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This is a list of Prime Ministers of Poland.

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

Portrait		Name (Birth–Death)	Entered office	Left office	Monarch (Reign)
		Stanisław Małachowski (1736–1809)	5 October 1807	14 December 1807	Duke Frederick Augustus I (1807–1813)
		Ludwik Szymon Gutakowski (1740–1808)	14 December 1807	November 1808
		Józef Poniatowski (1763–1813) Acting Prime Minister	November 1808	25 March 1809
		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
		Prince Adam Jerzy Czartoryski (1770–1861)	3 December 1830	15 August 1831
		Józef Chłopicki (1771–1854) (dictator.)	5 December 1830	17 January 1831
		General Jan Stefan Krukowiecki (1772–1850)	17 August 1831	7 September 1831
		Bonawentura Niemojowski (1787–1835)	8 September 1831	23 September 1831
		Jan Nepomucen Umiński (1778–1851)	23 September 1831	23 September 1831
		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
		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
		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
		Stefan Bobrowski (1840–1863)	21 March 1863	12 April 1863
		Agaton Giller (1831–1887)	12 April 1863	23 May 1863
		Franciszek Dobrowolski (1830–1896)	23 May 1863	9 June 1863
		Piotr Kobylański (1823–1868)	9 June 1863	10 June 1863
		Karol Majewski (1833–1897)	14 June 1863	17 September 1863
		Franciszek Dobrowolski (1830–1896)	17 September 1863	17 October 1863
		Romuald Traugutt (1826–1864) (dictator.)	17 October 1863	10 April 1864
		Aleksander Waszkowski (1841–1865)	12 April 1864	19 December 1864
		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
		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):
  Polish Socialist Party (PPS)

Portrait		Name (Birth–Death)	Entered office	Left office	Political party	Cabinet
		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
		Jędrzej Moraczewski (1870–1944)	18 November 1918	18 January 1919	Polish Socialist Party	Moraczewski
		Ignacy Jan Paderewski (1860–1941)	18 January 1919	13 November 1919	Independent	Paderewski
		Leopold Skulski (1878–1940)	13 November 1919	27 June 1920	Polish People's Party "Piast"	Skulski
		Władysław Grabski (1874–1938)	27 June 1920	24 July 1920	Popular National Union	Grabski I
		Wincenty Witos (1874–1945)	24 July 1920	19 September 1921	Polish People's Party "Piast"	Witos I
		Antoni Ponikowski (1878–1949)	19 September 1921	10 March 1922	Polish Christian Democratic Party	Ponikowski I
			10 March 1922	28 June 1922		Ponikowski II
		Artur Śliwiński (1877–1953)	28 June 1922	31 July 1922	Polish Socialist Party	Śliwiński
		Julian Nowak (1865–1946)	31 July 1922	16 December 1922	Party of the National Right	Nowak
		Władysław Sikorski (1881–1943)	16 December 1922	28 May 1923	Independent	Sikorski I
		Wincenty Witos (1874–1945)	28 May 1923	19 December 1923	Polish People's Party "Piast"	Witos II
		Władysław Grabski (1874–1938)	19 December 1923	20 November 1925	Popular National Union/Christian Union of National Unity	Grabski II
		Aleksander Skrzyński (1882–1931)	20 November 1925	10 May 1926	Party of the National Right	Skrzyński
		Wincenty Witos (1874–1945)	10 May 1926	14 May 1926	Polish People's Party "Piast"	Witos III
		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
		Józef Piłsudski (1867–1935)	2 October 1926	27 June 1928	Independent	Piłsudski I
		Kazimierz Bartel (1882–1941)	27 June 1928	14 April 1929	Nonpartisan Bloc for Cooperation with the Government	Bartel IV
		Kazimierz Świtalski (1886–1962)	14 April 1929	29 December 1929	Nonpartisan Bloc for Cooperation with the Government	Świtalski
		Kazimierz Bartel (1882–1941)	29 December 1929	29 March 1930	Nonpartisan Bloc for Cooperation with the Government	Bartel V
		Walery Sławek (1879–1939)	29 March 1930	25 August 1930	Nonpartisan Bloc for Cooperation with the Government	Sławek I
		Józef Piłsudski (1867–1935)	25 August 1930	4 December 1930	Independent	Piłsudski II
		Walery Sławek (1879–1939)	4 December 1930	27 May 1931	Nonpartisan Bloc for Cooperation with the Government	Sławek II
		Aleksander Prystor (1874–1941)	27 May 1931	10 May 1933	Nonpartisan Bloc for Cooperation with the Government	Prystor
		Janusz Jędrzejewicz (1885–1951)	10 May 1933	15 May 1934	Nonpartisan Bloc for Cooperation with the Government	Jędrzejewicz
		Leon Kozłowski (1892–1944)	15 May 1934	28 March 1935	Nonpartisan Bloc for Cooperation with the Government	Kozłowski
		Walery Sławek (1879–1939)	28 March 1935	13 October 1935	Nonpartisan Bloc for Cooperation with the Government	Sławek III
		Marian Zyndram-Kościałkowski (1892–1946)	13 October 1935	15 May 1936	Nonpartisan Bloc for Cooperation with the Government	Zyndram-Kościałkowski
		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

