Prime Minister of Poland

The President of the Council of Ministers (Polish: Prezes Rady Ministrów) is the leader of the cabinet and the head of government of Poland.Jagielski, pp. 168-169 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.Article 154, para. 1 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.Article 154, para. 2

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



 Portrait Name Lifespan Term began Term ended Jan?11071112 Michał Awdaniec?11121113 Goswin?11131138 Lupus?11381145 Peandied in 115211451152 Cherubindied in 118011521172 Klemens?11721173 Stefan?1173120650pxIwo Odrowążdied 21 August 122912061208 Wincenty z Niałkadied in 123212081211 Jarost?12111212 Marcin?12121213 Nankerdied in 125012131241 Wawrzęta Gutowski?12411243 Rambold?1243126250pxPaweł z Przemankowadied 29 November 129212621266 Stanisław z Krakowa?12661270 Prokopdied in 12951270128050pxAndrzej Zarembadied in 131812801290 Wincenty?12901296 Jandied 26 August 129612961296 Piotr Angeli?12961306 Franciszek z Krakowa?13061320 Zbigniew z Szczyrzyca?1320135650pxJanusz Suchywilk1310 – 5 April 13821357137350pxZawisza Kurozwęckidied 12 January 13821373137950pxJan Radlicadied 12 January 139213801386 Mikołaj Zaklikadied in 14081386140450pxMikołaj Kurowski1355–14111404141150pxWojciech Jastrzębiec1362–14361411142350pxJan Szafraniec1363 – 28 July 14331423143350pxJan Taszka Koniecpolskidied 26 March 14551433 or 1434145450pxJan Gruszczyński1405 – 8 October 14731454146950pxJakub Dembiński1427 – 15 January 14901469147350pxUriel Górka1435 – 21 January 14981473147950pxStanisław Kurozwęcki1440–14821479148250pxKrzesław Kurozwęcki1440–15031483150350pxJan Łaski1456 – 19 May 15311503151050pxMaciej Drzewicki22 February 1467 – 22 August 15351510151350pxKrzysztof Szydłowiecki1467–15321513 or 1515153250pxJan Chojeński17 March 1486 – 11 March 15381532153850pxPaweł Dunin-Wolski1487–15461539154050pxTomasz Sobocki1508–15471540154150pxSamuel Maciejowski15 January 1499 – 26 October 155015411550 Jan Ocieski1501 – 12 May 15631550 or 1552156350pxWalenty Dembińskidied in 15851564157650pxPiotr Dunin-Wolski1531 – 15901576157850pxJan Zamoyski19 March 1542 – 3 June 160515781605 Maciej Pstrokoński1553 – 16091606160950pxWawrzyniec Gembicki5 August 1559 – 10 February 16241609161350pxFeliks Kryski1562–16181613161850pxStanisław Żółkiewski1547 – 7 October 16201618162050pxAndrzej Lipski1572 – 4 September 16311620162350pxWacław Leszczyński1576 – 17 May 16281625162865x65pxJakub Zadzik1582 – 17 March 164216281635101x101pxTomasz Zamoyski1594–7 January 16381635163550pxPiotr Gembicki10 October 1585 – 14 July 16571635164350pxJerzy Ossoliński15 December 1595 – 9 August 16501643165062x62pxAndrzej Leszczyński1608–16581650165250pxStefan Koryciński1617 – 4 July 16581652165850pxMikołaj Prażmowski1617 – 15 April 167316581666 Jan Leszczyński1603–16781666167850pxJan Stefan Wydżga1610 – 6 September 16851678167850pxJan Wielopolski1630 – 15 February 16881678168850pxJerzy Albrecht Denhoff1640 – 17021688170250pxKarol Tarło1639 – 17021702170250pxAndrzej Chryzostom Załuski1650 – 12 May 17111702170650pxJan Stanisław Jabłonowski1669 – 28 April 17311706170950pxJan Szembek1672 – 9 April 17311712173150pxAndrzej Stanisław Załuski2 December 1695 – 16 December 175817351746 Jan Małachowski 26 January 1698 – 25 June 17621746176250pxAndrzej Zamoyski12 February 1716 – 10 February 17921764176763x63pxAndrzej Młodziejowski1717–17801767178050pxJan Andrzej Borch1715–17801780178050pxAntoni Onufry Okęcki13 June 1729 – 15 June 17931780178650pxJacek Małachowski25 August 1737 – 27 March 18211786179350pxAntoni Sułkowski11 June 1735 – 16 April 179617931795

