List of prime ministers of Poland facts for kids

Poland's government is led by the Prime Minister. This important person is in charge of the cabinet, which is like a team of top government officials. The Prime Minister is the main leader of the government in Poland.

Early Leaders: Great Chancellors (1107–1795)

For many centuries, before Poland had prime ministers, it had "Great Chancellors." These were very powerful officials who helped the king manage the country. They were like chief advisors and administrators.

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  Iwo Odrowąż

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  Paweł z Przemankowa

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  Andrzej Zaremba

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  Janusz Suchywilk

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  Zawisza Kurozwęcki's coat of arms

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  Jan Radlica's coat of arms

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  Mikołaj Kurowski

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  Wojciech Jastrzębiec

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  Jan Taszka Koniecpolski's coat of arms

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  Jan Gruszczyński

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  Jakub Dembiński's coat of arms

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  Uriel Górka's coat of arms

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  Jan Łaski

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  Maciej Drzewicki

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  Krzysztof Szydłowiecki

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  Jan Chojeński

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  Paweł Dunin-Wolski's coat of arms

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  Tomasz Sobocki's coat of arms

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  Samuel Maciejowski

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  Walenty Dembiński's coat of arms

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  Piotr Dunin-Wolski

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  Jan Zamoyski

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  Wawrzyniec Gembicki

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  Feliks Kryski

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  Stanisław Żółkiewski

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  Andrzej Lipski's coat of arms

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  Wacław Leszczyński

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  Jakub Zadzik

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  Tomasz Zamoyski

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  Piotr Gembicki

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  Jerzy Ossoliński

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  Andrzej Leszczyński

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  Mikołaj Prażmowski

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  Jan Stefan Wydżga

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  Jan Wielopolski

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  Jerzy Albrecht Denhoff

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  Andrzej Chryzostom Załuski

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  Jan Stanisław Jabłonowski

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  Andrzej Stanisław Załuski

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  Andrzej Zamoyski

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  Antoni Sułkowski's coat of arms

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

The Duchy of Warsaw was a small Polish state created by Napoleon Bonaparte in the early 1800s. It had its own leaders, called Prime Ministers.

Picture		Name (Born–Died)	Started job	Left job	Ruler (Time in power)
1	Stanisław Małachowski	Stanisław Małachowski (1736–1809)	5 October 1807	14 December 1807	Duke Frederick Augustus I Frederick Augustus I of Saxony (1807–1813)
2	Ludwik Szymon Gutakowski	Ludwik Szymon Gutakowski (1738-1811)	14 December 1807	November 1808
3	Józef Poniatowski	Józef Poniatowski (1763–1813) Acting Prime Minister	November 1808	25 March 1809
4	Stanisław Kostka Potocki	Stanisław Kostka Potocki (1755–1821)	25 March 1809	May 1813

Leaders During Uprisings (1830–1864)

Poland faced many challenges in the 1800s, including uprisings against foreign rule. During these times, special national governments were formed.

Presidents of the Polish National Government (1830–1831)

This government was formed during the November Uprising, a fight for independence.

Picture		Name (Born–Died)	Started job	Left job
1	Adam Jerzy Czartoryski	Prince Adam Jerzy Czartoryski (1770–1861)	3 December 1830	15 August 1831
–	Józef Chłopicki	Józef Chłopicki (1771–1854) (dictator)	5 December 1830	17 January 1831
2	Jan Stefan Krukowiecki	General Jan Stefan Krukowiecki (1772–1850)	17 August 1831	7 September 1831
3	Bonawentura Niemojowski	Bonawentura Niemojowski (1787–1835)	8 September 1831	23 September 1831
4	Jan Nepomucen Umiński	Jan Nepomucen Umiński (1778–1851)	23 September 1831	23 September 1831
5	Maciej Rybiński	Maciej Rybiński (1784–1874)	25 September 1831	9 October 1831

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

This short-lived government was formed during another uprising.

Picture		Name (Born–Died)	Started job	Left job
–	Jan Tyssowski Tyssowski	National Government of the Republic of Poland (three leaders): Jan Tyssowski (President) (1811–1857) Ludwik Gorzkowski (1811–1857) Aleksander Grzegorzewski (1806–1855)	22 February 1846	24 February 1846
–	Jan Tyssowski	Jan Tyssowski (1811–1857) (dictator)	24 February 1846	3 March 1846

President of the National Committee in Poznań (1848)

During the Greater Poland Uprising, a committee was formed in Poznań to lead the fight.

