Prime Minister of Poland

The President of the Council of Ministers (Polish: Prezes Rady Ministrów) is the leader of the cabinet and the head of government of Poland.^[1] The responsibilities and traditions of the office are seen through the Constitution of 1997.

President of the Council of Ministers Prezes Rady Ministrów
Logo of the Chancellery of the Prime Minister
Incumbent Donald Tusk since 13 December 2023
Residence	Willa Parkowa Rezydencja Premiera RP, ul. Parkowa, Warsaw
Appointer	President of the Republic of Poland
Inaugural holder	Ignacy Daszyński
Formation	6 November 1918
Website	www.premier.gov.pl

The President of Poland nominates and appoints the prime minister, who will then makes up the cabinet.^[2] Fourteen days following his or her appointment, the prime minister must submit a programme outlining the government's agenda to the Sejm, requiring a vote of confidence.^[3]

The current and eightteenth Prime Minister is Donald Tusk of the Civic Platform party. Tusk replaced incumbent premier Mateusz Morawiecki, who resigned on 13 December 2023.^[4]

List of prime ministers

  Democratic Union (UD)   Liberal Democratic Congress (KLD)   Centre Agreement (PC)   Polish People's Party (PSL)   Social Democracy (SdRP) / Democratic Left Alliance (SLD)
  Solidarity Electoral Action (AWS)   Law and Justice (PiS)   Civic Platform (PO)

Portrait	Name	Lifespan	Term began	Term ended
	Jan	?	1107	1112
	Michał Awdaniec	?	1112	1113
	Goswin	?	1113	1138
	Lupus	?	1138	1145
	Pean	died in 1152	1145	1152
	Cherubin	died in 1180	1152	1172
	Klemens	?	1172	1173
	Stefan	?	1173	1206
	Iwo Odrowąż	died 21 August 1229	1206	1208
	Wincenty z Niałka	died in 1232	1208	1211
	Jarost	?	1211	1212
	Marcin	?	1212	1213
	Nanker	died in 1250	1213	1241
	Wawrzęta Gutowski	?	1241	1243
	Rambold	?	1243	1262
	Paweł z Przemankowa	died 29 November 1292	1262	1266
	Stanisław z Krakowa	?	1266	1270
	Prokop	died in 1295	1270	1280
	Andrzej Zaremba	died in 1318	1280	1290
	Wincenty	?	1290	1296
	Jan	died 26 August 1296	1296	1296
	Piotr Angeli	?	1296	1306
	Franciszek z Krakowa	?	1306	1320
	Zbigniew z Szczyrzyca	?	1320	1356
	Janusz Suchywilk	1310 – 5 April 1382	1357	1373
	Zawisza Kurozwęcki	died 12 January 1382	1373	1379
	Jan Radlica	died 12 January 1392	1380	1386
	Mikołaj Zaklika	died in 1408	1386	1404
	Mikołaj Kurowski	1355–1411	1404	1411
	Wojciech Jastrzębiec	1362–1436	1411	1423
	Jan Szafraniec	1363 – 28 July 1433	1423	1433
	Jan Taszka Koniecpolski	died 26 March 1455	1433 or 1434	1454
	Jan Gruszczyński	1405 – 8 October 1473	1454	1469
	Jakub Dembiński	1427 – 15 January 1490	1469	1473
	Uriel Górka	1435 – 21 January 1498	1473	1479
	Stanisław Kurozwęcki	1440–1482	1479	1482
	Krzesław Kurozwęcki	1440–1503	1483	1503
	Jan Łaski	1456 – 19 May 1531	1503	1510
	Maciej Drzewicki	22 February 1467 – 22 August 1535	1510	1513
	Krzysztof Szydłowiecki	1467–1532	1513 or 1515	1532
	Jan Chojeński	17 March 1486 – 11 March 1538	1532	1538
	Paweł Dunin-Wolski	1487–1546	1539	1540
	Tomasz Sobocki	1508–1547	1540	1541
	Samuel Maciejowski	15 January 1499 – 26 October 1550	1541	1550
	Jan Ocieski	1501 – 12 May 1563	1550 or 1552	1563
	Walenty Dembiński	died in 1585	1564	1576
	Piotr Dunin-Wolski	1531 – 1590	1576	1578
	Jan Zamoyski	19 March 1542 – 3 June 1605	1578	1605
	Maciej Pstrokoński	1553 – 1609	1606	1609
	Wawrzyniec Gembicki	5 August 1559 – 10 February 1624	1609	1613
	Feliks Kryski	1562–1618	1613	1618
	Stanisław Żółkiewski	1547 – 7 October 1620	1618	1620
	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
	Jerzy Ossoliński	15 December 1595 – 9 August 1650	1643	1650
	Andrzej Leszczyński	1608–1658	1650	1652
	Stefan Koryciński	1617 – 4 July 1658	1652	1658
	Mikołaj Prażmowski	1617 – 15 April 1673	1658	1666
	Jan Leszczyński	1603–1678	1666	1678
	Jan Stefan Wydżga	1610 – 6 September 1685	1678	1678
	Jan Wielopolski	1630 – 15 February 1688	1678	1688
	Jerzy Albrecht Denhoff	1640 – 1702	1688	1702
	Karol Tarło	1639 – 1702	1702	1702
	Andrzej Chryzostom Załuski	1650 – 12 May 1711	1702	1706
	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
	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
	Antoni Sułkowski	11 June 1735 – 16 April 1796	1793	1795

