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List of prime ministers of Poland

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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 of Poland and the head of government of the country.

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
[[File:Jan Matejko, Andrzej Zajkowski, Salomon Lewental - Iwo Odrowąż - MNK XV-R-23161-27 (414892).jpg	50px]]	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
[[File:Paweł z Przemankowa.JPG	50px]]	Paweł z Przemankowa	died 29 November 1292	1262	1266
	Stanisław z Krakowa	?	1266	1270
	Prokop	died in 1295	1270	1280
[[File:Andrzej Zaremba.JPG	50px]]	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
[[File:Janusz Suchywilk.PNG	50px]]	Janusz Suchywilk	1310 – 5 April 1382	1357	1373
[[File:POL COA Poraj.svg	50px]]	Zawisza Kurozwęcki	died 12 January 1382	1373	1379
[[File:POL COA Korab.svg	50px]]	Jan Radlica	died 12 January 1392	1380	1386
	Mikołaj Zaklika	died in 1408	1386	1404
[[File:Mikołaj Kurowski 1.PNG	50px]]	Mikołaj Kurowski	1355–1411	1404	1411
[[File:Wojciech Jastrzębiec.PNG	50px]]	Wojciech Jastrzębiec	1362–1436	1411	1423
[[File:POL COA Starykoń.svg	50px]]	Jan Szafraniec	1363 – 28 July 1433	1423	1433
[[File:POL COA Pobog.svg	50px]]	Jan Taszka Koniecpolski	died 26 March 1455	1433 or 1434	1454
[[File:Jan Gruszczyński.PNG	50px]]	Jan Gruszczyński	1405 – 8 October 1473	1454	1469
[[File:POL COA Odrowąż.svg	50px]]	Jakub Dembiński	1427 – 15 January 1490	1469	1473
[[File:POL COA Łodzia.svg	50px]]	Uriel Górka	1435 – 21 January 1498	1473	1479
[[File:POL COA Poraj.svg	50px]]	Stanisław Kurozwęcki	1440–1482	1479	1482
[[File:POL COA Poraj.svg	50px]]	Krzesław Kurozwęcki	1440–1503	1483	1503
[[File:Jan Łaski primate of Poland.PNG	50px]]	Jan Łaski	1456 – 19 May 1531	1503	1510
[[File:Maciej Drzewiecki Primate of Poland.PNG	50px]]	Maciej Drzewicki	22 February 1467 – 22 August 1535	1510	1513
[[File:Szydlowiecki przywilej opat.jpg	50px]]	Krzysztof Szydłowiecki	1467–1532	1513 or 1515	1532
[[File:Jan Chojeński.jpg	50px]]	Jan Chojeński	17 March 1486 – 11 March 1538	1532	1538
[[File:Herb Łabędź 1.svg	50px]]	Paweł Dunin-Wolski	1487–1546	1539	1540
[[File:POL COA Doliwa.svg	50px]]	Tomasz Sobocki	1508–1547	1540	1541
[[File:POL Samuel Maciejowski.jpg	50px]]	Samuel Maciejowski	15 January 1499 – 26 October 1550	1541	1550
	Jan Ocieski	1501 – 12 May 1563	1550 or 1552	1563
[[File:POL COA Rawicz.svg	50px]]	Walenty Dembiński	died in 1585	1564	1576
[[File:Piotr Dunin-Wolski.PNG	50px]]	Piotr Dunin-Wolski	1531 – 1590	1576	1578
[[File:Jan Zamoyski.PNG	50px]]	Jan Zamoyski	19 March 1542 – 3 June 1605	1578	1605
