List of prime ministers of Poland

This article lists the prime ministers of Poland. The Prime Minister of Poland is 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
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 died on 29 November 1292 1262 1266
Stanisław z Krakowa ? 1266 1270
Prokop died in 1295 1270 1280
Andrzej Zaremba died in 1318 1280 1290
Wincenty ? 1290 1296
Jan died on 26 August 1296 1296 1296
Piotr Angeli ? 1296 1306
Franciszek z Krakowa ? 1306 1320
Zbigniew z Szczyrzyca ? 1320 1356
Janusz Suchywilk 1310-5 April 1382 1357 1373
Zawisza Kurozwęcki died on 12 January 1382 1373 1379
Jan Radlica died on 12 January 1392 1380 1386
Mikołaj Zaklika died in 1408 1386 1404
Mikołaj Kurowski 1355-1411 1404 1411
Wojciech Jastrzębiec 1362-1436 1411 1423
Jan Szafraniec 1363-28 July 1433 1423 1433
Jan Taszka Koniecpolski died on 26 March 1455 1433 or 1434 1454
Jan Gruszczyński 1405-8 October 1473 1454 1469
Jakub Dembiński 1427-15 January 1490 1469 1473
Uriel Górka 1435-21 January 1498 1473 1479
Stanisław Kurozwęcki 1440-1482 1479 1482
Krzesław Kurozwęcki 1440-1503 1483 1503
Jan Łaski 1456-19 May 1531 1503 1510
Maciej Drzewicki 22 February 1467 – 22 August 1535 1510 1513
Krzysztof Szydłowiecki 1467-1532 1513 or 1515 1532
Jan Chojeński 17 March 1486 – 11 March 1538 1532 1538
Paweł Dunin-Wolski 1487-1546 1539 1540
Tomasz Sobocki 1508-1547 1540 1541
Samuel Maciejowski 15 January 1499 – 26 October 1550 1541 1550
Jan Ocieski 1501-12 May 1563 1550 or 1552 1563
Walenty Dembiński died in 1585 1564 1576
Piotr Dunin-Wolski 1531-1590 1576 1578
Jan Zamoyski 19 March 1542 – 3 June 1605 1578 1605
Maciej Pstrokoński 1553-1609 1606 1609
Wawrzyniec Gembicki 5 August 1559 – 10 February 1624 1609 1613
Feliks Kryski 1562-1618 1613 1618
Stanisław Żółkiewski 1547-7 October 1620 1618 1620
Andrzej Lipski 1572-4 September 1631 1620 1623
Wacław Leszczyński 1576-17 May 1628 1625 1628
Jakub Zadzik 1582 – 17 March 1642 1628 1635
Tomasz Zamoyski 1594–7 January 1638 1635 1635
Piotr Gembicki 10 October 1585 – 14 July 1657 1635 1643
Jerzy Ossoliński 15 December 1595 – 9 August 1650 1643 1650
Andrzej Leszczyński 1608-1658 1650 1652
Stefan Koryciński 1617-4 July 1658 1652 1658
Mikołaj Prażmowski 1617-15 April 1673 1658 1666
Jan Leszczyński 1603-1678 1666 1678
Jan Stefan Wydżga 1610-6 September 1685 1678 1678
align="center" align="center"|Jan Wielopolski 1630-15 February 1688 1678 1688
Jerzy Albrecht Denhoff 1640-1702 1688 1702
Karol Tarło 1639-1702 1702 1702
Andrzej Chryzostom Załuski 1650-12 May 1711 1702 1706
Jan Stanisław Jabłonowski 1669-28 April 1731 1706 1709
Jan Szembek 1672-9 April 1731 1712 1731
Andrzej Stanisław Załuski 2 December 1695 – 16 December 1758 1735 1746
Jan Małachowski 26 January 1698 – 25 June 1762 1746 1762
Andrzej Zamoyski 12 February 1716 – 10 February 1792 1764 1767
Andrzej Młodziejowski 1717-1780 1767 1780
Jan Andrzej Borch 1715-1780 1780 1780
Antoni Onufry Okęcki 13 June 1729 – 15 June 1793 1780 1786
Jacek Małachowski 25 August 1737 – 27 March 1821 1786 1793
Antoni Sułkowski 11 June 1735 – 16 April 1796 1793 1795

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

See the main article: Duchy of Warsaw
Portrait Name
(Birth–Death) 		Entered office Left office Monarch
(Reign)
1 Stanisław Małachowski
(1736–1809) 		5 October 1807 14 December 1807
Duke Frederick Augustus I

