
Andrzej Leszczyński Primate of Poland.PNG Andrzej Leszczyński 1608–1658 1650 1652
Sin foto.svg Stefan Koryciński 1617 – 4 July 1658 1652 1658
Mikołaj Jan Prażmowski.PNG Mikołaj Prażmowski 1617 – 15 April 1673 1658 1666
Jan Leszczyński 1603–1678 1666 1678
Johannes Stephan Wydzga, polsk biskop (1659-79), målad 1688-1703 - Skoklosters slott - 98171 (cropped).tif Jan Stefan Wydżga 1610 – 6 September 1685 1678 1678
Jan Wielopolski (1630-1688).jpg Jan Wielopolski 1630 – 15 February 1688 1678 1688
Jerzy Albrecht Denhoff.JPG Jerzy Albrecht Denhoff 1640 – 1702 1688 1702
Topor arms.png Karol Tarło 1639 – 1702 1702 1702
Andrzej Chryzostom Załuski.PNG Andrzej Chryzostom Załuski 1650 – 12 May 1711 1702 1706
Jan Stanisław Jabłonowski.png Jan Stanisław Jabłonowski 1669 – 28 April 1731 1706 1709
Jan Sebastian Szembek.PNG Jan Szembek 1672 – 9 April 1731 1712 1731
Andrzej Stanisław Załuski.PNG Andrzej Stanisław Załuski 2 December 1695 – 16 December 1758 1735 1746
Jan Małachowski 26 January 1698 – 25 June 1762 1746 1762
Andrzej Hieronim Zamoyski.PNG Andrzej Zamoyski 12 February 1716 – 10 February 1792 1764 1767
Andrzej Stanisław Młodziejowski by Louis François Marteau.png Andrzej Młodziejowski 1717–1780 1767 1780
Jan Andrzej Borch.PNG Jan Andrzej Borch 1715–1780 1780 1780
Antoni Okęcki.PNG Antoni Onufry Okęcki 13 June 1729 – 15 June 1793 1780 1786
Jacek Małachowski.JPG Jacek Małachowski 25 August 1737 – 27 March 1821 1786 1793
POL COA Sułkowski.svg Antoni Sułkowski 11 June 1735 – 16 April 1796 1793 1795

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

Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)
Entered office Left office Monarch
(Reign)
1 Lampi Stanisław Małachowski.jpg Stanisław Małachowski
(1736–1809)
5 October 1807 14 December 1807
Duke Frederick Augustus I
Frederick Augustus I of Saxony by Marcello Bacciarelli (ca 1808-1809).png
(1807–1813)
2 Ludwik Szymon Gutakowski.JPG Ludwik Szymon Gutakowski
(1738-1811)
14 December 1807 November 1808
3 Prince Jozef Poniatowski, by Josef Grassi.jpg Józef Poniatowski
(1763–1813)
Acting Prime Minister
November 1808 25 March 1809
4 Graff Stanisław Kostka Potocki.jpg Stanisław Kostka Potocki
(1755–1821)
25 March 1809 May 1813

Presidents of the Polish National Government (1830–1831)

Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)
Entered office Left office
1 Prince Czartoryski by Nadar.jpg Prince
Adam Jerzy Czartoryski
(1770–1861)
3 December 1830 15 August 1831
Józef Chłopicki 1.PNG Józef Chłopicki
(1771–1854)
(dictator)
5 December 1830 17 January 1831
2 Jan Krukowiecki.jpg General
Jan Stefan Krukowiecki
(1772–1850)
17 August 1831 7 September 1831
3 Bonawentura Niemojowski.JPG Bonawentura Niemojowski
(1787–1835)
8 September 1831 23 September 1831
4 Jan Nepomucen Umiński.PNG Jan Nepomucen Umiński
(1778–1851)
23 September 1831 23 September 1831
5 Maciej Rybiński.PNG Maciej Rybiński
(1784–1874)
25 September 1831 9 October 1831