	Maciej Pstrokoński	1553 – 1609	1606	1609
[[File:Wawrzyniec Gembicki Primate of Poland.PNG	50px]]	Wawrzyniec Gembicki	5 August 1559 – 10 February 1624	1609	1613
[[File:Drobin 07 (2009).jpg	50px]]	Feliks Kryski	1562–1618	1613	1618
[[File:Stanisław Żółkiewski 11.PNG	50px]]	Stanisław Żółkiewski	1547 – 7 October 1620	1618	1620
[[File:POL COA Grabie.svg	50px]]	Andrzej Lipski	1572 – 4 September 1631	1620	1623
[[File:Wacław Leszczyński kanclerz.PNG	50px]]	Wacław Leszczyński	1576 – 17 May 1628	1625	1628
[[File:J. Zadzik.JPG	65x65px]]	Jakub Zadzik	1582 – 17 March 1642	1628	1635
[[File:Tomasz Zamoyski 1.PNG	101x101px]]	Tomasz Zamoyski	1594–7 January 1638	1635	1635
[[File:Piotr Gembicki (1045920).jpg	50px]]	Piotr Gembicki	10 October 1585 – 14 July 1657	1635	1643
[[File:Strobel Jerzy Ossoliński.jpg	50px]]	Jerzy Ossoliński	15 December 1595 – 9 August 1650	1643	1650
[[File:Andrzej Leszczynski (5898146) (cropped).jpg	50px]]	Andrzej Leszczyński	1608–1658	1650	1652
	Stefan Koryciński	1617 – 4 July 1658	1652	1658
[[File:Mikołaj Jan Prażmowski.PNG	50px]]	Mikołaj Prażmowski	1617 – 15 April 1673	1658	1666
	Jan Leszczyński	1603–1678	1666	1678
[[File:Johannes Stephan Wydzga, polsk biskop (1659-79), målad 1688-1703 - Skoklosters slott - 98171 (cropped).tif	50px]]	Jan Stefan Wydżga	1610 – 6 September 1685	1678	1678
[[File:Jan Wielopolski (1630-1688).png	50px]]	Jan Wielopolski	1630 – 15 February 1688	1678	1688
[[File:Jerzy Albrecht Denhoff.JPG	50px]]	Jerzy Albrecht Denhoff	1640 – 1702	1688	1702
[[File:Topor arms.png	50px]]	Karol Tarło	1639 – 1702	1702	1702
[[File:Andrzej Chryzostom Załuski.PNG	50px]]	Andrzej Chryzostom Załuski	1650 – 12 May 1711	1702	1706
[[File:Jan Stanisław Jabłonowski.png	50px]]	Jan Stanisław Jabłonowski	1669 – 28 April 1731	1706	1709
[[File:Jan Sebastian Szembek.PNG	50px]]	Jan Szembek	1672 – 9 April 1731	1712	1731
[[File:Andrzej Stanisław Załuski.PNG	50px]]	Andrzej Stanisław Załuski	2 December 1695 – 16 December 1758	1735	1746
	Jan Małachowski	26 January 1698 – 25 June 1762	1746	1762
[[File:Andrzej Hieronim Zamoyski.PNG	50px]]	Andrzej Zamoyski	12 February 1716 – 10 February 1792	1764	1767
[[File:Andrzej Stanisław Młodziejowski by Louis François Marteau.png	50px]]	Andrzej Młodziejowski	1717–1780	1767	1780
[[File:Jan Andrzej Borch.PNG	50px]]	Jan Andrzej Borch	1715–1780	1780	1780
[[File:Antoni Okęcki.PNG	50px]]	Antoni Onufry Okęcki	13 June 1729 – 15 June 1793	1780	1786
[[File:Jacek Małachowski.JPG	50px]]	Jacek Małachowski	25 August 1737 – 27 March 1821	1786	1793
[[File:POL COA Sułkowski.svg	50px]]	Antoni Sułkowski	11 June 1735 – 16 April 1796	1793	1795

