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
Mateusz Morawiecki
since 11 December 2017
ResidenceWilla Parkowa
Rezydencja Premiera RP, ul. Parkowa, Warsaw
AppointerPresident of the Republic of Poland
Inaugural holderIgnacy Daszyński
Formation6 November 1918
Websitewww.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 seventeenth Prime Minister is Mateusz Morawiecki of the Law and Justice party. Morawiecki replaced incumbent premier Beata Szydło, who resigned on 7 December 2017.[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)

№NameTook officeLeft officePartyCoalition partner(s)Term in office
1Tadeusz Mazowiecki24 August 19894 January 1991 Solidarity Citizens' Committee (KO‘S’) / Democratic Union (UD)ZSL–PZPR 1 year, 133 days
2Jan Krzysztof Bielecki4 January 19916 December 1991 Liberal Democratic Congress (KLD)ZChN–PC–SD 336 days
3Jan Olszewski6 December 19915 June 1992 Centre Agreement (PC)ZChN–PSL.PL-PChD 182 days
4Waldemar Pawlak5 June 199210 July 1992Polish People's Party (PSL)None 35 days
5Hanna Suchocka11 July 199226 October 1993 Democratic Union (UD)KLD–ZChN–PChD–PPPP–PSL.PL-PPG-SLCh 1 year, 107 days
6Waldemar Pawlak26 October 19937 March 1995 Polish People's Party (PSL) SLD–UP–BBWR 1 year, 132 days
7Józef Oleksy7 March 19957 February 1996 Social Democracy (SdRP)PSL 337 days
8Włodzimierz Cimoszewicz7 February 199631 October 1997 Social Democracy (SdRP)PSL 1 year, 266 days
9Jerzy Buzek31 October 199719 October 2001 Solidarity Electoral Action (AWS)UW–SKL–ZChN–PPChD 3 years, 353 days
10Leszek Miller19 October 20012 May 2004 Democratic Left Alliance (SLD)UP–PSL 2 years, 196 days
11Marek Belka2 May 200431 October 2005 Democratic Left Alliance (SLD)UP 1 year, 182 days
12Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz31 October 200514 July 2006 Law and Justice (PiS)SRP–LPR 256 days
13Jarosław Kaczyński14 July 200616 November 2007 Law and Justice (PiS)SRP–LPR 1 year, 125 days
14Donald Tusk16 November 200722 September 2014 Civic Platform (PO)PSL 6 years, 310 days
15Ewa Kopacz22 September 201416 November 2015 Civic Platform (PO)PSL 1 year, 55 days
16Beata Szydło16 November 201511 December 2017 Law and Justice (PiS)None 2 years, 25 days
17Mateusz Morawiecki11 December 2017Incumbent Law and Justice (PiS)None 5 years, 194 days

References
  1. Jagielski, pp. 168-169
  2. Article 154, para. 1
  3. Article 154, para. 2
  4. "Ekipa Szydło w rządzie Morawieckiego. Jutro expose, głosowanie nad wotum zaufania w środę (http://www.tvn24.pl)" (in Polish). 12 November 2015. Retrieved 11 December 2017.


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