PortraitName(Birth–Death)Entered officeLeft officeMonarch(Reign) 1 60px Stanisław Małachowski(1736–1809) 5 October 1807  14 December 1807  2 60px Ludwik Szymon Gutakowski(1738-1811) 14 December 1807  November 1808 3 73x73px Józef Poniatowski(1763–1813)Acting Prime Minister November 1808  25 March 1809 4 74x74px Stanisław Kostka Potocki(1755–1821) 25 March 1809  May 1813

PortraitName(Birth–Death)Entered officeLeft office 1 78x78px PrinceAdam Jerzy Czartoryski(1770–1861) 3 December 1830  15 August 1831– 60px Józef Chłopicki(1771–1854)(dictator) 5 December 1830  17 January 1831 2 60px GeneralJan Stefan Krukowiecki(1772–1850) 17 August 1831  7 September 1831 3 60px Bonawentura Niemojowski(1787–1835) 8 September 1831  23 September 1831 4 60px Jan Nepomucen Umiński(1778–1851) 23 September 1831  23 September 1831 5 72x72px Maciej Rybiński(1784–1874) 25 September 1831  9 October 1831

PortraitName(Birth–Death)Entered officeLeft office– 60pxTyssowski 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– 60px Jan Tyssowski(1811–1857)(dictator) 24 February 1846  3 March 1846

PortraitName(Birth–Death)Entered officeLeft office 1 60px Gustaw Potworowski(1800–1860) 20 March 1848  9 May 1848

PortraitName(Birth–Death)Entered officeLeft office1 60px Stefan Bobrowski(1840–1863) 21 January 1863  17 February 1863 – 61x61px Ludwik Mierosławski(1814–1878)(dictator) 17 February 1863  11 March 1863– 60px Marian Langiewicz(1827–1887)(dictator) 11 March 1863  18 March 1863 2 60px Stefan Bobrowski(1840–1863) 21 March 1863  12 April 1863 3 60px Agaton Giller(1831–1887) 12 April 1863  23 May 1863 4 60px Franciszek Dobrowolski(1830–1896) 23 May 1863  9 June 1863 5 60px Piotr Kobylański(1823–1868) 9 June 1863  10 June 1863 6 60px Karol Majewski(1833–1897) 14 June 1863  17 September 1863 7 60px Franciszek Dobrowolski(1830–1896) 17 September 1863  17 October 1863 8 84x84px Romuald Traugutt(1826–1864)(dictator.) 17 October 1863  10 April 1864 – 60px Aleksander Waszkowski(1841–1865) 12 April 1864  19 December 1864 9 60px Bronisław Brzeziński(1837–1865) 20 April 1864  October 1864

Colour key (for political parties):

PortraitName(Birth–Death)Entered officeLeft officePolitical partyCabinet1 60px Jan Kucharzewski(1876–1952) 26 November 1917  27 February 1918 Independent Kucharzewski– 60px Antoni Ponikowski(1878–1949) 27 February 1918  4 April 1918 National-Democratic Party Ponikowski(provisional)2 60px Jan Kanty Steczkowski(1862–1929) 4 April 1918  23 October 1918 Party of the National Right Steczkowski3 60px Józef Świeżyński(1868–1948) 23 October 1918  3 November 1918 National-Democratic Party Świeżyński– 60px Władysław Wróblewski(1875–1951) 3 November 1918  14 November 1918 Independent Wróblewski(provisional)

Colour key (for political parties):

PortraitName(Birth–Death)Entered officeLeft officePolitical partyCabinet1 77x77px 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):

S. No PortraitName(Birth–Death)Entered officeLeft officePolitical partyCabinet2  Jędrzej Moraczewski(1870–1944) 18 November 1918  18 January 1919 Polish Socialist Party Moraczewski 
PPS–PSL Piast–PSL Wyzwolenie–PSL Lewica3  Ignacy Jan Paderewski(1860–1941) 18 January 1919  13 November 1919 Independent Paderewski 
ZLN–PPS–PSL Wyzwolenie–SPN4  Leopold Skulski(1878–1940) 13 November 1919  27 June 1920 Polish People's Party "Piast" Skulski 
PSL Piast–ZLN–PSL Wyzwolenie–SPN–NPR5  Władysław Grabski(1874–1938) 27 June 1920  24 July 1920 Popular National Union Grabski I 
PSL Piast–ZLN–PSL Wyzwolenie6  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–NPR7Antoni Ponikowski(1878–1949) 19 September 1921  10 March 1922Polish Christian Democratic Party Ponikowski I 
ChNSP–SPN 10 March 1922  28 June 1922 Ponikowski II 
ChNSP–SPN8  Artur Śliwiński(1877–1953) 28 June 1922  31 July 1922 Independent Śliwiński9  Julian Nowak(1865–1946) 31 July 1922  16 December 1922 Party of the National Right Nowak 
SPN10  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–SPN11  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–NPR12Kazimierz Bartel(1882–1941) 15 May 1926  4 June 1926Nonpartisan Bloc for Cooperation with the Government Bartel I 8 June 1926  24 September 1926 Bartel II 27 September 1926  30 September 1926 Bartel III13  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 IV14  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 V15  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 II16  Aleksander Prystor(1874–1941) 27 May 1931  10 May 1933 Nonpartisan Bloc for Cooperation with the Government Prystor17  Janusz Jędrzejewicz(1885–1951) 10 May 1933  15 May 1934 Nonpartisan Bloc for Cooperation with the Government Jędrzejewicz18  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 III19  Marian Zyndram-Kościałkowski(1892–1946) 13 October 1935  15 May 1936 Nonpartisan Bloc for Cooperation with the Government Zyndram-Kościałkowski20  Felicjan Sławoj Składkowski(1885–1962) 15 May 1936  30 September 1939 Independent Składkowski

