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List of Polish Prime Ministers

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1 List of Prime Ministers of Poland

List of Prime Ministers of Poland

See also: Presidents of Poland


Prime Ministers of semi-independent Kingdom of Poland (Nov. 5 1916 - 1918)

November, 1917     - March, 1918       Jan Kucharzewski
October 23, 1918   - November, 1918    Józef Świerzyński

Prime Ministers of the 2nd Republic of Poland (1918 - 1939)

November 6/7, 1918 - November 18, 1918 Ignacy Daszyński
November, 1918     - January, 1919     Jędrzej Moraczewski
January, 1919      - November, 1919    Ignacy Paderewski
December, 1919     - June, 1920        Leopold Skulski
June, 1920         - July, 1920        Władysław Grabski
July, 1920         - September, 1921   Wincetny Witos
September, 1921    - June, 1922        Antoni Ponikowski
June, 1922         - July, 1922        Artur Śliwiński
July, 1922         - December, 1922    Julian Nowak
December, 1922     - May, 1923         Władysław Sikorski
May, 1923          - December, 1923    Wincetny Witos
December, 1923     - November, 1925    Władysław Grabski
November, 1925     - May, 1926         Aleksander Skrzyński
May, 1926                              Wincenty Witos
May, 1926          - September, 1926   Kazimierz Bartel
October, 1926      - June, 1928        Józef Piłsudski
June, 1928         - April, 1929       Kazimierz Bartel
April, 1929        - December, 1929    Kazimierz Świtalski
December, 1929     - March, 1930       Kazimierz Bartel
March, 1930        - August, 1930      Walery Sławek
August, 1930       - December, 1930    Józef Piłsudski
December, 1930     - May, 1931         Walery Sławek
May, 1931          - May, 1933         Aleksander Prystor 
May, 1933          - May, 1934         Janusz Jędrzejewicz
May, 1934          - March, 1935       Leon Kozłowski
March, 1935        - October, 1935     Walery Sławek
October, 1935      - May, 1936         Marian Zyndram - Kościałkowski
May, 1936          - September, 1939   Felicjan Sławoj - Składkowski

Prime Ministers of Polish Government in Exile (1939 - 1990)

September, 1939  - July, 1943      Władysław Sikorski
July, 1943       - November, 1944  Stanisław Mikołajczyk
November, 1944   - 1947            Tomasz Arciszewski
1947             - 1949            Tadeusz Komorowski
1949                               Tadeusz Tomaszewski 
1949             - 1954            Roman Odzierzyński
1954                               Jerzy Hryniewski
1954             - 1955            Stanisław Mackiewicz
1955                               Hugon Hanke 
1955             - 1956            Antoni Pająk
1956             - 1970            Aleksander Zawisza
1970             - 1972            Zygmunt Muchniewski
1972             - 1976            Alfred Urbański
1976             - 1986            Kazimierz Sabbat
1986             - 1990            Edward Szczepanik

Prime Ministers of the People's Republic of Poland (1944 - 1989)

July, 1944        - February, 1947    Edward Osóbka-Morawski
February, 1947    - November, 1952    Józef Cyrankiewicz
November, 1952    - March, 1954       Bolesław Bierut
March, 1954       - December, 1970    Józef Cyrankiewicz
December, 1970    - February, 1980    Piotr Jaroszewicz
February, 1980    - August, 1980      Edward Babiuch
September, 1980   - February, 1981    Józef Pińkowski
February, 1981    - November, 1985    Wojciech Jaruzelski
November, 1985    - September, 1988   Zbigniew Messner
September, 1988   - August, 1989      Mieczysław Rakowski
August, 1989                          Czesław Kiszczak1

Prime Ministers of the 3rd Republic of Poland (since 1989)

August 24, 1989   - December 14, 1990 Tadeusz Mazowiecki
January 12, 1991  - December 5, 1991  Jan Krzysztof Bielecki
December 23, 1991 - June 5, 1992      Jan Olszewski
June 5, 1992      - July 10, 1992     Waldemar Pawlak1
July 11, 1992     - October 25, 1993  Hanna Suchocka
October 26, 1993  - March 1, 1995     Waldemar Pawlak
March 4, 1995     - January 26, 1996  Józef Oleksy
February 15, 1996 - October 17, 1997  Włodzimierz Cimoszewicz
October 17, 1997  - October 19, 2001  Jerzy Buzek 
October 19, 2001  -                   Leszek Miller


1 - failed to form a cabinet