# List of prime ministers of Poland

This is a list of the prime ministers of Poland. The Prime Minister of Poland is both the leader of the cabinet and the head of government 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 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 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 12 January 1382 | 1373 | 1379 |
| Jan Radlica | died 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 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 | 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)

| 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 (1738-1811) | 14 December 1807 | November 1808 | Duke Frederick Augustus I (1807–1813) |
| 3 | Józef Poniatowski (1763–1813) Acting Prime Minister | November 1808 | 25 March 1809 | Duke Frederick Augustus I (1807–1813) |
| 4 | Stanisław Kostka Potocki (1755–1821) | 25 March 1809 | May 1813 | Duke Frederick Augustus I (1807–1813) |

## 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 | 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 | 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 | Portrait | 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) National People's Union (NZL) 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 | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Tenure | Tenure | Tenure | Ministerial offices held as prime minister | Party | Government |
| Portrait | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Took office | Left office | Duration | Ministerial offices held as prime minister | Party | Government |
| | | 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) (Piast–ZLN–PPS–ChNSP–Wyzwolenie–SPN–NPR) |
| | | 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) |
| | | Antoni Ponikowski (1878–1949) | 5 March 1922 | 6 June 1922 | 261 days | | 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 |
| | | Kazimierz Bartel (1882–1941) | 8 June 1926 | 24 September 1926 | 138 days | Minister of Iron Railways | Bartel II |
| | | Kazimierz Bartel (1882–1941) | 27 September 1926 | 30 September 1926 | 138 days | | 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)

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 | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Tenure | Tenure | Tenure | Ministerial offices held as prime minister | Party | Government |
| Portrait | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Took office | Left office | Duration | Ministerial offices held as prime minister | Party | Government |
| | | 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 (1860–1941) | 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 |
| | | 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 | | Tomasz Arciszewski (1877–1955) | 29 November 1944 | | 2 years, 215 days | Director of the Ministry of Labour and Welfare | | Arciszewski |
| | | 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 |
| | | 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 | Tomaszewski |
| 25 August 1950 | | Roman Odzierzyński (1892–1975) | 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) | 3 years, 151 days | 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 |
| | | 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 | | Antoni Pająk (1893–1965) | 26 September 1963 | Pająk II | 9 years, 275 days | Minister of the Treasury |
| 9 October 1963 | | Antoni Pająk (1893–1965) | 14 June 1965 | | 9 years, 275 days | 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 |
| | | 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 | | Alfred Urbański (1899–1983) | 15 July 1947 | Minister of the Treasury | 3 years, 363 days | Urbański II |
| | | 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 | | Kazimierz Sabbat (1913–1989) | 9 April 1979 | | 9 years, 246 days | Sabbat II |
| 20 July 1979 | | Kazimierz Sabbat (1913–1989) | 17 December 1983 | Minister of Foreign Affairs | 9 years, 246 days | Sabbat III |
| 17 January 1984 | | Kazimierz Sabbat (1913–1989) | 8 April 1986 | Minister of Foreign Affairs | 9 years, 246 days | Sabbat IV |
| | | Edward Szczepanik (1915–2005) | 8 April 1986 | 1 November 1989 | 4 years, 258 days | | Independent | Szczepanik I |
| 1 November 1989 | | Edward Szczepanik (1915–2005) | 20 December 1990 | | 4 years, 258 days | 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)

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 |
| 1 | Edward Osóbka-Morawski (1909–1997) | 31 December 1944 | 28 June 1945 | Polish Socialist Party | Provisional Government of the Republic of Poland |
| 1 | Edward Osóbka-Morawski (1909–1997) | 28 June 1945 | 6 February 1947 | Polish Socialist Party | 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 |
| (2) | Józef Cyrankiewicz (1911–1989) | 18 May 1961 | 24 June 1965 | Polish United Workers' Party | Cyrankiewicz III |
| (2) | Józef Cyrankiewicz (1911–1989) | 25 June 1965 | 27 June 1969 | Polish United Workers' Party | Cyrankiewicz IV |
| (2) | Józef Cyrankiewicz (1911–1989) | 28 June 1969 | 23 December 1970 | Polish United Workers' Party | Cyrankiewicz V |
| 4 | Piotr Jaroszewicz (1909–1992) | 23 December 1970 | 28 March 1972 | Polish United Workers' Party | (Cyrankiewicz V) |
| 4 | Piotr Jaroszewicz (1909–1992) | 28 March 1972 | 25 March 1976 | Polish United Workers' Party | Jaroszewicz I |
| 4 | Piotr Jaroszewicz (1909–1992) | 27 March 1976 | 18 February 1980 | Polish United Workers' Party | 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 | Rakowski |
| 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 Democrats

Polish People's Party (2) Solidarity Electoral Action (1)

   ### Conservatives

Centre Agreement / Law and Justice (5)

   ### Liberals

Solidarity Citizens' Committee / Democratic Union (2) Liberal Democratic Congress (1) Civic Platform (3)

