# President of the Council of Ministers (Poland)

| President of the Council of Ministers *Prezes Rady Ministrów* |
| --- |
| Logo of the Chancellery of the Prime Minister |
| **Incumbent Donald Tusk** since 13 December 2023 |
| Residence | **Willa Parkowa** Rezydencja Premiera RP, ul. Parkowa, Warsaw |
| Appointer | President of the Republic of Poland |
| Inaugural holder | Ignacy Daszyński |
| Formation | 6 November 1918 |
| Website | www.premier.gov.pl |

The **President of the Council of Ministers** (Polish: *Prezes Rady Ministrów*) is the leader of the cabinet and the head of government of Poland. The responsibilities and traditions of the office are seen through the Constitution of 1997.

The President of Poland nominates and appoints the prime minister, who will then makes up the cabinet. Fourteen days following his or her appointment, the prime minister must submit a programme outlining the government's agenda to the Sejm, requiring a vote of confidence.

The current and eighteenth Prime Minister is Donald Tusk of the Civic Platform party. Tusk replaced incumbent premier Mateusz Morawiecki, who resigned on 13 December 2023.

## List of prime ministers

  Democratic Union (UD)
  Liberal Democratic Congress (KLD)
  Centre Agreement (PC)
  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 | 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 |

| 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 |
| 3 |  | **Józef Poniatowski** (1763–1813) *Acting Prime Minister* | November 1808 | 25 March 1809 |
| 4 |  | **Stanisław Kostka Potocki** (1755–1821) | 25 March 1809 | May 1813 |

| 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 |

| 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 |

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

| 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 |

**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*) |

**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 |

**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 |

**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 |

**Colour key** (for political parties):
  Polish Socialist Party (PPS)
  Polish United Workers' Party (PZPR)
  Solidarity Citizens' Committee (KO‘S')

| 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 |  | **Władysław Sikorski** (1881–1943) | 25 July 1940 | 4 July 1943 † | 2 years, 344 days |  | Independent | Sikorski III |  |
| 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 | 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 |  |

| 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 | 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 |

| No. | Name | Took office | Left office | Party | Coalition partner(s) | Term in office |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | Tadeusz Mazowiecki | 24 August 1989 | 4 January 1991 | Solidarity Citizens' Committee (KO‘S’) / Democratic Union (UD) | ZSL–PZPR | 1 year, 133 days |
| 2 | Jan Krzysztof Bielecki | 4 January 1991 | 6 December 1991 | Liberal Democratic Congress (KLD) | ZChN–PC–SD | 336 days |
| 3 | Jan Olszewski | 6 December 1991 | 5 June 1992 | Centre Agreement (PC) | ZChN–PSL.PL-PChD | 182 days |
| 4 | Waldemar Pawlak | 5 June 1992 | 10 July 1992 | Polish People's Party (PSL) | *None* | 35 days |
| 5 | Hanna Suchocka | 11 July 1992 | 26 October 1993 | Democratic Union (UD) | KLD–ZChN–PChD–PPPP–PSL.PL-PPG-SLCh | 1 year, 107 days |
| 6 | Waldemar Pawlak | 26 October 1993 | 7 March 1995 | Polish People's Party (PSL) | SLD–UP–BBWR | 1 year, 132 days |
| 7 | Józef Oleksy | 7 March 1995 | 7 February 1996 | Social Democracy (SdRP) | PSL | 337 days |
| 8 | Włodzimierz Cimoszewicz | 7 February 1996 | 31 October 1997 | Social Democracy (SdRP) | PSL | 1 year, 266 days |
| 9 | Jerzy Buzek | 31 October 1997 | 19 October 2001 | Solidarity Electoral Action (AWS) | UW–SKL–ZChN–PPChD | 3 years, 353 days |
| 10 | Leszek Miller | 19 October 2001 | 2 May 2004 | Democratic Left Alliance (SLD) | UP–PSL | 2 years, 196 days |
| 11 | Marek Belka | 2 May 2004 | 31 October 2005 | Democratic Left Alliance (SLD) | UP | 1 year, 182 days |
| 12 | Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz | 31 October 2005 | 14 July 2006 | Law and Justice (PiS) | SRP–LPR | 256 days |
| 13 | Jarosław Kaczyński | 14 July 2006 | 16 November 2007 | Law and Justice (PiS) | SRP–LPR | 1 year, 125 days |
| 14 | Donald Tusk | 16 November 2007 | 22 September 2014 | Civic Platform (PO) | PSL | 6 years, 310 days |
| 15 | Ewa Kopacz | 22 September 2014 | 16 November 2015 | Civic Platform (PO) | PSL | 1 year, 55 days |
| 16 | Beata Szydło | 16 November 2015 | 11 December 2017 | Law and Justice (PiS) | *None* | 2 years, 25 days |
| 17 | Mateusz Morawiecki | 11 December 2017 | 13 December 2023 | Law and Justice (PiS) | *None* | 6 years, 2 days |
| 18 | Donald Tusk | 13 December 2023 | Incumbent | Civic Platform (PO) | PSL | 2 years, 211 days |