Prime Minister of the Republic of Poland |
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Donald Tusk since November 16, 2007 |
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Appointer | President of the Republic of Poland |
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Inaugural holder | Ignacy Daszyński |
Formation | November 6, 1918 |
Website | www.premier.gov.pl |
The Prime Minister of the Republic of Poland represents the Council of Ministers (the Cabinet) and directs their work, supervises territorial self-government within the guidelines and in ways described in the Constitution and other legislation, and acts as the superior for all government administration workers (heading the public service corps).
The full name of the office is the "Chairman of the Council of Minsters" (in Polish Prezes Rady Ministrów), but this version is very rarely used in English. In Polish the office is usually called Premier. Until 1922, the Prime Minister was called "President of the Ministers" (Prezydent Ministrów).
At the same time, the Prime Minister may fulfill the duties of a department head or a committee chairman. The Prime Minister may also be a Representative at the Sejm of the Republic of Poland. He cannot, however, hold the post of the President of the RP or any other high state office such as the Chairman of the NIK (Supreme Chamber of Control), Chairman of the NBP (National Bank of Poland) or a Civil Rights Spokesman (Ombudsman).
Designated Prime Minister is free to select his co-workers - members of the Council of Ministers. The cabinet he selects must be approved by the Sejm by granting him the vote of confidence. Ministerial nominations are signed and handed out by the President of the RP.
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The Prime Minister and his ministers take the following pledge before the President of the RP: "Accepting the post of the Prime Minister I solemnly swear that I will faithfully follow the articles of the Constitution and other laws of the Republic of Poland, as well as the good of the Fatherland, and for me the well-being of its citizens will always be the supreme directive." The pledge may be finished with the words "So help me God."
Because of Poland's proportional representation system, Prime Ministers often rule with the support of a coalition of parties. These coalitions can collapse over political disagreements, causing the average term in office of a Polish Prime Minister to be rather short - since the full restoration of democracy in 1991, only one man, Jerzy Buzek, has served a full four-year term as Prime Minister. Other Prime Ministers have been forced to resign due to political scandals.
The Sejm grants the Council of Ministers vote of no confidence by a majority vote of the statutory number of Representatives at the motion put forward by at least 46 Representatives and naming a new candidate to the post of the Prime Minister (so called constructive vote of no confidence). Such motion can be put to vote not earlier than 7 days after it has been proposed. Second motion can be presented not earlier than three months from the date of submission of the prior motion. Second motion can be submitted before the period of three months expires if it is presented by at least 115 Representatives.
The Prime Minister dissolves the Council of Ministers at the first session of the newly elected Sejm, as well as in the case of: failure to pass by the Sejm of the vote of confidence for the Council of Ministers, passing of the vote of no confidence, or resignation for any other reasons.
Accepting the resignation of the Council of Ministers, the President of the Republic asks them to continue to perform their duties until the new Council of Ministers has been selected, thus preserving the continuity of government and control over the actions of the government administration.
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No | Photo | Name and Surname | Term of office: | Monarch |
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1 | Stanisław Małachowski | October 5, 1807 - December 14, 1807 | Frederick August I | |
2 | Ludwik Szymon Gutakowski | December 14, 1807 - November 1808 | Frederick August I | |
3 | Józef Poniatowski | November 1808 - March 25, 1809 (acting) | Frederick August I | |
4 | Stanisław Kostka Potocki | March 25, 1809 - May 1813 | Frederick August I |
No | Photo | Name and Surname | Term of office: |
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1 | Jan Kucharzewski | December 7, 1917 - February 11, 1918 | |
2 | Antoni Ponikowski | February 27 1918 - April 4 1918 | |
3 | Jan Kanty Steczkowski | April 4 1918 - October 2 1918 | |
4 | Józef Świerzyński | October 23, 1918 - November 3, 1918 | |
5 | Władysław Wróblewski | November 3 1918 - November 14 1918 |
No | Photo | Name and Surname | Term of office: | Party |
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1 | Ignacy Daszyński | November 7 1918 - November 14 1918 | Polish Socialist Party |
No | Name and Surname | Term of office: |
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3 | Ignacy Daszyński | November 14, 1918 - November 18, 1918 |
4 | Jędrzej Moraczewski | November, 1918 - January, 1919 |
5 | Ignacy Paderewski | January, 1919 - November, 1919 |
6 | Leopold Skulski | December, 1919 - June, 1920 |
7 | Władysław Grabski | June, 1920 - July, 1920 |
8 | Wincenty Witos | July, 1920 - September, 1921 |
9 | Antoni Ponikowski | September, 1921 - June, 1922 |