   ### Social Democrats

Social Democracy / Democratic Left Alliance (4)
| Portrait | Portrait | Name Sejm District (Birth–Death) | Tenure | Tenure | Tenure | Ministerial offices held as prime minister | Party | Government | Sejm (Election) | President (Term) | President (Term) |
| Portrait | Portrait | Name Sejm District (Birth–Death) | Took office | Left office | Duration | Ministerial offices held as prime minister | Party | Government | Sejm (Election) | President (Term) | President (Term) |
| | | Tadeusz Mazowiecki None (1927–2013) | 24 August 1989 | 4 January 1991 | 1 year, 134 days | – | Solidarity Citizens' Committee | Mazowiecki B: (KO‘S'–ZSL–PZPR–SD)E: (KO‘S'–UD–PSL–SD–ROAD–FPD) | Contract (1989) | 1 | President Wojciech Jaruzelski (1989–1990) |
| | | Tadeusz Mazowiecki None (1927–2013) | 24 August 1989 | 4 January 1991 | 1 year, 134 days | – | Democratic Union | Mazowiecki B: (KO‘S'–ZSL–PZPR–SD)E: (KO‘S'–UD–PSL–SD–ROAD–FPD) | Contract (1989) | 1 | President Wojciech Jaruzelski (1989–1990) |
| | | Tadeusz Mazowiecki None (1927–2013) | 24 August 1989 | 4 January 1991 | 1 year, 134 days | – | Democratic Union | Mazowiecki B: (KO‘S'–ZSL–PZPR–SD)E: (KO‘S'–UD–PSL–SD–ROAD–FPD) | Contract (1989) | 2 | President Lech Wałęsa (1990–1995) |
| | | Jan Krzysztof Bielecki Gdańsk - 21 (born 1951) | 4 January 1991 | 6 December 1991 | 337 days | – | Liberal Democratic Congress | Bielecki (KLD–ZChN–PC–SD) | Contract (1989) | 2 | President Lech Wałęsa (1990–1995) |
| | | Jan Olszewski Warsaw - 17 (1930–2019) | 6 December 1991 | 5 June 1992 (no confidence vote) | 183 days | – | Centre Agreement | Olszewski (PC–ZChN–PSL.PL) | I (1991) | 2 | President Lech Wałęsa (1990–1995) |
| | | Waldemar Pawlak Płock - 3 (born 1959) | 5 June 1992 | 11 July 1992 | 37 days | – | Polish People's Party | Pawlak I | I (1991) | 2 | President Lech Wałęsa (1990–1995) |
| | | Hanna Suchocka Poznań - 18 (born 1946) | 11 July 1992 | 26 October 1993 | 1 year, 108 days | – | Democratic Union | Suchocka (UD–KLD–ZChN–PChD– PPPP–PSL.PL) | I (1991) | 2 | President Lech Wałęsa (1990–1995) |
| | | Waldemar Pawlak Płock - 34 (born 1959) | 26 October 1993 | 7 March 1995 | 1 year, 133 days | – | Polish People's Party | Pawlak II (SLD–PSL–BBWR) | II (1993) | 2 | President Lech Wałęsa (1990–1995) |
| | | Józef Oleksy Siedlce - 39 (1946–2015) | 7 March 1995 | 7 February 1996 | 338 days | – | Social Democracy | Oleksy (SLD–PSL) | II (1993) | 2 | President Lech Wałęsa (1990–1995) |
| | | Józef Oleksy Siedlce - 39 (1946–2015) | 7 March 1995 | 7 February 1996 | 338 days | – | Social Democracy | Oleksy (SLD–PSL) | II (1993) | 3 | President Aleksander Kwaśniewski (1995–2005) |
| | | Włodzimierz Cimoszewicz Białystok - 4 (born 1950) | 7 February 1996 | 31 October 1997 | 1 year, 267 days | Chairman of the European Integration Committee (1996–1997) | Social Democracy | Cimoszewicz (SLD–PSL) | II (1993) | 3 | President Aleksander Kwaśniewski (1995–2005) |
| | | Jerzy Buzek Gliwice - 17 (born 1940) | 31 October 1997 | 19 October 2001 | 3 years, 354 days | Chairman of the European Integration Committee (1998–2001) | Solidarity Electoral Action | Buzek (AWS–UW) | III (1997) | 3 | President Aleksander Kwaśniewski (1995–2005) |
| | | Leszek Miller Łódź - 9 (born 1946) | 19 October 2001 | 2 May 2004 | 2 years, 197 days | Chairman of the European Integration Committee | Democratic Left Alliance | Miller (SLD–UP–PSL) | IV (2001) | 3 | President Aleksander Kwaśniewski (1995–2005) |
| | | Marek Belka None (born 1952) | 2 May 2004 | 11 June 2004 (no confidence vote) | 1 year, 183 days | Chairman of the European Integration CommitteeMinister of Sport (2005) | Democratic Left Alliance | Belka I (SLD–UP) | IV (2001) | 3 | President Aleksander Kwaśniewski (1995–2005) |