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

Main article: Duchy of Warsaw

Portrait	Name
(Birth–Death)	Entered office	Left office	Monarch
(Reign)	1	2	3	4
[[File:Lampi Stanisław Małachowski.jpg	60px]]	Stanisław Małachowski
(1736–1809)	5 October 1807	14 December 1807
[[File:Ludwik Szymon Gutakowski.JPG	60px]]	Ludwik Szymon Gutakowski
(1738-1811)	14 December 1807	November 1808
[[File:Prince Jozef Poniatowski, by Josef Grassi.jpg	73x73px]]	Józef Poniatowski
(1763–1813)
Acting Prime Minister	November 1808	25 March 1809
[[File:Graff Stanisław Kostka Potocki.jpg	74x74px]]	Stanisław Kostka Potocki
(1755–1821)	25 March 1809	May 1813

Presidents of the Polish National Government (1830–1831)

Main article: Polish National Government (November Uprising)

Portrait	Name
(Birth–Death)	Entered office	Left office	1	–	2	3	4	5
[[File:Prince Czartoryski by Nadar.jpg	78x78px]]	Prince
Adam Jerzy Czartoryski
(1770–1861)	3 December 1830	15 August 1831
[[File:Józef Chłopicki 1.PNG	60px]]	Józef Chłopicki
(1771–1854)
(dictator)	5 December 1830	17 January 1831
[[File:Jan Krukowiecki litografia (cropped).jpg	60px]]	General
Jan Stefan Krukowiecki
(1772–1850)	17 August 1831	7 September 1831
[[File:Bonawentura Niemojowski.JPG	60px]]	Bonawentura Niemojowski
(1787–1835)	8 September 1831	23 September 1831
[[File:Jan Nepomucen Umiński.PNG	60px]]	Jan Nepomucen Umiński
(1778–1851)	23 September 1831	23 September 1831
[[File:Maciej Rybinski (33955444).jpg	72x72px]]	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	–	–
[[File:Jan Tyssowski.jpg	60px]]
Tyssowski	National Government of the Republic of Poland (triumvirate):	22 February 1846	24 February 1846
[[File:Jan Tyssowski.jpg	60px]]	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
[[File:Gustaw Eugeniusz Potworowski ca 1850 (33366472) (cropped).jpg	60px]]	Gustaw Potworowski
(1800–1860)	20 March 1848	9 May 1848

Presidents of the Polish National Government (1863–1864)

Main article: Polish National Government (January Uprising)

Portrait	Name
(Birth–Death)	Entered office	Left office	1	–	–	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	–	9
[[File:Stefan Bobrowski ca 1862 (76732429) (cropped).jpg	60px]]	Stefan Bobrowski
(1840–1863)	21 January 1863	17 February 1863
[[File:Ludwik Mieroslawski 1845-1855 (428656) (cropped).jpg	60px]]	Ludwik Mierosławski
(1814–1878)
(dictator)	17 February 1863	11 March 1863
[[File:Marian Langiewicz 1863 (338183) (cropped).jpg	60px]]	Marian Langiewicz
(1827–1887)
(dictator)	11 March 1863	18 March 1863
[[File:Stefan Bobrowski ca 1862 (76732429) (cropped).jpg	60px]]	Stefan Bobrowski
(1840–1863)	21 March 1863	12 April 1863
[[File:Agaton Giller.JPG	60px]]	Agaton Giller
(1831–1887)	12 April 1863	23 May 1863
[[File:Franciszek Dobrowolski 1830-1896.jpg	60px]]	Franciszek Dobrowolski
(1830–1896)	23 May 1863	9 June 1863
[[File:No image.png	60px]]	Piotr Kobylański
(1823–1868)	9 June 1863	10 June 1863
[[File:Karol Majewski (Beyer).jpg	60px]]	Karol Majewski
(1833–1897)	14 June 1863	17 September 1863
[[File:Franciszek Dobrowolski 1830-1896.jpg	60px]]	Franciszek Dobrowolski
(1830–1896)	17 September 1863	17 October 1863
[[File:Romuald Traugutt 111.PNG	84x84px]]	Romuald Traugutt
(1826–1864)
(dictator.)	17 October 1863	10 April 1864
[[File:Aleksander Waszkowski.PNG	60px]]	Aleksander Waszkowski
(1841–1865)	12 April 1864	19 December 1864
[[File:No image.png	60px]]	Bronisław Brzeziński
(1837–1865)	20 April 1864	October 1864

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

Main article: Kingdom of Poland (1916–18)

Colour key (for political parties):

Portrait	Name
(Birth–Death)	Entered office	Left office	Political party	Cabinet	1	Independent politician}}"	–	2	3	–	Independent politician}}"
	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)
	Jan Kanty Steczkowski
(1862–1929)	4 April 1918	23 October 1918	Party of the National Right	Steczkowski
	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):

Portrait	Name
(Birth–Death)	Entered office	Left office	Political party	Cabinet	1	Polish Socialist Party}}"
[[File:Ignacy Daszynski2 (cropped).jpg	77x77px]]	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)

Main article: Second Polish Republic

Colour key (for political parties):