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

Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)
Entered office Left office
Jan Tyssowski.jpg
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.jpg Jan Tyssowski
(1811–1857)
(dictator)
24 February 1846 3 March 1846

President of the National Committee in Poznań (1848)

Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)
Entered office Left office
1 POL Gustaw Potworowski.jpg Gustaw Potworowski
(1800–1860)
20 March 1848 9 May 1848

Presidents of the Polish National Government (1863–1864)

Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)
Entered office Left office
1 Stefan Bobrowski.PNG Stefan Bobrowski
(1840–1863)
21 January 1863 17 February 1863
Ludwik Mierosławski.PNG Ludwik Mierosławski
(1814–1878)
(dictator)
17 February 1863 11 March 1863
Marian Langiewicz.PNG Marian Langiewicz
(1827–1887)
(dictator)
11 March 1863 18 March 1863
2 Stefan Bobrowski.PNG Stefan Bobrowski
(1840–1863)
21 March 1863 12 April 1863
3 Agaton Giller.JPG Agaton Giller
(1831–1887)
12 April 1863 23 May 1863
4 Franciszek Dobrowolski 1830-1896.jpg Franciszek Dobrowolski
(1830–1896)
23 May 1863 9 June 1863
5 No image.png Piotr Kobylański
(1823–1868)
9 June 1863 10 June 1863
6 Karol Majewski (Beyer).jpg Karol Majewski
(1833–1897)
14 June 1863 17 September 1863
7 Franciszek Dobrowolski 1830-1896.jpg Franciszek Dobrowolski
(1830–1896)
17 September 1863 17 October 1863
8 Romuald Traugutt 111.PNG Romuald Traugutt
(1826–1864)
(dictator.)
17 October 1863 10 April 1864
Aleksander Waszkowski.PNG Aleksander Waszkowski
(1841–1865)
12 April 1864 19 December 1864
9 No image.png Bronisław Brzeziński
(1837–1865)
20 April 1864 October 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

Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)
Entered office Left office Political party Cabinet
1
Jan Kucharzewski 1.jpg
Jan Kucharzewski
(1876–1952)
26 November 1917 27 February 1918 Independent Kucharzewski
Antoni Ponikowski.jpg
Antoni Ponikowski
(1878–1949)
27 February 1918 4 April 1918 National-Democratic Party Ponikowski
(provisional)
2
Jan Kanty Steczkowski.PNG
Jan Kanty Steczkowski
(1862–1929)
4 April 1918 23 October 1918 Party of the National Right Steczkowski
3
Premier Świeżyński.png
Józef Świeżyński
(1868–1948)
23 October 1918 3 November 1918 National-Democratic Party Świeżyński
Władysław Wróblewski.JPG
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):
      Polish Socialist Party (PPS)

Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)
Entered office Left office Political party Cabinet
1 Ignacy Daszynski2 (cropped).jpg 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)

Colour key (for political parties):
      Polish Socialist Party (PPS)
      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

Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)
Tenure Ministerial offices held as prime minister Party Government
Took office Left office Duration
Moraczewski.png
Jędrzej Moraczewski
(1870–1944)
17 November 1918 16 January 1919 61 days Minister of Communication
(6 November 1918-29 December 1918)
Polish Socialist Party Moraczewski
(PPS–Piast–Wyzwolenie–PSL Lewica)
Ignacy Jan Paderewski.PNG
Ignacy Jan Paderewski
(1860–1941)
16 January 1919 9 November 1919 298 days Minister of Foreign Affairs Independent Paderewski
(ZLN–PPS–Wyzwolenie–SPN)
L Skulski.jpg
Leopold Skulski
(1878–1940)
13 November 1919 9 June 1920 210 days Polish People's Party "Piast" Skulski
(Piast–ZLN–Wyzwolenie–SPN–NPR)
Władysław Grabski 1925.jpg
Władysław Grabski
(1874–1938)
23 June 1920 24 July 1920 32 days Minister of the Treasury Popular National Union Grabski I
(Piast–ZLN–Wyzwolenie)
Witos 1920.jpg
Wincenty Witos
(1874–1945)
24 July 1920 5 September 1921 1 year, 44 days Polish People's Party "Piast" Rząd Obrony Narodowej (Witos I)
(Piast–ZLN–PPS–ChNSP–Wyzwolenie–SPN–NPR)
Ponikowski.png
Antoni Ponikowski
(1878–1949)
19 September 1921 10 March 1922 1 year, 261 days Minister of Culture and Art
Minister of Public Enlightenment
Polish Christian Democratic Party Ponikowski I
(ChNSP–SPN)
5 March 1922 6 June 1922 Ponikowski II
(ChNSP–SPN)
Sliwinski.png
Artur Śliwiński
(1877–1953)
28 June 1922 7 July 1922 10 days Independent Śliwiński
Premier Julian Nowak.png
Julian Nowak
(1865–1946)
31 July 1922 14 December 1922 137 days Party of the National Right Nowak
(SPN)
W. Sikorski, 1925.png
Władysław Sikorski
(1881–1943)
16 December 1922 26 May 1923 162 days Independent Sikorski I
Witos 1927 (cropped).png
Wincenty Witos
(1874–1945)
28 May 1923 14 December 1923 201 days Polish People's Party "Piast" Witos II
(ZLN–Piast–ChNSP)
Władysław Grabski 1925.jpg
Władysław Grabski
(1874–1938)
19 December 1923 14 November 1925 1 year, 332 days Popular National Union
Christian Union of National Unity
Grabski II
(ZLN–PSChD–PSL Wyzwolenie–SPN)
Skrzynski A.jpg
Aleksander Skrzyński
(1882–1931)
20 November 1925 5 May 1926 167 days Party of the National Right Skrzyński
(ZLN–Piast–PSChD–PPS–NPR–SPN)
Witos 1927 (cropped).png
Wincenty Witos
(1874–1945)
10 May 1926 14 May 1926 4 days Polish People's Party "Piast" Witos III
(ZLN–Piast–PSChD–NPR)
Bartel.png
Kazimierz Bartel
(1882–1941)
15 May 1926 4 June 1926 138 days Nonpartisan Bloc for
Cooperation with the Government
Bartel I
8 June 1926 24 September 1926 Minister of Iron Railways Bartel II
27 September 1926 30 September 1926 Bartel III
Jozef Pilsudski1.jpg
Józef Piłsudski
(1867–1935)
2 October 1926 27 June 1928 1 year, 270 days Minister of Military Affairs Independent Piłsudski I
Bartel.png
Kazimierz Bartel
(1882–1941)
28 June 1928 13 April 1929 288 days Nonpartisan Bloc for
Cooperation with the Government
Bartel IV
Switalski.png
Kazimierz Świtalski
(1886–1962)
14 April 1929 7 December 1929 238 days Nonpartisan Bloc for
Cooperation with the Government
Świtalski
Bartel.png
Kazimierz Bartel
(1882–1941)
29 December 1929 15 March 1930 77 days Nonpartisan Bloc for
Cooperation with the Government
Bartel V
Slawek_i_Daszynski.png
Walery Sławek
(1879–1939)
29 March 1930 23 August 1930 148 days Nonpartisan Bloc for
Cooperation with the Government
Sławek I
Jozef Pilsudski1.jpg
Józef Piłsudski
(1867–1935)
25 August 1930 4 December 1930 102 days Independent Piłsudski II
Slawek_i_Daszynski.png
Walery Sławek
(1879–1939)
5 December 1930 26 May 1931 173 days Nonpartisan Bloc for
Cooperation with the Government
Sławek II
Aleksander prystor 1.jpg
Aleksander Prystor
(1874–1941)
28 May 1931 10 May 1933 1 year, 349 days Nonpartisan Bloc for
Cooperation with the Government
Prystor
Janusz Jędrzejewicz.PNG
Janusz Jędrzejewicz
(1885–1951)
10 May 1933 16 May 1934 1 year, 7 days Minister of Public Enlightenment Nonpartisan Bloc for
Cooperation with the Government
Jędrzejewicz
Leon Kozłowski.PNG
Leon Kozłowski
(1892–1944)
16 May 1934 28 March 1935 317 days Nonpartisan Bloc for
Cooperation with the Government
Kozłowski
Slawek_i_Daszynski.png
Walery Sławek
(1879–1939)
28 March 1935 14 October 1935 201 days Nonpartisan Bloc for
Cooperation with the Government
Sławek III
Marian Zyndram-Kościałkowski, 1934.png
Marian Zyndram-Kościałkowski
(1892–1946)
13 October 1935 16 May 1936 217 days Nonpartisan Bloc for
Cooperation with the Government
Zyndram-Kościałkowski
FSSkladkowski (HistoriaPolski str.247).jpg
Felicjan Sławoj Składkowski
(1885–1962)
16 May 1936 30 September 1939 3 years, 138 days 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.

