First Lady of Poland

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First Lady of Poland
Pierwsza dama Polski
Agata Kornhauser-Duda (cropped).jpg
since 6 August 2015
Residence Presidential Palace
Inaugural holder Maria Piłsudska
Formation14 November 1918
Website First Lady of Poland (Pierwsza Dama)

First Lady of the Republic of Poland is an informal designation customarily applied to the wife of the president of the Republic of Poland (as so far all Polish president had wives). The First Lady does not hold a constitutional position and there are no political duties associated with the role. However, the first lady sometimes accompanies her husband on formal occasions such as state visits.

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The current Polish first lady is Agata Kornhauser-Duda.

Second Republic (1918–1939)

First LadyHusbandFromToHusband's titleNotes
Maria Piłsudska Józef Piłsudski 19181921Chief of StateDied
Aleksandra Piłsudska 19211922
None Gabriel Narutowicz 19221922PresidentNarutowicz was a widower
Maria Wojciechowska Stanisław Wojciechowski 19221926
Michalina Mościcka Ignacy Mościcki 19261932Died in 1932
Maria Mościcka19331939Maria Mościcka married Mościcki in 1933

Government-in-Exile (1939–1990)

First LadyHusbandFromToHusband's titleNotes
Jadwiga Raczkiewicz Władysław Raczkiewicz 19391947President
Ewelina Zaleska August Zaleski 19471972
None Stanisław Ostrowski 19721979Ostrowski was a widower
None Edward Bernard Raczyński 19791986Raczyński was a widower
Anna Sabbat Kazimierz Sabbat 19861989
Karolina Kaczorowska Ryszard Kaczorowski 19891990

Communist Poland/Polish People's Republic (1944–1989)

First LadyHusbandFromToHusband's titleNotes
Janina Górzyńska Bolesław Bierut 19441952President

Third Republic (since 1989)

First LadyHusbandFromToHusband's titleNotes
Barbara Jaruzelska Wojciech Jaruzelski 19891990President
Danuta Wałęsa Lech Wałęsa 19901995
Jolanta Kwaśniewska Aleksander Kwaśniewski 19952005
Maria Kaczyńska [1] Lech Kaczyński [1] 20052010Both died in a plane crash [1]
Anna Komorowska Bronisław Komorowski 20102015
Agata Kornhauser-Duda Andrzej Duda 2015

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