Portrait	Name
(Birth–Death)	Tenure	Ministerial offices held as prime minister	Party	Government	Took office	Left office	Duration	Polish Socialist Party}}"	Independent politician}}"	Polish People's Party}}"	Christian National Union}}"	Independent politician}}"	Independent politician}}"	Polish People's Party}}"	Polish People's Party}}"	Independent politician}}"	Independent politician}}"
	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
(1860–1941)	16 January 1919	9 November 1919	298 days	Minister of Foreign Affairs	Independent	Paderewski
(ZLN–PPS–Wyzwolenie–SPN)
	Leopold Skulski
(1878–1940)	13 November 1919	9 June 1920	210 days		National People's Union	Skulski
(NZL-ZLN-Piast–Wyzwolenie–SPN–NPR)
	Władysław Grabski
(1874–1938)	23 June 1920	24 July 1920	32 days	Minister of the Treasury	Popular National Union	Grabski I
(Piast–ZLN–Wyzwolenie)
	Wincenty Witos
(1874–1945)	24 July 1920	5 September 1921	1 year, 44 days			Polish People's Party "Piast"	Rząd Obrony Narodowej (Witos I)
	Antoni Ponikowski
(1878–1949)	19 September 1921	10 March 1922	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)
	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
(SPN)
	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
(ZLN–Piast–ChNSP)
	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)
	Aleksander Skrzyński
(1882–1931)	20 November 1925	5 May 1926	167 days			Party of the National Right	Skrzyński
(ZLN–Piast–PSChD–PPS–NPR–SPN)
	Wincenty Witos
(1874–1945)	10 May 1926	14 May 1926	4 days			Polish People's Party "Piast"	Witos III
(ZLN–Piast–PSChD–NPR)
	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 Government of the Republic of Poland in Exile (1939–1990)

Main article: Polish government-in-exile

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
(Birth–Death)	Tenure	Ministerial offices held as prime minister	Party	Government	Took office	Left office	Duration	Independent politician}}"	Independent politician}}"	Independent politician}}"	Polish People's Party}}"	Independent politician}}"	Polish Socialist Party}}"	Independent politician}}"	Independent politician}}"
	Władysław Sikorski
(1881–1943)	30 September 1939	19 July 1940	293 days	Minister of Justice
(16 October 1939-19 July 1940)
Minister of Military Affairs	Independent	Sikorski II
	August Zaleski
(1883–1972)	19 July 1940	25 July 1940	6 days		Independent
	Władysław Sikorski
(1881–1943)	25 July 1940	4 July 1943†	2 years, 344 days	Minister of Interior
(25 July 1940-10 October 1940)
Minister of Military Affairs
(25 July 1940-26 August 1942)	Independent	Sikorski III
	Stanisław Mikołajczyk
(1901–1966)	14 July 1943	24 November 1944	1 year, 133 days			People's Party	Mikołajczyk
Polish Socialist Party}}"			Tomasz Arciszewski
(1877–1955)	29 November 1944	25 July 1945
*(lost recognition by
major Allied powers)*	2 years, 215 days	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	1 year, 223 days	Director of the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Sail
Director of the Ministry of Labour and Welfare
Director of the Ministry of the Treasury	Independent	Komorowski
	Tadeusz Tomaszewski
(1881–1950)	7 April 1949	10 August 1950†	1 year, 125 days	Director of the Ministry of Justice
Director of the Ministry of the Treasury		Union of Polish Socialists in Exile	Tomaszewski
Independent politician}}"			Roman Odzierzyński
(1892–1975)	11 August 1950
(Acting)	25 August 1950	3 years, 151 days	Director of the Ministry of Justice
Director of the Ministry of National Defence	Independent
25 August 1950	8 December 1953	Director of the Ministry of Justice
Minister of National Defence
Director of the Ministry of the Treasury
(21 January 1952-8 December 1953)	Odzierzyński
	Jerzy Hryniewski
(1895–1978)	18 January 1954	13 May 1954	115 days		Polish Independence League	Hryniewski
	Stanisław Cat-Mackiewicz
(1896–1966)	8 June 1954	21 June 1955	1 year, 332 days	Director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs	Independent	Mackiewicz
	Hugon Hanke
(1904–1964)	8 August 1955	11 September 1955
*(defected to the
Polish People's Republic)*	34 days		Labour Faction	Hanke
Polish Socialist Party}}"			Antoni Pająk
(1893–1965)	12 September 1955	28 March 1957	9 years, 275 days	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	4 years, 349 days	Minister of Foreign Affairs	Independent	Zawisza
	Zygmunt Muchniewski
(1896–1979)	20 July 1970	14 July 1972	1 year, 360 days		Labour Faction	Muchniewski
Polish Socialist Party}}"			Alfred Urbański
(1899–1983)	18 July 1972	15 December 1973	3 years, 363 days	Minister of Interior	Polish Socialist Party	Urbański I
17 January 1974	15 July 1947	Minister of the Treasury	Urbański II
Independent politician}}"			Kazimierz Sabbat
(1913–1989)	5 August 1976	12 June 1978	9 years, 246 days	Minister of Justice
Minister 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
Independent politician}}"			Edward Szczepanik
(1915–2005)	8 April 1986	1 November 1989	4 years, 258 days		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)