No. Portrait Name
(born–died)
Term of office Political party Cabinet Ref.
Took office Left office Time in office
1 Wladyslaw Sikorski 2.jpg Władysław Sikorski
(1881–1943)
30 September 1939 19 July 1940 293 days Independent Sikorski II
2 Bundesarchiv Bild 102-11032, August Zaleski.jpg August Zaleski
(1883–1972)
19 July 1940 25 July 1940 6 days Independent
1 Wladyslaw Sikorski 2.jpg Władysław Sikorski
(1881–1943)
25 July 1940 4 July 1943 † 2 years, 344 days Independent Sikorski III
3 Mikolajczyk.jpg Stanisław Mikołajczyk
(1901–1966)
14 July 1943 24 November 1944 1 year, 133 days Polish People's Party Mikołajczyk
4 Tomasz Arciszewski.jpg Tomasz Arciszewski
(1877–1955)
29 November 1944 25 July 1945
(lost recognition by major Allied powers)
238 days Polish Socialist Party Arciszewski

Prime Ministers of the Government-in-Exile (with little or no international recognition, 1945–1990)

No. Portrait Name
(born–died)
Term of office Political party Cabinet Ref.
Took office Left office Time in office
4 Tomasz Arciszewski.jpg Tomasz Arciszewski
(1877–1955)
25 July 1945 2 July 1947 1 year, 342 days Polish Socialist Party Arciszewski
5 Tadeusz Bor Komorowski.jpg Tadeusz Bór-Komorowski
(1895–1966)
2 July 1947 10 February 1949 1 year, 223 days Independent Bór-Komorowski
6 Tadeusz Tomaszewski, członek Trybunału Stanu.JPG Tadeusz Tomaszewski
(1881–1950)
7 April 1949 25 September 1950 1 year, 171 days Independent Tomaszewski
7 Roman Odzierzyński.JPG Roman Odzierzyński
(1892–1975)
25 December 1950 8 December 1953 3 years, 74 days Independent Odzierzyński
8 Mikołaj Dolanowski nac.jpg Jerzy Hryniewski
(1895–1978)
18 January 1954 13 May 1954 115 days Polish Independence League [pl] Hryniewski
9 Stanisław Cat-Mackiewicz.jpg Stanisław Mackiewicz
(1896–1966)
8 June 1954 21 June 1955 1 year, 13 days Independent Mackiewicz
10 Hugon Hanke
(1904–1964)
8 August 1955 10 September 1955 33 days Labour Faction Hanke
11 Antoni Pająk 1.JPG Antoni Pająk
(1893–1965)
10 September 1955 14 June 1965 9 years, 277 days Polish Socialist Party Pająk I–II
12 Zawisza Aleksander.jpg Aleksander Zawisza
(1896–1977)
25 June 1965 9 June 1970 4 years, 349 days Independent Zawisza I–II–III
13 Zygmunt Muchniewski
(1896–1979)
20 July 1970 13 July 1972 1 year, 359 days Labour Faction Muchniewski
14 Alfred Urbański Prime Minister of Poland in Exile 1972-1976.jpg Alfred Urbański
(1899–1983)
18 July 1972 15 July 1976 3 years, 363 days Polish Socialist Party Urbański I–II
15 Sabbat.jpg Kazimierz Sabbat
(1913–1989)
5 August 1976 8 April 1986 9 years, 246 days Independent Sabbat I–II–III–IV
16 1986 Szczepanik EF 3 old.jpg Edward Szczepanik
(1915–2005)
8 April 1986 22 December 1990 4 years, 258 days Independent Szczepanik I–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)