Picture		Name (Born–Died)	Started job	Left job
1	Gustaw Potworowski	Gustaw Potworowski (1800–1860)	20 March 1848	9 May 1848

Presidents of the Polish National Government (1863–1864)

This government led the January Uprising, another major effort to regain independence.

Picture		Name (Born–Died)	Started job	Left job
1	Stefan Bobrowski	Stefan Bobrowski (1840–1863)	21 January 1863	17 February 1863
–	Ludwik Mierosławski	Ludwik Mierosławski (1814–1878) (dictator)	17 February 1863	11 March 1863
–	Marian Langiewicz	Marian Langiewicz (1827–1887) (dictator)	11 March 1863	18 March 1863
2	Stefan Bobrowski	Stefan Bobrowski (1840–1863)	21 March 1863	12 April 1863
3	Agaton Giller	Agaton Giller (1831–1887)	12 April 1863	23 May 1863
4	Franciszek Dobrowolski	Franciszek Dobrowolski (1830–1896)	23 May 1863	9 June 1863
5	Piotr Kobylański	Piotr Kobylański (1823–1868)	9 June 1863	10 June 1863
6	Karol Majewski	Karol Majewski (1833–1897)	14 June 1863	17 September 1863
7	Franciszek Dobrowolski	Franciszek Dobrowolski (1830–1896)	17 September 1863	17 October 1863
8	Romuald Traugutt	Romuald Traugutt (1826–1864) (dictator.)	17 October 1863	10 April 1864
–	Aleksander Waszkowski	Aleksander Waszkowski (1841–1865)	12 April 1864	19 December 1864
9	Bronisław Brzeziński	Bronisław Brzeziński (1837–1865)	20 April 1864	October 1864

Prime Ministers of the Kingdom of Poland (1917–1918)

This was a short-lived kingdom during World War I. It was created by the Central Powers.

Party Colors

•       National-Democratic Party (SDN)
•       Party of the National Right (SPN)
•       Independent

Picture			Name (Born–Died)	Started job	Left job	Political party	Government
1			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	Steczkowski
3			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)

This was a short-lived government formed just before Poland regained full independence.

Party Colors

•       Polish Socialist Party (PPS)

Picture			Name (Born–Died)	Started job	Left job	Political party	Government
1		Ignacy Daszyński	Ignacy Daszyński (1866–1936)	7 November 1918	14 November 1918	Polish Socialist Party	Provisional People's Government of the Republic of Poland

Note: Ignacy Daszyński was Prime Minister in the Polish People's Republic, which was based in Lublin. On November 11, he was asked to form a national government, but he couldn't and resigned three days later.

Prime Ministers of the Second Polish Republic (1918–1939)

After World War I, Poland became an independent country again, known as the Second Polish Republic. This section lists the prime ministers who led the country during this time, until the start of World War II.