Main article: Polish People's Republic

Colour key (for political parties):

Portrait	Name
(Birth–Death)	Entered office	Left office	Political party	Cabinet	1	Polish Socialist Party}}"	2	Polish Socialist Party}}"	Polish United Workers' Party}}"	3	Polish United Workers' Party}}"	(2)	Polish United Workers' Party}}"	4	Polish United Workers' Party}}"	5	Polish United Workers' Party}}"	6	Polish United Workers' Party}}"	7	Polish United Workers' Party}}"	8	Polish United Workers' Party}}"	9	Polish United Workers' Party}}"	10	Polish United Workers' Party}}"	11
	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
	Józef Cyrankiewicz
(1911–1989)	6 February 1947	20 November 1952	Polish Socialist Party	Cyrankiewicz I
Polish United Workers' Party
(from December 1948)
	Bolesław Bierut
(1892–1956)	20 November 1952	18 March 1954	Polish United Workers' Party	Bierut
	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
	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
	Edward Babiuch
(1927–2021)	18 February 1980	24 August 1980	Polish United Workers' Party	Babiuch
	Józef Pińkowski
(1929–2000)	24 August 1980	11 February 1981	Polish United Workers' Party	Pińkowski
	Wojciech Jaruzelski
(1923–2014)	11 February 1981	6 November 1985	Polish United Workers' Party	Jaruzelski
	Zbigniew Messner
(1929–2014)	6 November 1985	27 September 1988	Polish United Workers' Party	Messner
	Mieczysław Rakowski
(1926–2008)	27 September 1988	2 August 1989	Polish United Workers' Party	Rakowski
	Czesław Kiszczak
(1925–2015)
(lost vote of confidence)	2 August 1989	24 August 1989	Polish United Workers' Party	Kiszczak
	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)