Colour key (for political parties):
      Polish Socialist Party (PPS)
      Polish United Workers' Party (PZPR)
      Solidarity Citizens' Committee (KO‘S')

Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)
Entered office Left office Political party Cabinet
1 Edward Osóbka-Morwskai 1944.jpg Edward Osóbka-Morawski
(1909–1997)
22 July 1944 31 December 1944 Polish Socialist Party Polish Committee of National Liberation
31 December 1944 28 June 1945 Provisional Government of the Republic of Poland
28 June 1945 6 February 1947 Provisional Government of National Unity
2 Cyrankiewicz.jpg Józef Cyrankiewicz
(1911–1989)
6 February 1947 20 November 1952 Polish Socialist Party Cyrankiewicz I
Polish United Workers' Party
(from December 1948)
3 PL Bolesław Bierut (1892-1956).jpg Bolesław Bierut
(1892–1956)
20 November 1952 18 March 1954 Polish United Workers' Party Bierut
(2) Cyrankiewicz.jpg Józef Cyrankiewicz
(1911–1989)
18 March 1954 15 May 1961 Polish United Workers' Party Cyrankiewicz II
18 May 1961 24 June 1965 Cyrankiewicz III
25 June 1965 27 June 1969 Cyrankiewicz IV
28 June 1969 23 December 1970 Cyrankiewicz V
4 Piotr Jaroszewicz 1977.jpg Piotr Jaroszewicz
(1909–1992)
23 December 1970 28 March 1972 Polish United Workers' Party (Cyrankiewicz V)
28 March 1972 25 March 1976 Jaroszewicz I
27 March 1976 18 February 1980 Jaroszewicz II
5 Edward Babiuch.jpg Edward Babiuch
(1927–2021)
18 February 1980 24 August 1980 Polish United Workers' Party Babiuch
6 Józef Pińkowski.jpg Józef Pińkowski
(1929–2000)
24 August 1980 11 February 1981 Polish United Workers' Party Pińkowski
7 Gen. Wojciech Jaruzelski 13 grudnia 1981.JPG Wojciech Jaruzelski
(1923–2014)
11 February 1981 6 November 1985 Polish United Workers' Party Jaruzelski
8 Zbigniew Messner 1988.jpg Zbigniew Messner
(1929–2014)
6 November 1985 27 September 1988 Polish United Workers' Party Messner
9 Mieczysław Rakowski crop.jpg Mieczysław Rakowski
(1926–2008)
27 September 1988 2 August 1989 Polish United Workers' Party Rakowski
10 Czeslaw Kiszczak.jpg Czesław Kiszczak
(1925–2015)
(lost vote of confidence)
2 August 1989 24 August 1989 Polish United Workers' Party Kiszczak
11 (Tadeusz Mazowiecki) Rueda de prensa de Felipe González con el primer ministro de Polonia. Pool Moncloa. 26 de septiembre de 1990 (cropped).jpeg Tadeusz Mazowiecki
(1927–2013)
(during democratic transition)
24 August 1989 31 December 1989
(People's Republic
abolished.
)
Solidarity Citizens' Committee Mazowiecki