(1807–1813)
2 Ludwik Szymon Gutakowski
(1740–1808) 		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)

See the main article: Polish National Government (November Uprising)
Portrait Name
(Birth–Death) 		Entered office Left office
1 Prince
Adam Jerzy Czartoryski
(1770–1861) 		3 December 1830 15 August 1831
– Józef Chłopicki
(1771–1854)
(dictator.) 		5 December 1830 17 January 1831
2 General
Jan 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)

Portrait Name
(Birth–Death) 		Entered office Left 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)

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

Presidents of the Polish National Government (1863–1864)

See the main article: Polish National Government (January Uprising)
Portrait Name
(Birth–Death) 		Entered office Left office
1 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)

See the main article: Kingdom of Poland (1916–18)

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
(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)

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

Portrait Name
(Birth–Death) 		Entered office Left office Political party Cabinet
1 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)

See the main article: Second Polish Republic

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

S. No Portrait Name
(Birth–Death) 		Entered office Left office Political party Cabinet
2 Jędrzej Moraczewski
(1870–1944) 		18 November 1918 18 January 1919 Polish Socialist Party Moraczewski

PPS-PSL Piast-PSL Wyzwolenie-PSL Lewica

3 Ignacy Jan Paderewski
(1860–1941) 		18 January 1919 13 November 1919 Independent Paderewski

ZLN-PPS-PSL Wyzwolenie-SPN

4 Leopold Skulski
(1878–1940) 		13 November 1919 27 June 1920 Polish People's Party "Piast" Skulski

PSL Piast-ZLN-PSL Wyzwolenie-SPN-NPR

5 Władysław Grabski
(1874–1938) 		27 June 1920 24 July 1920 Popular National Union Grabski I

PSL Piast-ZLN-PSL Wyzwolenie

6 Wincenty Witos
(1874–1945) 		24 July 1920 19 September 1921 Polish People's Party "Piast" Witos I

PSL Piast-ZLN-PPS-ChNSP- PSL Wyzwolenie-SPN-NPR

7 Antoni Ponikowski
(1878–1949) 		19 September 1921 10 March 1922 Polish Christian Democratic Party Ponikowski I

ChNSP-SPN

10 March 1922 28 June 1922 Ponikowski II

ChNSP-SPN

8 Artur Śliwiński
(1877–1953) 		28 June 1922 31 July 1922 Independent Śliwiński
9 Julian Nowak
(1865–1946) 		31 July 1922 16 December 1922 Party of the National Right Nowak

SPN

10 Władysław Sikorski
(1881–1943) 		16 December 1922 28 May 1923 Independent Sikorski I
(6) Wincenty Witos
(1874–1945) 		28 May 1923 19 December 1923 Polish People's Party "Piast" Witos II

ZLN-PSL Piast-ChNSP

(5) Władysław Grabski
(1874–1938) 		19 December 1923 20 November 1925 Popular National Union/Christian Union of National Unity Grabski II

ZLN-PSChD-PSL Wyzwolenie-SPN

11 Aleksander Skrzyński
(1882–1931) 		20 November 1925 10 May 1926 Party of the National Right Skrzyński

ZLN-PSL Piast-PSChD-PPS-NPR-SPN

(6) Wincenty Witos
(1874–1945) 		10 May 1926 14 May 1926 Polish People's Party "Piast" Witos III

ZLN-PSL Piast-PSChD-NPR

12 Kazimierz Bartel
(1882–1941) 		15 May 1926 4 June 1926 Nonpartisan Bloc for Cooperation with the Government Bartel I
8 June 1926 24 September 1926 Bartel II
27 September 1926 30 September 1926 Bartel III
13 Józef Piłsudski
(1867–1935) 		2 October 1926 27 June 1928 Independent Piłsudski I
(12) Kazimierz Bartel
(1882–1941) 		27 June 1928 14 April 1929 Nonpartisan Bloc for Cooperation with the Government Bartel IV
14 Kazimierz Świtalski
(1886–1962) 		14 April 1929 29 December 1929 Nonpartisan Bloc for Cooperation with the Government Świtalski
(12) Kazimierz Bartel
(1882–1941) 		29 December 1929 29 March 1930 Nonpartisan Bloc for Cooperation with the Government Bartel V
15 Walery Sławek
(1879–1939) 		29 March 1930 25 August 1930 Nonpartisan Bloc for Cooperation with the Government Sławek I
(13) Józef Piłsudski
(1867–1935) 		25 August 1930 4 December 1930 Independent Piłsudski II
(15) Walery Sławek
(1879–1939) 		4 December 1930 27 May 1931 Nonpartisan Bloc for Cooperation with the Government Sławek II
16 Aleksander Prystor
(1874–1941) 		27 May 1931 10 May 1933 Nonpartisan Bloc for Cooperation with the Government Prystor
17 Janusz Jędrzejewicz
(1885–1951) 		10 May 1933 15 May 1934 Nonpartisan Bloc for Cooperation with the Government Jędrzejewicz
18 Leon Kozłowski
(1892–1944) 		15 May 1934 28 March 1935 Nonpartisan Bloc for Cooperation with the Government Kozłowski
(15) Walery Sławek
(1879–1939) 		28 March 1935 13 October 1935 Nonpartisan Bloc for Cooperation with the Government Sławek III
19 Marian Zyndram-Kościałkowski
(1892–1946) 		13 October 1935 15 May 1936 Nonpartisan Bloc for Cooperation with the Government Zyndram-Kościałkowski
20 Felicjan Sławoj Składkowski
(1885–1962) 		15 May 1936 30 September 1939 Independent Składkowski