Party Colors

•       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

Picture		Name (Born–Died)	Time in office			Other jobs as Prime Minister	Party	Government
			Started job	Left job	How long
		Jędrzej Moraczewski (1870–1944)	17 November 1918	16 January 1919	61 days	Minister of Communication	Polish Socialist Party	Moraczewski
		Ignacy Jan Paderewski (1860–1941)	16 January 1919	9 November 1919	298 days	Minister of Foreign Affairs	Independent	Paderewski
		Leopold Skulski (1878–1940)	13 November 1919	9 June 1920	210 days		Polish People's Party "Piast"	Skulski
		Władysław Grabski (1874–1938)	23 June 1920	24 July 1920	32 days	Minister of the Treasury	Popular National Union	Grabski I
		Wincenty Witos (1874–1945)	24 July 1920	5 September 1921	1 year, 44 days		Polish People's Party "Piast"	National Defense Government (Witos I)
		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
			5 March 1922	6 June 1922			Ponikowski II
		Artur Śliwiński (1877–1953)	28 June 1922	7 July 1922	10 days		Independent	Śliwiński
		Julian Nowak (1865–1946)	31 July 1922	14 December 1922	137 days		Party of the National Right	Nowak
		Władysław Sikorski (1881–1943)	16 December 1922	26 May 1923	162 days		Independent	Sikorski I
		Wincenty Witos (1874–1945)	28 May 1923	14 December 1923	201 days		Polish People's Party "Piast"	Witos II
		Władysław Grabski (1874–1938)	19 December 1923	14 November 1925	1 year, 332 days		Popular National Union Christian Union of National Unity	Grabski II
		Aleksander Skrzyński (1882–1931)	20 November 1925	5 May 1926	167 days		Party of the National Right	Skrzyński
		Wincenty Witos (1874–1945)	10 May 1926	14 May 1926	4 days		Polish People's Party "Piast"	Witos III
		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
		Józef Piłsudski (1867–1935)	2 October 1926	27 June 1928	1 year, 270 days	Minister of Military Affairs	Independent	Piłsudski I
		Kazimierz Bartel (1882–1941)	28 June 1928	13 April 1929	288 days		Nonpartisan Bloc for Cooperation with the Government	Bartel IV
		Kazimierz Świtalski (1886–1962)	14 April 1929	7 December 1929	238 days		Nonpartisan Bloc for Cooperation with the Government	Świtalski
		Kazimierz Bartel (1882–1941)	29 December 1929	15 March 1930	77 days		Nonpartisan Bloc for Cooperation with the Government	Bartel V
		Walery Sławek (1879–1939)	29 March 1930	23 August 1930	148 days		Nonpartisan Bloc for Cooperation with the Government	Sławek I
		Józef Piłsudski (1867–1935)	25 August 1930	4 December 1930	102 days		Independent	Piłsudski II
		Walery Sławek (1879–1939)	5 December 1930	26 May 1931	173 days		Nonpartisan Bloc for Cooperation with the Government	Sławek II
		Aleksander Prystor (1874–1941)	28 May 1931	10 May 1933	1 year, 349 days		Nonpartisan Bloc for Cooperation with the Government	Prystor
		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 (1892–1944)	16 May 1934	28 March 1935	317 days		Nonpartisan Bloc for Cooperation with the Government	Kozłowski
		Walery Sławek (1879–1939)	28 March 1935	14 October 1935	201 days		Nonpartisan Bloc for Cooperation with the Government	Sławek III
		Marian Zyndram-Kościałkowski (1892–1946)	13 October 1935	16 May 1936	217 days		Nonpartisan Bloc for Cooperation with the Government	Zyndram-Kościałkowski
		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 Polish Government-in-Exile (1939–1990)

When Germany invaded Poland in 1939, a Polish government was formed outside the country, in places like France and the United Kingdom. This was called the government-in-exile. It was recognized by many countries until 1945. Even after that, it continued to operate in London until Poland became fully democratic in 1990.

No.	Picture	Name (Born–Died)	Time in office			Political party		Government	Ref.
			Started job	Left job	How long
1	Władysław Sikorski	Władysław Sikorski (1881–1943)	30 September 1939	19 July 1940	293 days		Independent	Sikorski II
2	August Zaleski	August Zaleski (1883–1972)	19 July 1940	25 July 1940	6 days		Independent
1	Władysław Sikorski	Władysław Sikorski (1881–1943)	25 July 1940	4 July 1943 †	2 years, 344 days		Independent	Sikorski III
3	Stanisław Mikołajczyk	Stanisław Mikołajczyk (1901–1966)	14 July 1943	24 November 1944	1 year, 133 days		Polish People's Party	Mikołajczyk
4	Tomasz Arciszewski	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 (1945–1990)

After 1945, most countries stopped recognizing the government-in-exile. However, it continued its work in London.

No.	Picture	Name (Born–Died)	Time in office			Political party		Government	Ref.
			Started job	Left job	How long
4	Tomasz Arciszewski	Tomasz Arciszewski (1877–1955)	25 July 1945	2 July 1947	1 year, 342 days		Polish Socialist Party	Arciszewski
5	Tadeusz Bór-Komorowski	Tadeusz Bór-Komorowski (1895–1966)	2 July 1947	10 February 1949	1 year, 223 days		Independent	Bór-Komorowski
6	Tadeusz Tomaszewski	Tadeusz Tomaszewski (1881–1950)	7 April 1949	25 September 1950	1 year, 171 days		Independent	Tomaszewski
7	Roman Odzierzyński	Roman Odzierzyński (1892–1975)	25 December 1950	8 December 1953	3 years, 74 days		Independent	Odzierzyński
8	Jerzy Hryniewski	Jerzy Hryniewski (1895–1978)	18 January 1954	13 May 1954	115 days		Polish Independence League [pl]	Hryniewski
9	Stanisław Mackiewicz	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	Antoni Pająk (1893–1965)	10 September 1955	14 June 1965	9 years, 277 days		Polish Socialist Party	Pająk I–II
12	Aleksander Zawisza	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	Alfred Urbański (1899–1983)	18 July 1972	15 July 1976	3 years, 363 days		Polish Socialist Party	Urbański I–II
15	Kazimierz Sabbat	Kazimierz Sabbat (1913–1989)	5 August 1976	8 April 1986	9 years, 246 days		Independent	Sabbat I–II–III–IV
16	Edward Szczepanik	Edward Szczepanik (1915–2005)	8 April 1986	22 December 1990	4 years, 258 days		Independent	Szczepanik I–II

Prime Ministers of the Polish People's Republic (1944–1989)

After World War II, Poland was under communist rule and was called the Polish People's Republic. Here are the prime ministers from that period.

