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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]
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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]
| 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 |
| No | Name | Period |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tomasz Adam Ostrowski | |
| 2 | Stanisław Sołtyk | |
| 3 | Adam Kazimierz Czartoryski | |
| 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- |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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) | |
| 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 | |
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