Colour key (for political parties):

S. No PortraitName(Birth–Death)Entered officeLeft officePolitical partyCabinet2  Jędrzej Moraczewski(1870–1944) 18 November 1918  18 January 1919 Polish Socialist Party Moraczewski 
PPS–PSL Piast–PSL Wyzwolenie–PSL Lewica3  Ignacy Jan Paderewski(1860–1941) 18 January 1919  13 November 1919 Independent Paderewski 
ZLN–PPS–PSL Wyzwolenie–SPN4  Leopold Skulski(1878–1940) 13 November 1919  27 June 1920 Polish People's Party "Piast" Skulski 
PSL Piast–ZLN–PSL Wyzwolenie–SPN–NPR5  Władysław Grabski(1874–1938) 27 June 1920  24 July 1920 Popular National Union Grabski I 
PSL Piast–ZLN–PSL Wyzwolenie6  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–NPR7Antoni Ponikowski(1878–1949) 19 September 1921  10 March 1922Polish Christian Democratic Party Ponikowski I 
ChNSP–SPN 10 March 1922  28 June 1922 Ponikowski II 
ChNSP–SPN8  Artur Śliwiński(1877–1953) 28 June 1922  31 July 1922 Independent Śliwiński9  Julian Nowak(1865–1946) 31 July 1922  16 December 1922 Party of the National Right Nowak 
SPN10  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–SPN11  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–NPR12Kazimierz Bartel(1882–1941) 15 May 1926  4 June 1926Nonpartisan Bloc for Cooperation with the Government Bartel I 8 June 1926  24 September 1926 Bartel II 27 September 1926  30 September 1926 Bartel III13  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 IV14  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 V15  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 II16  Aleksander Prystor(1874–1941) 27 May 1931  10 May 1933 Nonpartisan Bloc for Cooperation with the Government Prystor17  Janusz Jędrzejewicz(1885–1951) 10 May 1933  15 May 1934 Nonpartisan Bloc for Cooperation with the Government Jędrzejewicz18  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 III19  Marian Zyndram-Kościałkowski(1892–1946) 13 October 1935  15 May 1936 Nonpartisan Bloc for Cooperation with the Government Zyndram-Kościałkowski20  Felicjan Sławoj Składkowski(1885–1962) 15 May 1936  30 September 1939 Independent Składkowski

Colour key (for political parties):

  Portrait Name Term of office Political party Cabinet  Took office Left office Time in office 1 60px Władysław Sikorski 30 September 1939 19 July 1940  Independent Sikorski II  2 60px August Zaleski 19 July 1940 25 July 1940  Independent   1 60px Władysław Sikorski 25 July 1940 4 July 1943 †  Independent Sikorski III Roman Wapiński, Władysław Sikorski, Polski Słownik Biograficzny, zeszyt 154 (T. XXXVII/3), 1997, p. 474 3 60px Stanisław Mikołajczyk 14 July 1943 24 November 1944  Polish People's Party Mikołajczyk  4 60px Tomasz Arciszewski 29 November 1944 25 July 1945  Polish Socialist Party Arciszewski 