| | | Marek Belka None (born 1952) | 11 June 2004 | 31 October 2005 | 1 year, 183 days | Chairman of the European Integration CommitteeMinister of Sport (2005) | Democratic Left Alliance | Belka II (SLD–UP–SDPL) | IV (2001) | 3 | President Aleksander Kwaśniewski (1995–2005) |
| | | Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz Zielona Góra - 8 (born 1959) | 31 October 2005 | 14 July 2006 | 257 days | Chairman of the European Integration Committee (2006) | Law and Justice | Marcinkiewicz (PiS–SRP–LPR) | V(2005) | 3 | President Aleksander Kwaśniewski (1995–2005) |
| | | Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz Zielona Góra - 8 (born 1959) | 31 October 2005 | 14 July 2006 | 257 days | Chairman of the European Integration Committee (2006) | Law and Justice | Marcinkiewicz (PiS–SRP–LPR) | V(2005) | 4 | President Lech Kaczyński (2005–2010) |
| | | Jarosław Kaczyński Warsaw - 19 (born 1949) | 14 July 2006 | 16 November 2007 | 1 year, 126 days | – | Law and Justice | Kaczyński (PiS–SRP–LPR) | V(2005) | 4 | President Lech Kaczyński (2005–2010) |
| | | Donald Tusk Warsaw - 19 (born 1957) | 16 November 2007 | 18 November 2011 | 6 years, 311 days | Chairman of the European Integration Committee (2007–2009) | Civic Platform | Tusk I (PO–PSL) | VI(2007) | 4 | President Lech Kaczyński (2005–2010) |
| | | Donald Tusk Warsaw - 19 (born 1957) | 16 November 2007 | 18 November 2011 | 6 years, 311 days | Chairman of the European Integration Committee (2007–2009) | Civic Platform | Tusk I (PO–PSL) | VI(2007) | 5 | President Bronisław Komorowski (2010–2015) |
| | | Donald Tusk Warsaw - 19 (born 1957) | 18 November 2011 | 22 September 2014 | 6 years, 311 days | Chairman of the European Integration Committee (2007–2009) | Civic Platform | Tusk II (PO–PSL) | VII(2011) | 5 | President Bronisław Komorowski (2010–2015) |
| | | Ewa Kopacz Radom - 17 (born 1956) | 22 September 2014 | 16 November 2015 | 1 year, 56 days | – | Civic Platform | Kopacz (PO–PSL) | VII(2011) | 5 | President Bronisław Komorowski (2010–2015) |
| | | Ewa Kopacz Radom - 17 (born 1956) | 22 September 2014 | 16 November 2015 | 1 year, 56 days | – | Civic Platform | Kopacz (PO–PSL) | VII(2011) | 6 | President Andrzej Duda (2015–present) |
| | | Beata Szydło Chrzanów - 12 (born 1963) | 16 November 2015 | 11 December 2017 | 2 years, 26 days | – | Law and Justice | Szydło | VIII(2015) | 6 | President Andrzej Duda (2015–present) |
| | | Mateusz Morawiecki None (until 2019) Katowice II - 31 (from 2019) (born 1968) | 11 December 2017 | 15 November 2019 | 6 years, 3 days | Minister of Development (2017–2018),Finance (2017–2018),Sport (2019),Digital Affairs (2020–2023) | Law and Justice | Morawiecki I | VIII(2015) | 6 | President Andrzej Duda (2015–present) |
| | | Mateusz Morawiecki None (until 2019) Katowice II - 31 (from 2019) (born 1968) | 15 November 2019 | 27 November 2023 | 6 years, 3 days | Minister of Development (2017–2018),Finance (2017–2018),Sport (2019),Digital Affairs (2020–2023) | Law and Justice | Morawiecki II | IX(2019) | 6 | President Andrzej Duda (2015–present) |
| | | Mateusz Morawiecki None (until 2019) Katowice II - 31 (from 2019) (born 1968) | 27 November 2023 | 13 December 2023 (no confidence vote) | 6 years, 3 days | Minister of Development (2017–2018),Finance (2017–2018),Sport (2019),Digital Affairs (2020–2023) | Law and Justice | Morawiecki III | X(2023) | 6 | President Andrzej Duda (2015–present) |
| | | Donald Tusk Warsaw - 19 (born 1957) | 13 December 2023 | Incumbent | 1 year, 76 days | – | Civic Platform | Tusk III (KO–PSL–PL2050–NL) | X(2023) | 6 | President Andrzej Duda (2015–present) |
* 1 2 Invited to form a government by the President, but failed to do so and resigned
* ↑ UW left the Buzek cabinet on 8 June 2000.
* ↑ PSL left the Miller cabinet on 3 March 2003.
* ↑ SRP and LPR joined the Marcinkiewicz Cabinet on 5 May 2006.
* ↑ SRP and LPR left the Kaczyński Cabinet on 13 August 2007.