List of prime ministers of Poland

The Prime Minister of Poland is the chief executive of the government of Poland. This is a list of prime ministers of Poland.

Great Chancellors of Poland (1107–1795)

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
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	died on 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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)	Entered office	Left office	Political party	Cabinet
2	Jędrzej Moraczewski (1870–1944)	18 November 1918	18 January 1919	Polish Socialist Party	Moraczewski
3	Ignacy Jan Paderewski (1860–1941)	18 January 1919	13 November 1919	Independent	Paderewski
4	Leopold Skulski (1878–1940)	13 November 1919	27 June 1920	Polish People's Party "Piast"	Skulski
5	Władysław Grabski (1874–1938)	27 June 1920	24 July 1920	Popular National Union	Grabski I
6	Wincenty Witos (1874–1945)	24 July 1920	19 September 1921	Polish People's Party "Piast"	Witos I
7	Antoni Ponikowski (1878–1949)	19 September 1921	10 March 1922	Polish Christian Democratic Party	Ponikowski I
7	Antoni Ponikowski (1878–1949)	10 March 1922	28 June 1922	Polish Christian Democratic Party	Ponikowski II
8	Artur Śliwiński (1877–1953)	28 June 1922	31 July 1922	Polish Socialist Party	Śliwiński
9	Julian Nowak (1865–1946)	31 July 1922	16 December 1922	Party of the National Right	Nowak
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
(5)	Władysław Grabski (1874–1938)	19 December 1923	20 November 1925	Popular National Union/Christian Union of National Unity	Grabski II
11	Aleksander Skrzyński (1882–1931)	20 November 1925	10 May 1926	Party of the National Right	Skrzyński
(6)	Wincenty Witos (1874–1945)	10 May 1926	14 May 1926	Polish People's Party "Piast"	Witos III
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

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 recognized by the United Kingdom and the United States until 5 July 1945, when the Western Allies accepted 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.

Colour key (for political parties):
  People's Party (SL)
  Polish Socialist Party (PPS)
  Independent

Name (Birth–Death)	Entered office	Left office	Political party	Cabinet
Władysław Sikorski (1881–1943)	30 September 1939	18 July 1940	Independent	Sikorski II
Władysław Sikorski (1881–1943)	18 July 1940	4 July 1943 (died in office)	Independent	Sikorski III
Stanisław Mikołajczyk (1901–1966)	14 July 1943	24 November 1944	People's Party	Mikołajczyk
Tomasz Arciszewski (1877–1955)	29 November 1944	5 July 1945 (lost recognition by major Allied powers)	Polish Socialist Party	Arciszewski

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

Tomasz Arciszewski (until 2 July 1947), Polish Socialist Party
Tadeusz Bór-Komorowski (2 July 1947 – 10 February 1949), Independent
Tadeusz Tomaszewski (7 April 1949 – 10 August 1950), Independent
Roman Odzierzyński (25 September 1950 – 8 December 1953), Independent
Jerzy Hryniewski (18 January 1954 – 13 May 1954), League of Poland's Independence
Stanisław Mackiewicz (8 June 1954 – 21 June 1955), BBWR
Hugon Hanke (8 August 1955 – 10 September 1955), Labor Party
Antoni Pająk (10 September 1955 – 14 June 1965), Polish Socialist Party
Aleksander Zawisza (25 June 1965 – 9 June 1970), Independent
Zygmunt Muchniewski (20 July 1970 – 13 July 1972), Labor Party
Alfred Urbański (18 July 1972 – 15 July 1976), Polish Socialist Party
Kazimierz Sabbat (5 August 1976 – 8 April 1986), Independent
Edward Szczepanik (8 April 1986 – 22 December 1990), League of Poland's Independence

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-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
2	Józef Cyrankiewicz (1911–1989)	6 February 1947	20 November 1952	Polish United Workers' Party (from December 1948)	Cyrankiewicz I
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 of the Republic of Poland (1989–present)

Political parties Christian Democrat/Liberals

  Democratic Union (UD)
  Liberal Democratic Congress (KLD)
  Polish People's Party (PSL)
  Solidarity Electoral Action (AWS)
  Civic Platform (PO)

Conservatives

Centre Agreement (PC)
Law and Justice (PiS)

Social Democrats

Social Democracy (SdRP) / Democratic Left Alliance (SLD)

Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Designated Took office Voted of confidence	Left office R.: Resigned Dis.: Dismissed N.C.: Voted of no-confidence	Political party	Cabinet	Sejm (Election)
1	Tadeusz Mazowiecki (1927–2013)	20 August 1989 24 August 1989 12 September 1989	R. 25 November 1990 4 January 1991	Solidarity Citizens' Committee (KO‘S’) until 1990 Democratic Union (UD) from 1990	Mazowiecki KO‘S’–ZSL–PZPR–SD	Contract (1989)
2	Jan Krzysztof Bielecki (born 1951)	4 January 1991 4 January 1991 12 January 1991	R. 5 December 1991 6 December 1991	Liberal Democratic Congress (KLD)	Bielecki KLD–ZChN–PC–SD	Contract (1989)
3	Jan Olszewski (1930–2019)	6 December 1991 6 December 1991 23 December 1991	Dis. 5 June 1992 5 June 1992	Centre Agreement (PC)	Olszewski PC–ZChN–PSL.PL	I (1991)
4	Waldemar Pawlak (born 1959)	5 June 1992 5 June 1992 (no confidence vote)	R. 7 July 1992 11 July 1992	Polish People's Party (PSL)	Pawlak I PSL
5	Hanna Suchocka (born 1946)	10 July 1992 11 July 1992 11 July 1992	28 May 1993 26 October 1993	Democratic Union (UD)	Suchocka UD–KLD–ZChN–PChD– PPPP–PSL.PL
6	Waldemar Pawlak (born 1959)	18 October 1993 26 October 1993 10 November 1993	1 March 1995 7 March 1995	Polish People's Party (PSL)	Pawlak II SLD–PSL–BBWR	II (1993)
7	Józef Oleksy (1946–2015)	1 March 1995 7 March 1995 4 March 1995	26 January 1996 7 February 1996	Social Democracy (SdRP)	Oleksy SLD–PSL
8	Włodzimierz Cimoszewicz (born 1950)	7 February 1996 7 February 1996 15 February 1996	R. 17 October 1997 31 October 1997	Social Democracy (SdRP)	Cimoszewicz SLD–PSL
9	Jerzy Buzek (born 1940)	17 October 1997 31 October 1997 11 November 1997	Dis. 19 October 2001 19 October 2001	Solidarity Electoral Action (AWS)	Buzek AWS–UW	III (1997)
10	Leszek Miller (born 1946)	4 October 2001 19 October 2001 26 October 2001 & 13 June 2003	R. 2 May 2004 2 May 2004	Democratic Left Alliance (SLD)	Miller SLD–UP–PSL	IV (2001)
11	Marek Belka (born 1952)	2 May 2004 2 May 2004 14 May 2004 (rejected)	N.C. 14 May 2004 11 June 2004	Democratic Left Alliance (SLD)	Belka I SLD–UP
11	Marek Belka (born 1952)	11 June 2004 11 June 2004 24 June 2004 & 15 October 2004	R. 5 May 2005 Dis. 19 October 2005 31 October 2005	Democratic Left Alliance (SLD)	Belka II SLD–UP
12	Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz (born 1959)	19 October 2005 31 October 2005 10 November 2005	R. 10 July 2006 14 July 2006	Law and Justice (PiS)	Marcinkiewicz PiS–SRP–LPR	V (2005)
13	Jarosław Kaczyński (born 1949)	10 July 2006 14 July 2006 19 July 2006	R. 5 November 2007 16 November 2007	Law and Justice (PiS)	Kaczyński PiS–SRP–LPR	V (2005)
14	Donald Tusk (born 1957)	9 November 2007 16 November 2007 24 November 2007	R. 8 November 2011 18 November 2011	Civic Platform (PO)	Tusk I PO–PSL	VI (2007)
14	Donald Tusk (born 1957)	8 November 2011 18 November 2011 19 November 2011 & 11 October 2012 & 25 June 2014	R. 11 September 2014 22 September 2014	Civic Platform (PO)	Tusk II PO–PSL	VII (2011)
15	Ewa Kopacz (born 1956)	15 September 2014 22 September 2014 1 October 2014	R. 12 November 2015 16 November 2015	Civic Platform (PO)	Kopacz PO–PSL	VII (2011)
16	Beata Szydło (born 1963)	13 November 2015 16 November 2015 18 November 2015	R. 8 December 2017 11 December 2017	Law and Justice (PiS)	Szydło PiS	VIII (2015)
17	Mateusz Morawiecki (born 1968)	8 December 2017 11 December 2017 12 December 2017 & 12 December 2018	R. 12 November 2019 15 November 2019	Law and Justice (PiS)	Morawiecki I PiS	VIII (2015)
17	Mateusz Morawiecki (born 1968)	14 November 2019 15 November 2019 19 November 2019 & 4 June 2020	Incumbent	Law and Justice (PiS)	Morawiecki II PiS	IX (2019)

¹ Invited to form a government by the President, but failed to form a government and resigned.

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