Marshal of the Senate of the Republic of Poland
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| Marshal of the Senate of the Republic of Poland Marszałek Senatu Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej |
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The Marshal of the Senate of the Republic of Poland (Polish: Marszałek Senatu Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej) is a presiding officer of the Senate of Poland. He or she is also third person according to the Polish order of precedence, after President of the Republic of Poland and Sejm Marshal, and second in line to became Acting President of the Republic of Poland (after Sejm Marshal; in period 1935-1939 Senate Marshal was the first).
Because of both precedence order and succession order he or she is commonly refeered as the "third person in state".
His deputy is the Vice-Marshal of the Senate of the Republic of Poland.
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[edit] Role
Marshal:
- Representing Senate
- Preside over Senate sessions
- Preside over Senate Presidium and caucus of heads of Senatorial caucuses (Konwent Seniorów) meetings
- Preforming some representative roles on the state level
- Becoming Acting President in case, when Sejm Marshal cannot do so
- Is in charge on peacekeeping in the Senate
[edit] History
Marshals of the Senate existed as early as the Duchy of Warsaw (19th century). In the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, the role was performed by the Grand Crown Marshals.
[edit] List of officeholders
- Wojciech Trąmpczyński November 28, 1922 - March 26, 1928
- Julian Szymański (Nonpartisan Bloc for Cooperation with the Government) March 27, 1928 - December 8, 1930
- Władysław Raczkiewicz (Nonpartisan Bloc for Cooperation with the Government) December 9, 1930 - October 3, 1935
- Aleksander Prystor (Nonpartisan Bloc for Cooperation with the Government) October 4, 1935 - November 27, 1938
- Bogusław Miedziński (Camp of National Unity November 28, 1938 - November 2, 1939
- The office was interrupted by German invasion of Poland in 1939 and not reinstated in People's Republic of Poland.
- In modern Poland:
- Andrzej Stelmachowski (Citizens' Parliamentary Caucus) November 22, 1989 - 1991
- August Chełkowski (Solidarity) November 26, 1991 - October 15, 1993
- Adam Struzik (Polish Peasant Party) October 26, 1993 - October 19, 1997
- Alicja Grześkowiak (Solidarity Electoral Action) October 21, 1997 - October 18, 2001
- Longin Pastusiak (Democratic Left Alliance) October 20, 2001 - October 18, 2005
- Bogdan Borusewicz October 20, 2005 - November 4, 2007
- Bogdan Borusewicz November 5, 2007 - Present
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This article incorporates text translated from the corresponding Polish Wikipedia article as of 2008-02-11.
