Marshal of the Senate of the Republic of Poland

Marshal of the Senate of the Republic of Poland Marszałek Senatu Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej
Incumbent Stanisław Karczewski
Formation	1922
First holder	Wojciech Trąmpczyński

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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 become 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 referred to as the "third person in state".

His deputy is the Vice-Marshal of the Senate of the Republic of Poland.

Role

Marshal:

• Represent Senate
• Preside over Senate sessions
• Preside over Senate Presidium and caucus of heads of Senatorial caucuses (Konwent Seniorów) meetings
• Performing some representative roles on the state level
• Becoming Acting President when Sejm Marshal cannot do so
• Is in charge on peacekeeping in the Senate

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.

List of officeholders

In Second Polish Republic:

The office was interrupted by German invasion of Poland in 1939 and not reinstated in People's Republic of Poland.

In modern Poland:

See also

• Sejm Marshal