List of prime ministers of Poland

Colour key (for political parties):
  National-Democratic Party (SDN)
  Party of the National Right (SPN)
  Independent

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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)

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Colour key (for political parties):
  Polish Socialist Party (PPS)

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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

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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.

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

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Portrait		Name (Birth–Death)	Tenure			Ministerial offices held as prime minister	Party	Government
			Took office	Left office	Duration
		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)
			5 March 1922	6 June 1922			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
			8 June 1926	24 September 1926		Minister of Iron Railways	Bartel II
			27 September 1926	30 September 1926			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

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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.

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Portrait		Name (Birth–Death)	Tenure			Ministerial offices held as prime minister	Party	Government
			Took office	Left office	Duration
		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 (1883–1972)	19 July 1940	25 July 1940[a]	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
		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
25 August 1950			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)		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			26 September 1963	Pająk II
9 October 1963			14 June 1965			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			15 July 1947	Minister of the Treasury		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			9 April 1979			Sabbat II
20 July 1979			17 December 1983	Minister of Foreign Affairs		Sabbat III
17 January 1984			8 April 1986	Minister of Foreign Affairs		Sabbat IV
		Edward Szczepanik (1915–2005)	8 April 1986	1 November 1989	4 years, 258 days		Independent	Szczepanik I
1 November 1989			20 December 1990			Szczepanik II

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

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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

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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 / Civic Coalition (2)

Social Democrats

  Social Democracy / Democratic Left Alliance (4)

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Portrait		Name Sejm District (Birth–Death)	Tenure			Ministerial offices held as prime minister	Party	Government	Sejm (Election)	President (Term)
			Took office	Left office	Duration
		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)
							Democratic Union
										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)
		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)
		Waldemar Pawlak Płock - 3 (born 1959)	5 June 1992	11 July 1992[a]	37 days	–	Polish People's Party	Pawlak I
		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)
		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)
		Józef Oleksy Siedlce - 39 (1946–2015)	7 March 1995	7 February 1996	338 days	–	Social Democracy	Oleksy (SLD–PSL)
										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)		Cimoszewicz (SLD–PSL)
		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)[b]	III (1997)
		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)[c]	IV (2001)
		Marek Belka None (born 1952)	2 May 2004	11 June 2004 (no confidence vote)	1 year, 183 days	Chairman of the European Integration Committee Minister of Sport (2005)		Belka I (SLD–UP)
			11 June 2004	31 October 2005				Belka II (SLD–UP–SDPL)
		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)[d]	V (2005)
										4	President Lech Kaczyński (2005–2010)
		Jarosław Kaczyński Warsaw - 19 (born 1949)	14 July 2006	16 November 2007	1 year, 126 days	–		Kaczyński (PiS–SRP–LPR)[e]
		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)
			18 November 2011	22 September 2014				Tusk II (PO–PSL)	VII (2011)
		Ewa Kopacz Radom - 17 (born 1956)	22 September 2014	16 November 2015	1 year, 56 days	–		Kopacz (PO–PSL)
6							President Andrzej Duda (2015–2025)
			Beata Szydło Chrzanów - 12 (born 1963)	16 November 2015	11 December 2017	2 years, 26 days		–	Law and Justice	Szydło	VIII (2015)
			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)		Morawiecki I
				15 November 2019	27 November 2023					Morawiecki II	IX (2019)
				27 November 2023	13 December 2023 (no confidence vote)					Morawiecki III	X (2023)
			Donald Tusk Warsaw - 19 (born 1957)	13 December 2023	Incumbent	2 years, 142 days		–	Civic Platform	Tusk III (KO–KP–PL2050–NL)
7							President Karol Nawrocki (2025–present)
									Civic Coalition

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