List of prime ministers of Poland
This article lists the prime ministers of Poland. The Prime Minister of Poland is the leader of the cabinet and the head of government of Poland.
Great Chancellors of Poland (1107–1795)
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Jan | ? | 1107 | 1112 |
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Michał Awdaniec | ? | 1112 | 1113 |
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Goswin | ? | 1113 | 1138 |
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Lupus | ? | 1138 | 1145 |
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Pean | died in 1152 | 1145 | 1152 |
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Cherubin | died in 1180 | 1152 | 1172 |
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Klemens | ? | 1172 | 1173 |
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Stefan | ? | 1173 | 1206 |
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Iwo Odrowąż | died 21 August 1229 | 1206 | 1208 |
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Wincenty z Niałka | died in 1232 | 1208 | 1211 |
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Jarost | ? | 1211 | 1212 |
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Marcin | ? | 1212 | 1213 |
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Nanker | died in 1250 | 1213 | 1241 |
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Wawrzęta Gutowski | ? | 1241 | 1243 |
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Rambold | ? | 1243 | 1262 |
Paweł z Przemankowa | died on 29 November 1292 | 1262 | 1266 | |
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Stanisław z Krakowa | ? | 1266 | 1270 |
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Prokop | died in 1295 | 1270 | 1280 |
Andrzej Zaremba | died in 1318 | 1280 | 1290 | |
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Wincenty | ? | 1290 | 1296 |
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Jan | died on 26 August 1296 | 1296 | 1296 |
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Piotr Angeli | ? | 1296 | 1306 |
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Franciszek z Krakowa | ? | 1306 | 1320 |
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Zbigniew z Szczyrzyca | ? | 1320 | 1356 |
Janusz Suchywilk | 1310-5 April 1382 | 1357 | 1373 | |
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Zawisza Kurozwęcki | died on 12 January 1382 | 1373 | 1379 |
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Jan Radlica | died on 12 January 1392 | 1380 | 1386 |
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Mikołaj Zaklika | died in 1408 | 1386 | 1404 |
Mikołaj Kurowski | 1355-1411 | 1404 | 1411 | |
Wojciech Jastrzębiec | 1362-1436 | 1411 | 1423 | |
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Jan Szafraniec | 1363-28 July 1433 | 1423 | 1433 |
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Jan Taszka Koniecpolski | died on 26 March 1455 | 1433 or 1434 | 1454 |
Jan Gruszczyński | 1405-8 October 1473 | 1454 | 1469 | |
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Jakub Dembiński | 1427-15 January 1490 | 1469 | 1473 |
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Uriel Górka | 1435-21 January 1498 | 1473 | 1479 |
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Stanisław Kurozwęcki | 1440-1482 | 1479 | 1482 |
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Krzesław Kurozwęcki | 1440-1503 | 1483 | 1503 |
Jan Łaski | 1456-19 May 1531 | 1503 | 1510 | |
Maciej Drzewicki | 22 February 1467 – 22 August 1535 | 1510 | 1513 | |
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Krzysztof Szydłowiecki | 1467-1532 | 1513 or 1515 | 1532 |
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Jan Chojeński | 17 March 1486 – 11 March 1538 | 1532 | 1538 |
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Paweł Dunin-Wolski | 1487-1546 | 1539 | 1540 |
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Tomasz Sobocki | 1508-1547 | 1540 | 1541 |
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Samuel Maciejowski | 15 January 1499 – 26 October 1550 | 1541 | 1550 |
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Jan Ocieski | 1501-12 May 1563 | 1550 or 1552 | 1563 |
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Walenty Dembiński | died in 1585 | 1564 | 1576 |
Piotr Dunin-Wolski | 1531-1590 | 1576 | 1578 | |
Jan Zamoyski | 19 March 1542 – 3 June 1605 | 1578 | 1605 | |
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Maciej Pstrokoński | 1553-1609 | 1606 | 1609 |
Wawrzyniec Gembicki | 5 August 1559 – 10 February 1624 | 1609 | 1613 | |
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Feliks Kryski | 1562-1618 | 1613 | 1618 |
Stanisław Żółkiewski | 1547-7 October 1620 | 1618 | 1620 | |
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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 | |
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Jerzy Ossoliński | 15 December 1595 – 9 August 1650 | 1643 | 1650 |
Andrzej Leszczyński | 1608-1658 | 1650 | 1652 | |