Polish People’s republic in exile and Soviet republic (1939-1990)

No. Portrait Name
(born–died) 		Term of office Political party Cabinet Ref.
Took office Left office Time in office
1 Władysław Sikorski
(1881–1943) 		30 September 1939 19 July 1940 293 days Independent Sikorski II
2 August Zaleski
(1883–1972) 		19 July 1940 25 July 1940 6 days Independent [1]
1 Władysław Sikorski
(1881–1943) 		25 July 1940 4 July 1943 † 2 years, 344 days Independent Sikorski III [1]
3 Stanisław Mikołajczyk
(1901–1966) 		14 July 1943 24 November 1944 1 year, 133 days Polish People's Party Mikołajczyk
4 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
(1877–1955) 		25 July 1945 2 July 1947 1 year, 342 days Polish Socialist Party Arciszewski
5 Tadeusz Bór-Komorowski
(1895–1966) 		2 July 1947 10 February 1949 1 year, 223 days Independent Bór-Komorowski
6 Tadeusz Tomaszewski
(1881–1950) 		7 April 1949 25 September 1950 1 year, 171 days Independent Tomaszewski
7 Roman Odzierzyński
(1892–1975) 		25 December 1950 8 December 1953 3 years, 74 days Independent Odzierzyński
8 Jerzy Hryniewski
(1895–1978) 		18 January 1954 13 May 1954 115 days Polish Independence League [pl] Hryniewski
9 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
(1893–1965) 		10 September 1955 14 June 1965 9 years, 277 days Polish Socialist Party Pająk I–II
12 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
(1899–1983) 		18 July 1972 15 July 1976 3 years, 363 days Polish Socialist Party Urbański I–II
15 Kazimierz Sabbat
(1913–1989) 		5 August 1976 8 April 1986 9 years, 246 days Independent Sabbat I–II–III–IV
16 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)

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

See the main article: Polish People's Republic

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-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
(1911–1989) 		6 February 1947 20 November 1952 Polish Socialist Party Cyrankiewicz I
Polish United Workers' Party
(from December 1948)
3 Bolesław Bierut
(1892–1956) 		20 November 1952 18 March 1954 Polish United Workers' Party Bierut
(2) 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
(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
(1927–2021) 		18 February 1980 24 August 1980 Polish United Workers' Party Babiuch
6 Józef Pińkowski
(1929–2000) 		24 August 1980 11 February 1981 Polish United Workers' Party Pińkowski
7 Wojciech Jaruzelski
(1923–2014) 		11 February 1981 6 November 1985 Polish United Workers' Party Jaruzelski
8 Zbigniew Messner
(1929–2014) 		6 November 1985 27 September 1988 Polish United Workers' Party Messner
9 Mieczysław Rakowski
(1926–2008) 		27 September 1988 2 August 1989 Polish United Workers' Party —
10 Czesław Kiszczak
(1925–2015)
(lost vote of confidence.) 		2 August 1989 24 August 1989 Polish United Workers' Party Kiszczak
11 Tadeusz Mazowiecki
(1927–2013)
(during democratic transition.) 		24 August 1989 31 December 1989
(People's Republic
abolished.) 		Solidarity Citizens' Committee Mazowiecki

Prime ministers since 1990

See the main article: Prime Minister of Poland

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Roman Wapiński, Władysław Sikorski, Polski Słownik Biograficzny, zeszyt 154 (T. XXXVII/3), 1997, p. 474