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Portrait	Name
Sejm District
(Birth–Death)	Tenure	Ministerial offices held as prime minister	Party	Government	Sejm
(Election)	President
(Term)	Took office	Left office	Duration	Solidarity Citizens' Committee}}"
Polish United Workers' Party}}"		Solidarity Citizens' Committee}}"		Freedom Union (Poland)}}"		Law and Justice}}		Polish People's Party}}"	Democratic Union}}"	Polish People's Party}}"	Democratic Left Alliance (Poland)}}"	Democratic Left Alliance (Poland)}}"	Solidarity Electoral Action}}"	Democratic Left Alliance (Poland)}}"	Law and Justice}}"	Law and Justice}}"	Civic Platform}}"	Civic Platform}}"	5	Law and Justice}}"	Law and Justice}}"	Civic Platform	Civic Platform}}"	Law and Justice}}"	Civic Coalition (party)	Civic Coalition}}"
	Tadeusz Mazowiecki
None
(1927–2013)	24 August 1989	4 January 1991		–		Solidarity Citizens' Committee	Mazowiecki
B: (KO‘S'–ZSL–PZPR–SD)E: (KO‘S'–UD–PSL–SD–ROAD–FPD)	Contract
(1989)	President
Wojciech Jaruzelski
[[File:Flag of the President of Poland.svg	60px]]
(1989–1990)
Democratic Union (Poland)}}"		Democratic Union
President
Lech Wałęsa
[[File:Flag of the President of Poland.svg	60px]]
(1990–1995)
{{CSS image crop	Image = Premier Jan Krzysztof Bielecki 1991 (cropped).jpg	cWidth = 80	cHeight = 120	oTop = 5	oLeft = 12}}	Jan Krzysztof Bielecki
Gdańsk - 21
(born 1951)	4 January 1991	6 December 1991		–		Liberal Democratic Congress		Bielecki
(KLD–ZChN–PC–SD)
	Jan Olszewski
Warsaw - 17
(1930–2019)	6 December 1991	5 June 1992
(no confidence vote)		–		Centre Agreement		Olszewski
(PC–ZChN–PSL.PL)	[I
(1991)](1991-polish-parliamentary-election)
	Waldemar Pawlak
Płock - 3
(born 1959)	5 June 1992	11 July 1992		–		Polish People's Party		Pawlak I
	Hanna Suchocka
Poznań - 18
(born 1946)	11 July 1992	26 October 1993		–		Democratic Union		Suchocka
(UD–KLD–ZChN–PChD–
PPPP–PSL.PL)
	Waldemar Pawlak
Płock - 34
(born 1959)	26 October 1993	7 March 1995		–		Polish People's Party		Pawlak II
(SLD–PSL–BBWR)	[II
(1993)](1993-polish-parliamentary-election)
	Józef Oleksy
Siedlce - 39
(1946–2015)	7 March 1995	7 February 1996		–	Social Democracy	Oleksy
(SLD–PSL)
President
Aleksander Kwaśniewski
[[File:Flag of the President of Poland.svg	60px]]
(1995–2005)
	Włodzimierz Cimoszewicz
Białystok - 4
(born 1950)	7 February 1996	31 October 1997				Cimoszewicz
(SLD–PSL)
	Jerzy Buzek
Gliwice - 17
(born 1940)	31 October 1997	19 October 2001			Solidarity Electoral Action		Buzek
(AWS–UW)	[III
(1997)](1997-polish-parliamentary-election)
	Leszek Miller
Łódź - 9
(born 1946)	19 October 2001	2 May 2004			Democratic Left Alliance		Miller
(SLD–UP–PSL)	[IV
(2001)](2001-polish-parliamentary-election)
	Marek Belka
None
(born 1952)	2 May 2004	11 June 2004
(no confidence vote)				Belka I
(SLD–UP)
11 June 2004	31 October 2005		Belka II
(SLD–UP–SDPL)
	Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz
Zielona Góra - 8
(born 1959)	31 October 2005	14 July 2006			Law and Justice	Marcinkiewicz
(PiS–SRP–LPR)	V(2005)
President
Lech Kaczyński
[[File:Flag of the President of Poland.svg	60px]]
(2005–2010)
	Jarosław Kaczyński
Warsaw - 19
(born 1949)	14 July 2006	16 November 2007		–		Kaczyński
(PiS–SRP–LPR)
	Donald Tusk
Warsaw - 19
(born 1957)	16 November 2007	18 November 2011			Civic Platform	Tusk I
(PO–PSL)	VI(2007)
President
Bronisław Komorowski
[[File:Flag of the President of Poland.svg	60px]]
(2010–2015)
18 November 2011	22 September 2014		Tusk II
(PO–PSL)	VII(2011)
	Ewa Kopacz
Radom - 17
(born 1956)	22 September 2014	16 November 2015		–	Kopacz
(PO–PSL)
President
Andrzej Duda
[[File:Flag of the President of Poland.svg	60px]]
(2015–2025)
	Beata Szydło
Chrzanów - 12
(born 1963)	16 November 2015	11 December 2017		–	Law and Justice		Szydło	VIII(2015)
	Mateusz Morawiecki
None (until 2019)
Katowice II - 31 (from 2019)
(born 1968)	11 December 2017	15 November 2019				Morawiecki I
15 November 2019	27 November 2023		Morawiecki II	IX(2019)
27 November 2023	13 December 2023
(no confidence vote)		Morawiecki III	X(2023)
	Donald Tusk
Warsaw - 19
(born 1957)	13 December 2023	Incumbent		–	Civic Platform	Tusk III
(KO–KP–PL2050–NL)
President
Karol Nawrocki
[[File:Flag of the President of Poland.svg	60px]]
(2025–present)
Civic Coalition

Timeline since 1917

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Prime ministers of Poland after the Second World War

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