List of prime ministers of Poland

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

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)
  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

After the German conquest of Poland, a Polish government-in-exile was formed under the protection of France and Britain. The government was recognized by the United Kingdom and the United States until 5 July 1945, when the Western Allies accepted 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.

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]
1		Władysław Sikorski (1881–1943)	25 July 1940	4 July 1943 †	2 years, 344 days		Independent	Sikorski III	[1]
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

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
				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	—
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

Political parties

Liberal

  Democratic Union (2)
  Liberal Democratic Congress (1)
  Civic Platform / Civic Coalition (2)

Conservative

  Centre Agreement / Law and Justice (5)
  Polish People's Party (1)

Social Democratic

  Social Democracy / Democratic Left Alliance (4)

Independent

  Independent (1)

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 (KO‘S'–ZSL–PZPR–SD)	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	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)	Independent	Buzek (AWS–UW)	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)	IV (2001)
		Marek Belka None (born 1952)	2 May 2004	11 June 2004	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)
		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	–		Kaczyński (PiS–SRP–LPR)
		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 Warsaw - 17 (born 1956)	22 September 2014	16 November 2015	1 year, 56 days	–		Kopacz (PO–PSL)
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)
			Mateusz Morawiecki None (until 2019) Katowice II - 31 (from 2019) (born 1968)	11 December 2017	15 November 2019	5 years, 321 days		Minister of Development (2017–2018), Finance (2017–2018), Sport (2019), Digital Affairs (2020–2023)		Morawiecki I
				15 November 2019	Incumbent					Morawiecki II	IX (2019)

¹ Invited to form a government by the President, but failed to form a government and resigned.

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