Prime Minister of Poland
President of the Council of Ministers Prezes Rady Ministrów | |
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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 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.
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)
№ | Name | Took office | Left office | Party | Coalition partner(s) | Term in office |
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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 | 68 days |