See the main article: Duchy of Warsaw

Portrait		Name (Birth–Death)	Entered office	Left office	Monarch (Reign)
1		Stanisław Małachowski (1736–1809)	5 October 1807	14 December 1807	Duke Frederick Augustus I (1807–1813)
2		Ludwik Szymon Gutakowski (1738-1811)	14 December 1807	November 1808
3		Józef Poniatowski (1763–1813) Acting Prime Minister	November 1808	25 March 1809
4		Stanisław Kostka Potocki (1755–1821)	25 March 1809	May 1813

See the main article: Polish National Government (November Uprising)

Portrait		Name (Birth–Death)	Entered office	Left office
1		Prince Adam Jerzy Czartoryski (1770–1861)	3 December 1830	15 August 1831
–		Józef Chłopicki (1771–1854) (dictator)	5 December 1830	17 January 1831
2		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
5		Maciej Rybiński (1784–1874)	25 September 1831	9 October 1831

Portrait		Name (Birth–Death)	Entered office	Left office
–	Tyssowski	National Government of the Republic of Poland (triumvirate): Jan Tyssowski (President) (1811–1857) Ludwik Gorzkowski (1811–1857) Aleksander Grzegorzewski (1806–1855)	22 February 1846	24 February 1846
–		Jan Tyssowski (1811–1857) (dictator)	24 February 1846	3 March 1846

Portrait		Name (Birth–Death)	Entered office	Left office
1		Gustaw Potworowski (1800–1860)	20 March 1848	9 May 1848

See the main article: Polish National Government (January Uprising)

Portrait		Name (Birth–Death)	Entered office	Left office
1		Stefan Bobrowski (1840–1863)	21 January 1863	17 February 1863
–		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
4		Franciszek Dobrowolski (1830–1896)	23 May 1863	9 June 1863
5		Piotr Kobylański (1823–1868)	9 June 1863	10 June 1863
6		Karol Majewski (1833–1897)	14 June 1863	17 September 1863
7		Franciszek Dobrowolski (1830–1896)	17 September 1863	17 October 1863
8		Romuald Traugutt (1826–1864) (dictator.)	17 October 1863	10 April 1864
–		Aleksander Waszkowski (1841–1865)	12 April 1864	19 December 1864
9		Bronisław Brzeziński (1837–1865)	20 April 1864	October 1864

See the main article: Kingdom of Poland (1916–18)

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

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

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

Colour key (for political parties):
  Polish Socialist Party (PPS)
  Polish United Workers' Party (PZPR)
  Solidarity Citizens' Committee (KO‘S')

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		[5]
1		Władysław Sikorski (1881–1943)	25 July 1940	4 July 1943 †	2 years, 344 days		Independent	Sikorski III	[5]
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 [pl]	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

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	Rakowski
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

№	Name	Took office	Left office	Party	Coalition partner(s)	Term in office
1	Tadeusz Mazowiecki	24 August 1989	4 January 1991	Solidarity Citizens' Committee (KO‘S’) / Democratic Union (UD)	ZSL–PZPR	1 year, 133 days
2	Jan Krzysztof Bielecki	4 January 1991	6 December 1991	Liberal Democratic Congress (KLD)	ZChN–PC–SD	336 days
3	Jan Olszewski	6 December 1991	5 June 1992	Centre Agreement (PC)	ZChN–PSL.PL-PChD	182 days
4	Waldemar Pawlak	5 June 1992	10 July 1992	Polish People's Party (PSL)	None	35 days
5	Hanna Suchocka	11 July 1992	26 October 1993	Democratic Union (UD)	KLD–ZChN–PChD–PPPP–PSL.PL-PPG-SLCh	1 year, 107 days
6	Waldemar Pawlak	26 October 1993	7 March 1995	Polish People's Party (PSL)	SLD–UP–BBWR	1 year, 132 days
7	Józef Oleksy	7 March 1995	7 February 1996	Social Democracy (SdRP)	PSL	337 days
8	Włodzimierz Cimoszewicz	7 February 1996	31 October 1997	Social Democracy (SdRP)	PSL	1 year, 266 days
9	Jerzy Buzek	31 October 1997	19 October 2001	Solidarity Electoral Action (AWS)	UW–SKL–ZChN–PPChD	3 years, 353 days
10	Leszek Miller	19 October 2001	2 May 2004	Democratic Left Alliance (SLD)	UP–PSL	2 years, 196 days
11	Marek Belka	2 May 2004	31 October 2005	Democratic Left Alliance (SLD)	UP	1 year, 182 days
12	Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz	31 October 2005	14 July 2006	Law and Justice (PiS)	SRP–LPR	256 days
13	Jarosław Kaczyński	14 July 2006	16 November 2007	Law and Justice (PiS)	SRP–LPR	1 year, 125 days
14	Donald Tusk	16 November 2007	22 September 2014	Civic Platform (PO)	PSL	6 years, 310 days
15	Ewa Kopacz	22 September 2014	16 November 2015	Civic Platform (PO)	PSL	1 year, 55 days
16	Beata Szydło	16 November 2015	11 December 2017	Law and Justice (PiS)	None	2 years, 25 days
17	Mateusz Morawiecki	11 December 2017	13 December 2023	Law and Justice (PiS)	None	6 years, 2 days
18	Donald Tusk	13 December 2023	Incumbent	Civic Platform (PO)	PSL	264 days

References

1. Jagielski, pp. 168-169
2. Article 154, para. 1
3. Article 154, para. 2
4. "Donald Tusk premierem. Tłumaczymy, co będzie się teraz działo w Sejmie (https://businessinsider.com.pl)" (in Polish). 12 November 2015. Retrieved 13 December 2023.
5. Roman Wapiński, Władysław Sikorski, Polski Słownik Biograficzny, zeszyt 154 (T. XXXVII/3), 1997, p. 474