Prime Ministers of the Government-in-Exile (with little or no international recognition, 1945–1990)
  Portrait Name Term of office Political party Cabinet  Took office Left office Time in office 4 60px Tomasz Arciszewski 25 July 1945 2 July 1947  Polish Socialist Party Arciszewski  5 60px Tadeusz Bór-Komorowski 2 July 1947 10 February 1949  Independent Bór-Komorowski  6 60px Tadeusz Tomaszewski 7 April 1949 25 September 1950  Independent Tomaszewski  7 60px Roman Odzierzyński 25 December 1950 8 December 1953  Independent Odzierzyński  8 60px Jerzy Hryniewski 18 January 1954 13 May 1954   Hryniewski  9 60px Stanisław Mackiewicz 8 June 1954 21 June 1955  Independent Mackiewicz  10 Hugon Hanke 8 August 1955 10 September 1955  Labour Faction Hanke  11 60px Antoni Pająk 10 September 1955 14 June 1965  Polish Socialist Party Pająk I–II  12 60px Aleksander Zawisza 25 June 1965 9 June 1970  Independent Zawisza I–II–III  13 Zygmunt Muchniewski 20 July 1970 13 July 1972  Labour Faction Muchniewski  14 60px Alfred Urbański 18 July 1972 15 July 1976  Polish Socialist Party Urbański I–II  15 60px Kazimierz Sabbat 5 August 1976 8 April 1986  Independent Sabbat I–II–III–IV  16 60px Edward Szczepanik 8 April 1986 22 December 1990  Independent Szczepanik I–II 

PortraitName(Birth–Death)Entered officeLeft officePolitical partyCabinet1 Edward Osóbka-Morawski(1909–1997) 22 July 1944  31 December 1944Polish 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 Unity280pxJózef Cyrankiewicz(1911–1989)6 February 1947 20 November 1952 Polish Socialist PartyCyrankiewicz I Polish United Workers' Party(from December 1948)3 80px Bolesław Bierut(1892–1956) 20 November 1952  18 March 1954 Polish United Workers' Party Bierut(2)80pxJózef Cyrankiewicz(1911–1989) 18 March 1954  15 May 1961Polish 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 V4103x103pxPiotr Jaroszewicz(1909–1992) 23 December 1970  28 March 1972Polish United Workers' Party (Cyrankiewicz V) 28 March 1972  25 March 1976 Jaroszewicz I 27 March 1976  18 February 1980 Jaroszewicz II5 80px Edward Babiuch(1927–2021) 18 February 1980  24 August 1980 Polish United Workers' Party Babiuch6 80px Józef Pińkowski(1929–2000) 24 August 1980  11 February 1981 Polish United Workers' Party Pińkowski7 106x106px Wojciech Jaruzelski(1923–2014) 11 February 1981  6 November 1985 Polish United Workers' Party Jaruzelski8 80px Zbigniew Messner(1929–2014) 6 November 1985  27 September 1988 Polish United Workers' Party Messner9 98x98px Mieczysław Rakowski(1926–2008) 27 September 1988  2 August 1989 Polish United Workers' Party Rakowski10  Czesław Kiszczak(1925–2015)(lost vote of confidence) 2 August 1989  24 August 1989 Polish United Workers' Party Kiszczak11 108x108px Tadeusz Mazowiecki(1927–2013)(during democratic transition) 24 August 1989  31 December 1989(People's Republicabolished.) Solidarity Citizens' Committee Mazowiecki

 No.  Name  Took office  Left office  Party  Coalition partner(s)  Term in office  1  Tadeusz Mazowiecki      Solidarity Citizens' Committee (KO‘S’) / Democratic Union (UD)  ZSL–PZPR 2  Jan Krzysztof Bielecki      Liberal Democratic Congress (KLD)  ZChN–PC–SD 3  Jan Olszewski      Centre Agreement (PC)  ZChN–PSL.PL-PChD  4  Waldemar Pawlak      Polish People's Party (PSL)  None  5  Hanna Suchocka     Democratic Union (UD)  KLD–ZChN–PChD–PPPP–PSL.PL-PPG-SLCh  6  Waldemar Pawlak     Polish People's Party (PSL) SLD–UP–BBWR  7  Józef Oleksy     Social Democracy (SdRP)  PSL  8 Włodzimierz Cimoszewicz     Social Democracy (SdRP)  PSL  9  Jerzy Buzek     Solidarity Electoral Action (AWS)  UW–SKL–ZChN–PPChD  10  Leszek Miller     Democratic Left Alliance (SLD)  UP–PSL  11  Marek Belka     Democratic Left Alliance (SLD)  UP  12  Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz     Law and Justice (PiS)  SRP–LPR  13  Jarosław Kaczyński     Law and Justice (PiS)  SRP–LPR  14  Donald Tusk     Civic Platform (PO)  PSL  15  Ewa Kopacz     Civic Platform (PO)  PSL  16  Beata Szydło     Law and Justice (PiS)  None  17  Mateusz Morawiecki     Law and Justice (PiS)  None  18  Donald Tusk    Incumbent Civic Platform (PO)  PSL 

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