10 | Artur Śliwiński | June, 1922 - July, 1922 |
11 | Julian Nowak | July, 1922 - December, 1922 |
12 | Władysław Sikorski | December, 1922 - May, 1923 |
13 | Wincenty Witos | May, 1923 - December, 1923 |
14 | Władysław Grabski | December, 1923 - November, 1925 |
15 | Aleksander Skrzyński | November, 1925 - May, 1926 |
16 | Wincenty Witos | May, 1926 |
17 | Kazimierz Bartel | May, 1926 - September, 1926 |
18 | Józef Piłsudski | October, 1926 - June, 1928 |
19 | Kazimierz Bartel | June, 1928 - April, 1929 |
20 | Kazimierz Świtalski | April, 1929 - December, 1929 |
21 | Kazimierz Bartel | December, 1929 - March, 1930 |
22 | Walery Sławek | March, 1930 - August, 1930 |
23 | Józef Piłsudski | August, 1930 - December, 1930 |
24 | Walery Sławek | December, 1930 - May, 1931 |
25 | Aleksander Prystor | May, 1931 - May, 1933 |
26 | Janusz Jędrzejewicz | May, 1933 - May, 1934 |
27 | Leon Kozłowski | May, 1934 - March, 1935 |
28 | Walery Sławek | March, 1935 - October, 1935 |
29 | Marian Zyndram-Kościałkowski | October, 1935 - May, 1936 |
30 | Felicjan Sławoj Składkowski | May, 1936 - September, 1939 |
No | Photo | Name and Surname | Term of office: | President |
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1 | Władysław Sikorski | September 30, 1939 - July 4, 1943 | Władysław Raczkiewicz | |
2 | Stanisław Mikołajczyk | July 14, 1943 - November 24, 1944 | Władysław Raczkiewicz | |
3 | Tomasz Arciszewski | November 29, 1944 - July 2, 1947 | Władysław Raczkiewicz August Zaleski |
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4 | Tadeusz Bór-Komorowski | July 2, 1947 - February 10, 1949 | Władysław Raczkiewicz August Zaleski |
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5 | Tadeusz Tomaszewski | April 7, 1949 - September 25, 1950 | August Zaleski | |
6 | Roman Odzierzyński | September 25, 1950 - December 8, 1953 | August Zaleski | |
7 | Jerzy Hryniewski | January 18, 1954 - May 13, 1954 | August Zaleski | |
8 | Stanisław Cat-Mackiewicz | June 8, 1954 - June 21, 1955 | August Zaleski | |
9 | Hugon Hanke | August 8, 1955 - September 10, 1955 | August Zaleski | |
10 | Antoni Pająk | September 10, 1955 - June 14, 1964 | August Zaleski | |
11 | Aleksander Zawisza | June 25, 1964 - June 9, 1970 | August Zaleski | |
12 | Zygmunt Muchniewski | July 20, 1970 - July 13, 1972 | August Zaleski Stanisław Ostrowski |
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13 | Alfred Urbański | July 18, 1972 - July 15, 1976 | Stanisław Ostrowski | |
14 | Kazimierz Sabbat | August 5, 1976 - April 8, 1986 | Stanisław Ostrowski Edward Bernard Raczyński |
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15 | Edward Szczepanik | April 8, 1986 - December 22, 1990 | Kazimierz Sabbat Ryszard Kaczorowski |
No | Name and Surname | Term of office: |
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46 | Edward Osóbka-Morawski | July, 1944 - February, 1947 |
47 | Józef Cyrankiewicz | February, 1947 - November, 1952 |
48 | Bolesław Bierut | November, 1952 - March, 1954 |
49 | Józef Cyrankiewicz | March, 1954 - December, 1970 |
50 | Piotr Jaroszewicz | December, 1970 - February, 1980 |
51 | Edward Babiuch | February, 1980 - August, 1980 |
52 | Józef Pińkowski | September, 1980 - February, 1981 |
53 | Wojciech Jaruzelski | February, 1981 - November, 1985 |
54 | Zbigniew Messner | November, 1985 - September, 1988 |
55 | Mieczysław Rakowski | September, 1988 - August, 1989 |
56 | Czesław Kiszczak1 | August, 1989 |
No | Photo | Name and Surname | Term of office: | Party | President |
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1 | Tadeusz Mazowiecki | August 24, 1989 - January 4, 1991 | None (Solidarity) | Wojciech Jaruzelski Lech Wałęsa |
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2 | Jan Krzysztof Bielecki | January 4, 1991 - December 6, 1991 | Liberal Democratic Congress | Lech Wałęsa | |
3 | Jan Olszewski | December 6, 1991 - June 5, 1992 | Centre Agreement | Lech Wałęsa | |
4 | Waldemar Pawlak | June 5, 1992 - July 10, 1992 | Polish People's Party | Lech Wałęsa | |
5 | Hanna Suchocka | July 11, 1992 - October 25, 1993 | Democratic Union | Lech Wałęsa | |
6 | Waldemar Pawlak | October 26, 1993 - March 6, 1995 | Polish People's Party | Lech Wałęsa | |
7 | Józef Oleksy | March 7, 1995 - February 7, 1996 | Democratic Left Alliance | Lech Wałęsa Aleksander Kwaśniewski |
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8 | Włodzimierz Cimoszewicz | February 7, 1996 - October 31, 1997 | Democratic Left Alliance | Aleksander Kwaśniewski | |
9 | Jerzy Buzek | October 31, 1997 - October 19, 2001 | Solidarity Electoral Action | Aleksander Kwaśniewski | |
10 | Leszek Miller | October 19, 2001 - May 2, 2004 | Democratic Left Alliance | Aleksander Kwaśniewski | |
11 | Marek Belka2 | May 2, 2004 - October 31, 2005 | Democratic Left Alliance | Aleksander Kwaśniewski | |
12 | Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz | October 31, 2005 - July 14, 2006 | Law and Justice | Aleksander Kwaśniewski Lech Kaczyński |
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13 | Jarosław Kaczyński | July 14, 2006 - November 16, 2007 | Law and Justice | Lech Kaczyński | |
14 | Donald Tusk | November 16 2007 - present | Civic Platform | Lech Kaczyński |
Former Prime Minister are enlisted to get Biuro Ochrony Rządu protection for a period of six months after leaving office.
As of 2008[update] following former Prime Ministers are alive:
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