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Stefan Koryciński | 1617-4 July 1658 | 1652 | 1658 |
Mikołaj Prażmowski | 1617-15 April 1673 | 1658 | 1666 | |
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Jan Leszczyński | 1603-1678 | 1666 | 1678 |
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Jan Stefan Wydżga | 1610-6 September 1685 | 1678 | 1678 |
align="center" | align="center"|Jan Wielopolski | 1630-15 February 1688 | 1678 | 1688 |
Jerzy Albrecht Denhoff | 1640-1702 | 1688 | 1702 | |
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Karol Tarło | 1639-1702 | 1702 | 1702 |
Andrzej Chryzostom Załuski | 1650-12 May 1711 | 1702 | 1706 | |
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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 | |
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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 | |
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Antoni Sułkowski | 11 June 1735 – 16 April 1796 | 1793 | 1795 |
Prime ministers of the Duchy of Warsaw (1807–1813)
[change | change source]Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Entered office | Left office | Monarch (Reign) | |
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Stanisław Małachowski (1736–1809) |
5 October 1807 | 14 December 1807 | |
2 | Ludwik Szymon Gutakowski (1740–1808) |
14 December 1807 | November 1808 | ||
3 | Józef Poniatowski (1763–1813) Acting Prime Minister |
November 1808 | 25 March 1809 | ||
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Stanisław Kostka Potocki (1755–1821) |
25 March 1809 | May 1813 |
Presidents of the Polish National Government (1830–1831)
[change | change source]Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Entered office | Left office | |
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Prince Adam Jerzy Czartoryski (1770–1861) |
3 December 1830 | 15 August 1831 |
– | Józef Chłopicki (1771–1854) (dictator.) |
5 December 1830 | 17 January 1831 | |
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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 | |
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Maciej Rybiński (1784–1874) |
25 September 1831 | 9 October 1831 |
Presidents of the National Government of the Republic of Poland (1846)
[change | change source]Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Entered office | Left office | |
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– | ![]() Tyssowski. |
National Government of the Republic of Poland (triumvirate):
Jan Tyssowski (President) |
22 February 1846 | 24 February 1846 |
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Jan Tyssowski (1811–1857) (dictator.) |
24 February 1846 | 3 March 1846 |
President of the National Committee in Poznań (1848)
[change | change source]Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Entered office | Left office | |
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Gustaw Potworowski (1800–1860) |
20 March 1848 | 9 May 1848 |
Presidents of the Polish National Government (1863–1864)
[change | change source]Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Entered office | Left office | |
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1 | Stefan Bobrowski (1840–1863) |
21 January 1863 | 17 February 1863 | |
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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 | |
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Franciszek Dobrowolski (1830–1896) |
23 May 1863 | 9 June 1863 |
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Piotr Kobylański (1823–1868) |
9 June 1863 | 10 June 1863 |
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Karol Majewski (1833–1897) |
14 June 1863 | 17 September 1863 |
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Franciszek Dobrowolski (1830–1896) |
17 September 1863 | 17 October 1863 |
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Romuald Traugutt (1826–1864) (dictator.) |
17 October 1863 | 10 April 1864 |
– | Aleksander Waszkowski (1841–1865) |
12 April 1864 | 19 December 1864 | |
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Bronisław Brzeziński (1837–1865) |
20 April 1864 | October 1864 |
Prime ministers of the Kingdom of Poland (1917–1918)
[change | change source]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 | ||
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Jan Kucharzewski (1876–1952) |
26 November 1917 | 27 February 1918 | Independent | Kucharzewski | |
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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)
[change | change source]Colour key (for political parties):
Polish Socialist Party (PPS)
Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Entered office | Left office | Political party | Cabinet | ||
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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)
[change | change source]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