Party Colors

•       Polish Socialist Party (PPS)
•       Polish United Workers' Party (PZPR)
•       Solidarity Citizens' Committee (KO‘S')

Picture			Name (Born–Died)	Started job	Left job	Political party	Government
1		Edward Osóbka-Morawski	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		Józef Cyrankiewicz	Józef Cyrankiewicz (1911–1989)	6 February 1947	20 November 1952	Polish Socialist Party	Cyrankiewicz I
						Polish United Workers' Party (from December 1948)
3		Bolesław Bierut	Bolesław Bierut (1892–1956)	20 November 1952	18 March 1954	Polish United Workers' Party	Bierut
(2)		Józef Cyrankiewicz	Józef Cyrankiewicz (111–1989)	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	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	Edward Babiuch (1927–2021)	18 February 1980	24 August 1980	Polish United Workers' Party	Babiuch
6		Józef Pińkowski	Józef Pińkowski (1929–2000)	24 August 1980	11 February 1981	Polish United Workers' Party	Pińkowski
7		Wojciech Jaruzelski	Wojciech Jaruzelski (1923–2014)	11 February 1981	6 November 1985	Polish United Workers' Party	Jaruzelski
8		Zbigniew Messner	Zbigniew Messner (1929–2014)	6 November 1985	27 September 1988	Polish United Workers' Party	Messner
9		Mieczysław Rakowski	Mieczysław Rakowski (1926–2008)	27 September 1988	2 August 1989	Polish United Workers' Party	Rakowski
10		Czesław Kiszczak	Czesław Kiszczak (1925–2015) (lost vote of confidence)	2 August 1989	24 August 1989	Polish United Workers' Party	Kiszczak
11		Tadeusz Mazowiecki	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)

Since 1989, Poland has been a democratic country again. Here are the prime ministers who have led Poland in its modern era.

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)

Picture		Name Sejm District (Born–Died)	Time in office			Other jobs as Prime Minister	Party	Government	Sejm (Election)	President (Term)
			Started job	Left job	How long
		Tadeusz Mazowiecki None (1927–2013)	24 August 1989	4 January 1991	1 year, 134 days	–	Solidarity Citizens' Committee	Mazowiecki	Contract (1989)	1	President Wojciech Jaruzelski Flag of the President of Poland (1989–1990)
							Democratic Union
										2	President Lech Wałęsa Flag of the President of Poland (1990–1995)
		Jan Krzysztof Bielecki Gdańsk - 21 (born 1951)	4 January 1991	6 December 1991	337 days	–	Liberal Democratic Congress	Bielecki
		Jan Olszewski Warsaw - 17 (1930–2019)	6 December 1991	5 June 1992 (no confidence vote)	183 days	–	Centre Agreement	Olszewski	I (1991)
		Waldemar Pawlak Płock - 3 (born 1959)	5 June 1992	11 July 1992	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
		Waldemar Pawlak Płock - 34 (born 1959)	26 October 1993	7 March 1995	1 year, 133 days	–	Polish People's Party	Pawlak II	II (1993)
		Józef Oleksy Siedlce - 39 (1946–2015)	7 March 1995	7 February 1996	338 days	–	Social Democracy	Oleksy
										3	President Aleksander Kwaśniewski Flag of the President of Poland (1995–2005)
		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
		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	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	IV (2001)
		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
			11 June 2004	31 October 2005				Belka II
		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	V (2005)
										4	President Lech Kaczyński Flag of the President of Poland (2005–2010)
		Jarosław Kaczyński Warsaw - 19 (born 1949)	14 July 2006	16 November 2007	1 year, 126 days	–		Kaczyński
		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	VI (2007)
										5	President Bronisław Komorowski Flag of the President of Poland (2010–2015)
			18 November 2011	22 September 2014				Tusk II	VII (2011)
		Ewa Kopacz Warsaw - 17 (born 1956)	22 September 2014	16 November 2015	1 year, 56 days	–		Kopacz
										6	President Andrzej Duda Flag of the President of Poland (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	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)
		Donald Tusk Warsaw - 19 (born 1957)	13 December 2023	Incumbent	1 year, 190 days	–	Civic Platform	Tusk III

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

Timeline of Recent Prime Ministers

See also

• List of heads of state of Poland
• List of Polish monarchs
• President of Poland