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) Rueda de prensa de Felipe González con el primer ministro de Polonia. Pool Moncloa. 26 de septiembre de 1990 (cropped).jpeg
Tadeusz Mazowiecki
None
(1927–2013)
24 August 1989 4 January 1991 1 year, 134 days Solidarity Citizens' Committee Mazowiecki
(KO‘S'–ZSL–PZPR–SD)
Contract
(1989)
1 President
Wojciech Jaruzelski
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(1989–1990)
Democratic Union
2 President
Lech Wałęsa
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(1990–1995)
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Jan Krzysztof Bielecki
Gdańsk - 21
(born 1951)
4 January 1991 6 December 1991 337 days Liberal Democratic Congress Bielecki
(KLD–ZChN–PC–SD)
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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)
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Waldemar Pawlak
Płock - 3
(born 1959)
5 June 1992 11 July 1992 37 days Polish People's Party Pawlak I
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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)
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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)
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Józef Oleksy
Siedlce - 39
(1946–2015)
7 March 1995 7 February 1996 338 days Social Democracy Oleksy
(SLD–PSL)
3 President
Aleksander Kwaśniewski
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(1995–2005)
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Włodzimierz Cimoszewicz
Białystok - 4
(born 1950)
7 February 1996 31 October 1997 1 year, 267 days
  • Chairman
    of the European Integration Committee (1996–1997)
Cimoszewicz
(SLD–PSL)
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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)
III
(1997)
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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)
IV
(2001)
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Marek Belka
None
(born 1952)
2 May 2004 11 June 2004 1 year, 183 days
  • Chairman
    of the European Integration Committee
  • Minister of Sport (2005)
Belka I
(SLD–UP)
11 June 2004 31 October 2005 Belka II
(SLD–UP)
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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)
V
(2005)
4 President
Lech Kaczyński
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(2005–2010)
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Jarosław Kaczyński
Warsaw - 19
(born 1949)
14 July 2006 16 November 2007 1 year, 126 days Kaczyński
(PiS–SRP–LPR)
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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
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(2010–2015)
18 November 2011 22 September 2014 Tusk II
(PO–PSL)
VII
(2011)
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Ewa Kopacz
Warsaw - 17
(born 1956)
22 September 2014 16 November 2015 1 year, 56 days Kopacz
(PO–PSL)
6 President
Andrzej Duda
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(2015–present)
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Beata Szydło
Chrzanów - 12
(born 1963)
16 November 2015 11 December 2017 2 years, 26 days Law and Justice Szydło VIII
(2015)
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Mateusz Morawiecki
None (until 2019)
Katowice II - 31 (from 2019)
(born 1968)
11 December 2017 15 November 2019 6 years, 3 days
  • Minister of Development (2017–2018),
  • Finance (2017–2018),
  • Sport (2019),
  • Digital Affairs (2020–2023)
Morawiecki I
15 November 2019 27 November 2023 Morawiecki II IX
(2019)
27 November 2023 13 December 2023 Morawiecki III X
(2023)
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Donald Tusk
Warsaw - 19
(born 1957)
13 December 2023 Incumbent 1 year, 9 days Civic Platform Tusk III
(KO–PSL-PL2050–NL)

Invited to form a government by the President, but failed to form a government and resigned

Timeline

Mateusz Morawiecki Beata Szydło Ewa Kopacz Donald Tusk Jarosław Kaczyński Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz Marek Belka Leszek Miller Jerzy Buzek Włodzimierz Cimoszewicz Józef Oleksy Hanna Suchocka Waldemar Pawlak Jan Olszewski Jan Krzysztof Bielecki Tadeusz Mazowiecki Czesław Kiszczak Mieczysław Rakowski Zbigniew Messner Wojciech Jaruzelski Józef Pińkowski Edward Babiuch Piotr Jaroszewicz Bolesław Bierut Józef Cyrankiewicz Edward Osóbka-Morawski

See also

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