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This is a list of Sejm Marshals, or Speakers of the Sejm (the Lower house of the Polish Parliament) since its establishment as a regular convening body in the late 15th century, until now.[1][2]

Crown of the Kingdom of Poland

No Name Period
1 Jan Sierakowski October 31, 1548 – December 12, 1548
2 Mikołaj Sienicki May 15, 1550 – July 26, 1550
3 Rafał Leszczyński February 2, 1552 – April 11, 1552
4 Mikołaj Sienicki February 1, 1553 – February 2, 1559
5 Rafał Leszczyński November 30, 1562 – March 25, 1563
6 Mikołaj Sienicki November 22, 1563 – April 14, 1565
7 Stanisław Sędziwój Czarnkowski[3] January 10, 1569 – August 12, 1569

Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth

   

Partitioned Poland (1795–1918)

Duchy of Warsaw

No Name Period
1 Tomasz Adam Ostrowski
2 Stanisław Sołtyk
3 Adam Kazimierz Czartoryski

Polish Kingdom

No Name Period
1 Wincenty Krasiński
2 Rajmund Rembieliński
3 Stanisław Piwnicki[3][4]
4 Józef Lubowidzki[3][4] May 1830 - November 1830[5]
5 Władysław Ostrowski November 1830-

Diet of Galicia and Lodomeria

No Name Sejm Period
1 Leon Sapieha I

II

III

1861–1875
2 Alfred Józef Potocki III 1875
3 Włodzimierz Dzieduszycki III 1876
4 Ludwik Wodzicki[4] IV 1877-80
5 Mikołaj Zyblikiewicz IV

V

1881-86
6 Jan Dzierżysław Tarnowski V

VI

1886-90
7 Eustachy Stanisław Sanguszko VI 1890-95
8 Stanisław Marcin Badeni[4] VII 1895-1901
9 Andrzej Potocki[4] VIII 1901-02
(8) Stanisław Marcin Badeni VIII

IX

1903-12
10 Adam Gołuchowski X 1913-14
11 Stanisław Niezabitowski X 1914-18

Second Polish Republic (1918–39)

No Name Sejm Period Party
1 Wojciech Trąmpczyński Legislative Sejm February 14, 1919 – November 27, 1922
2 Maciej Rataj I November 28, 1922 – March 26, 1928 Polish People's Party "Piast"
3 Ignacy Daszyński II March 27, 1928 – December 8, 1930 Polish Socialist Party
4 Kazimierz Świtalski III December 9, 1930 – October 3, 1935 Nonpartisan Bloc for Cooperation with the Government
5 Stanisław Car IV October 4, 1935 – June 18, 1938 Nonpartisan Bloc for Cooperation with the Government/Camp of National Unity
6 Walery Sławek IV June 22, 1938 – November 27, 1938 Nonpartisan Bloc for Cooperation with the Government
7 Wacław Makowski V November 28, 1938 – November 2, 1939 Camp of National Unity

Polish People's Republic

No Name Sejm Period Party
1 Władysław Kowalski Legislative Sejm February 4, 1947 – November 19, 1952 United People's Party (Poland)
2 Jan Dembowski I November 20, 1952 – February 19, 1957 United People's Party (Poland)
3 Czesław Wycech II

III

IIV

V

February 20, 1957 – February 11, 1971 United People's Party (Poland)
4 Dyzma Gałaj V February 11, 1971 – March 27, 1972 United People's Party (Poland)
5 Stanisław Gucwa VI

VII

VIII

March 28, 1972 – November 5, 1985 United People's Party (Poland)
6 Roman Malinowski IX November 6, 1985 – June 22, 1989 United People's Party (Poland)
7 Mikołaj Kozakiewicz X July 4, 1989 – December 31, 1989 United People's Party (Poland)

Republic of Poland (after 1989)

No Name Portrait District Sejm Period Party
1 Mikołaj Kozakiewicz National list X December 31, 1989 – November 24, 1991 United People's Party/Polish People's Party - Revival/Polish People's Party
2 Wiesław Chrzanowski 28 Lubelskie I November 25, 1991 – October 14, 1993 Christian National Union
3 Józef Oleksy 39 Siedleckie II October 14, 1993 – March 3, 1995 Democratic Left Alliance
4 Józef Zych 52 Zielonogórskie II March 3, 1995 – October 19, 1997 Polish People's Party
5 Maciej Płażyński 11 Gdańskie III October 20, 1997 – October 18, 2001 Solidarity Electoral Action
6 Marek Borowski 19 Mazowieckie IV October 19, 2001 – April 20, 2004 Democratic Left Alliance/Social Democracy of Poland
(3) Józef Oleksy 18 Mazowieckie IV April 21, 2004 – January 5, 2005 Democratic Left Alliance
7 Włodzimierz Cimoszewicz 24 Podlaskie IV January 5, 2005 – October 18, 2005 Democratic Left Alliance
8 Marek Jurek 10 Łódzkie V October 26, 2005 – April 27, 2007 Law and Justice/Right Wing of the Republic
9 Ludwik Dorn 20 Mazowieckie V April 27, 2007 – November 4, 2007 Law and Justice
10 Bronisław Komorowski 20 Mazowieckie VI November 5, 2007 – July 8, 2010 Civic Platform
– acting Stefan Niesiołowski 8 Lubuskie VI July 8, 2010 Civic Platform
11 Grzegorz Schetyna 1 Dolnośląskie VII July 8, 2010 – November 8, 2011 Civic Platform
12 Ewa Kopacz 17 Mazowieckie VII November 8, 2011 – September 22, 2014 Civic Platform
– acting Jerzy Wenderlich 5 Kujawsko-pomorskie VII September 22, 2014 – September 24, 2014 Democratic Left Alliance
13 Radosław Sikorski 4 Kujawsko-pomorskie VII September 24, 2014 – June 23, 2015 Civic Platform
– acting Jerzy Wenderlich 5 Kujawsko-pomorskie VII June 23–25, 2015 Democratic Left Alliance
14 Małgorzata Kidawa-Błońska 19 Mazowieckie VII June 25, 2015 - November 11, 2015 Civic Platform
15 Marek Kuchciński 22 Podkarpackie VIII November 12, 2015 - August 9, 2019 Law and Justice
16 Elżbieta Witek 1 Dolnośląskie VIII

IX

August 9, 2019 - November 12, 2023 Law and Justice
17 Szymon Hołownia 24 Podlaskie X November 13, 2023-present Poland 2050

See also

Notes and references

  1. ^ Władysław Konopczyński, Chronologia Sejmów Polskich, 1493–1793. Publisher: Polska Akademia Umiejetnosci. Archiwum Komisji Historycznej. 2/IV. Nr 3. Kraków, 1948. (in Polish) From: Digital Library of Wielkopolska. See: Content presentation. Built-in browser. Retrieved October 6, 2011.
  2. ^ Sejm Rzeczypospolitej. Official website of the Polish Parliament. Retrieved October 6, 2011.
  3. ^ a b c d Tadeusz Wasilewski, Polski Słownik Biograficzny, 1970, vol. 15.
  4. ^ a b c d e "Marszałkowie Sejmu". Rozbiory (the Partitions) (in Polish). Kancelaria Sejmu (Chancelery of the Polish Parliament). 2007. Archived from the original on February 22, 2018. Retrieved November 22, 2012.
  5. ^ Jędruch, Jacek (1998). Constitutions, Elections and Legislatures of Poland, 1493-1993. Hippocrene Books, Inc. p. 221. ISBN 0781806372.
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