Polish People’s republic in exile and Soviet republic (1939-1990)
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Term of office | Political party | Cabinet | Ref. | |||
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Took office | Left office | Time in office | |||||||
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Władysław Sikorski (1881–1943) |
30 September 1939 | 19 July 1940 | 293 days | Independent | Sikorski II | ||
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August Zaleski (1883–1972) |
19 July 1940 | 25 July 1940 | 6 days | Independent | [1] | ||
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Władysław Sikorski (1881–1943) |
25 July 1940 | 4 July 1943 † | 2 years, 344 days | Independent | Sikorski III | [1] | |
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Stanisław Mikołajczyk (1901–1966) |
14 July 1943 | 24 November 1944 | 1 year, 133 days | Polish People's Party | Mikołajczyk | ||
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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)
[change | change source]No. | Portrait | Name (born–died) |
Term of office | Political party | Cabinet | Ref. | |||
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Took office | Left office | Time in office | |||||||
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Tomasz Arciszewski (1877–1955) |
25 July 1945 | 2 July 1947 | 1 year, 342 days | Polish Socialist Party | Arciszewski | ||
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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 | |||
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Jerzy Hryniewski (1895–1978) |
18 January 1954 | 13 May 1954 | 115 days | Polish Independence League | Hryniewski | ||
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Stanisław Mackiewicz (1896–1966) |
8 June 1954 | 21 June 1955 | 1 year, 13 days | Independent | Mackiewicz | ||
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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 | |||
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Aleksander Zawisza (1896–1977) |
25 June 1965 | 9 June 1970 | 4 years, 349 days | Independent | Zawisza I–II–III | ||
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Zygmunt Muchniewski (1896–1979) |
20 July 1970 | 13 July 1972 | 1 year, 359 days | Labour Faction | Muchniewski | ||
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Alfred Urbański (1899–1983) |
18 July 1972 | 15 July 1976 | 3 years, 363 days | Polish Socialist Party | Urbański I–II | ||
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Kazimierz Sabbat (1913–1989) |
5 August 1976 | 8 April 1986 | 9 years, 246 days | Independent | Sabbat I–II–III–IV | ||
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Edward Szczepanik (1915–2005) |
8 April 1986 | 22 December 1990 | 4 years, 258 days | Independent | Szczepanik I–II |
Chairmen of the Executive for National Unity (1954–1972)
[change | change source]- 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)
[change | change source]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 | ||
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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 | |||||
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Józef Cyrankiewicz (1911–1989) |
6 February 1947 | 20 November 1952 | Polish Socialist Party | Cyrankiewicz I | |
Polish United Workers' Party (from December 1948) | |||||||
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Bolesław Bierut (1892–1956) |
20 November 1952 | 18 March 1954 | Polish United Workers' Party | Bierut | |
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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 | |||||
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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 | |||||
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Edward Babiuch (1927–2021) |
18 February 1980 | 24 August 1980 | Polish United Workers' Party | Babiuch | |
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Józef Pińkowski (1929–2000) |
24 August 1980 | 11 February 1981 | Polish United Workers' Party | Pińkowski | |
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Wojciech Jaruzelski (1923–2014) |
11 February 1981 | 6 November 1985 | Polish United Workers' Party | Jaruzelski | |
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Zbigniew Messner (1929–2014) |
6 November 1985 | 27 September 1988 | Polish United Workers' Party | Messner | |
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Mieczysław Rakowski (1926–2008) |
27 September 1988 | 2 August 1989 | Polish United Workers' Party | — | |
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Czesław Kiszczak (1925–2015) (lost vote of confidence.) |
2 August 1989 | 24 August 1989 | Polish United Workers' Party | Kiszczak | |
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Tadeusz Mazowiecki (1927–2013) (during democratic transition.) |
24 August 1989 | 31 December 1989 (People's Republic abolished.) |
Solidarity Citizens' Committee | Mazowiecki |