Portrait		Name (Birth–Death)	Entered office	Left office	Political party	Cabinet
		Władysław Sikorski (1881–1943)	30 September 1939	18 July 1940	Independent	Sikorski II
			18 July 1940	4 July 1943		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)

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  Tomasz Arciszewski (until 2 July 1947), Polish Socialist Party
  


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  Tadeusz Bór-Komorowski (2 July 1947 – 10 February 1949), Independent
  


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  Tadeusz Tomaszewski (7 April 1949 – 10 August 1950), Independent
  


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  Roman Odzierzyński (25 September 1950 – 8 December 1953), Independent
  


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  Jerzy Hryniewski (18 January 1954 – 13 May 1954), League of Poland's Independence
  


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  Stanisław Mackiewicz (8 June 1954 – 21 June 1955)


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  Hugon Hanke (8 August 1955 – 10 September 1955), Labor Party
  


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  Antoni Pająk (10 September 1955 – 14 June 1965), Polish Socialist Party
  


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  Aleksander Zawisza (25 June 1965 – 9 June 1970), Independent
  


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  Zygmunt Muchniewski (20 July 1970 – 13 July 1972), Labor Party
  


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  Alfred Urbański (18 July 1972 – 15 July 1976), Polish Socialist Party
  


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  Kazimierz Sabbat (5 August 1976 – 8 April 1986), Independent
  


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  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.

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  Roman Odzierzyński (1954–1955)


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  Adam Ciołkosz (1956–1959)


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  Witold Czerwiński (1959–1963)


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  Adam Ciołkosz (1963 – December 1966)


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  Jan Starzewski (December 1966 – 1967)


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  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
		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 (born 1927)	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	—
		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)

Colour key (for political parties):
  Democratic Union (UD)
  Centre Agreement (PC)
  Liberal Democratic Congress (KLD)
  Polish People's Party (PSL)
  Social Democracy (SdRP) / Democratic Left Alliance (SLD)
  Solidarity Electoral Action (AWS)
  Law and Justice (PiS)
  Civic Platform (PO)

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)
		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)
		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
		Jan Olszewski (born 1930)	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)
		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
		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
		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)
		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
		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
		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)
		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)
		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 June 2004 11 June 2004 24 June 2004 & 15 October 2004	R. 5 May 2005 Dis. 19 October 2005 31 October 2005		Belka II SLD–UP
		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)
		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
		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)
			8 November 2011 18 November 2011 19 November 2011	R. 11 September 2014 22 September 2014		Tusk II PO–PSL	VII (2011)
		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
		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)
		Mateusz Morawiecki (born 1968)	8 December 2017 11 December 2017 12 December 2017	Incumbent	Law and Justice (PiS)	Morawiecki PiS

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