Voivodes of Poland (since 1999)

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The voivode's office of West Pomeranian Voivodeship in Szczecin. Szczecin Urzad Wojewodzki dron (1).jpg
The voivode's office of West Pomeranian Voivodeship in Szczecin.
The voivode's office of Lubusz Voivodeship in Gorzow Wielkopolski. LUW.jpg
The voivode's office of Lubusz Voivodeship in Gorzów Wielkopolski.

In modern-day Poland, a voivode (Polish : wojewoda) is a representative of the central government, the Council of Ministers, responsible for government administration within one of the 16 voivodeships, first-level administrative divisions of the country. [1]

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Current voivodes

Voivodeship Seat Voivode Term startAppointerParty
POL woj dolnoslaskie FLAG 2009.svg Lower Silesian Wrocław Anna Żabska 2024 Donald Tusk Unaligned
POL wojewodztwo kujawsko-pomorskie flag.svg Kuyavian–Pomeranian Bydgoszcz Michał Sztybel 2023 Donald Tusk PO
POL wojewodztwo lubelskie flag.svg Lublin Lublin Krzysztof Komorski 2023 Donald Tusk PO
POL wojewodztwo lubuskie flag.svg Lubusz Gorzów Wielkopolski Marek Cebula 2023 Donald Tusk PO
POL wojewodztwo lodzkie 1 flag.svg Łódź Łódź Dorota Ryl 2023 Donald Tusk PO
POL wojewodztwo malopolskie flag.svg Lesser Poland Kraków Krzysztof Klęczar 2023 Donald Tusk PSL
POL wojewodztwo mazowieckie flag.svg Masovian Warsaw Mariusz Frankowski 2023 Donald Tusk PO
POL wojewodztwo opolskie flag.svg Opole Opole Monika Jurek 2023 Donald Tusk PO
POL wojewodztwo podkarpackie flag.svg Subcarpathian Rzeszów Teresa Kubas-Hul2023 Donald Tusk PO
POL wojewodztwo podlaskie flag.svg Podlaskie Białystok Jacek Brzozowski 2023 Donald Tusk PO
POL wojewodztwo pomorskie flag.svg Pomeranian Gdańsk Beata Rutkiewicz 2023 Donald Tusk Unaligned
POL wojewodztwo slaskie flag.svg Silesian Katowice Marek Wójcik 2023 Donald Tusk PO
POL wojewodztwo swietokrzyskie flag.svg Świętokrzyskie Kielce Józef Bryk 2023 Donald Tusk PO
POL wojewodztwo warminsko-mazurskie flag.svg Warmian–Masurian Olsztyn Radosław Król 2023 Donald Tusk PSL
POL wojewodztwo wielkopolskie flag.svg Greater Poland Poznań Agata Sobczyk 2024 Donald Tusk PL2050
POL wojewodztwo zachodniopomorskie flag.svg West Pomeranian Szczecin Adam Rudawski 2023 Donald Tusk PL2050

Past officeholders by voivodeship

Masovian Voivodeship

Term startTerm endVoivodePartyOther high offices held
1 January 1999 [2] 20 October 2001 Antoni Pietkiewicz AWS Voivode of Kalisz (1990–1991)
21 October 2001 [3] 10 January 2006Leszek Mizieliński SLD Masovian vice-marshal (1998–2001)
10 January 2006 [4] 17 January 2007Tomasz Koziński PiS Mayor of Praga-Południe (2002–2006)
18 January 2007 [5] 1 February 2007Wojciech Dąbrowski PiS Mayor of Żoliborz (2004–2006)
15 February 2007 [6] 29 November 2007 Jacek Sasin PiS Deputy PM (since 2019), MP (since 2011)
29 November 2007 [7] 8 December 2015Jacek Kozłowski PO Vice-Chairman of Poland 2050
8 December 201511 November 2019Zdzisław Sipiera PiS Mayor of Wola (2005–2006), MP (2019–2023)
25 November 201931 March 2023 Konstanty Radziwiłł PiS Minister of Health (2015–2018), MP (2015–2019)
31 March 202313 December 2023 Tobiasz Bocheński PiS Łódź Voivode (2019–2023)
13 December 2023Incumbent Mariusz Frankowski PO Deputy director of strategy and regional development of the Masovian Vovoideship in the Marshal's Office (2007–2011)

Warsaw city councilor (2018–2023),


Lower Silesian Voivodeship

PortraitNamePartyTerm of Office Prime minister

(Cabinet)

Witold Krochmal Solidarity Electoral Action 1 January 199919 October 2001 Jerzy Buzek

(Buzek)

Ryszard Nawrat Democratic Left Alliance 19 October 200121 March 2003 Leszek Miller

(Miller)

Stanisław łopatowski Democratic Left Alliance 21 March 200321 December 2005 Leszek Miller

(Miller)

Marek Belka

(Belka I, Belka II)

Amb. Krzysztof Grzelczyk.jpg Krzysztof Grzelczyk Law and Justice 21 December 200529 November 2007 Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz

(Marcinkiewicz)

Jarosław Kaczyński

(Kaczyński)

Rafał Jurkowlaniec Nonpartisan (29 November 20071 December 2010 Donald Tusk

(Tusk I)

Aleksander Skorupka Civic Platform 1 December 201011 March 2014 Donald Tusk

(Tusk I, Tusk II)

Tomasz Smolarz.jpg Tomasz Smolarz Civic Platform 11 March 20148 December 2015 Donald Tusk Tusk II)

Ewa Kopacz ( Kopacz)

Pawel Hreniak Sejm 2019.jpg Paweł Hreniak Law and Justice 8 December 201511 November 2019 Beata Szydło (Szydło)

Mateusz Morawiecki (Morawiecki I)

Jaroslaw Obremski Kancelaria Senatu 2015.jpg Jarosław Obremski Law and Justice 29 November 201922 December 2023 Mateusz Morawiecki

( Morawiecki II, Morawiecki III)

Maciej Awizen 2013.jpg Maciej Awiżeń Civic Platform 22 December 202325 November 2024 Donald Tusk (Tusk III)
Anna Zabska 2017.png Anna Żabska Nonpartisan 25 November 2024Present Donald Tusk (Tusk III)

References

  1. "CoR - Poland". portal.cor.europa.eu. Retrieved 27 June 2025.
  2. "Bez lubuskiego i świętokrzyskiego - Archiwum Rzeczpospolitej". archiwum.rp.pl. Retrieved 3 May 2022.
  3. Redakcja (16 January 2017). "Zmarł Leszek Mizieliński, były wojewoda mazowiecki". Echo Dnia Radomskie (in Polish). Retrieved 3 May 2022.
  4. "Tomasz Koziński Radny m.st. Warszawy". um.warszawa.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 3 May 2022.
  5. "Wprost: Dąbrowski jeździł pijany na rowerze". Serwis Samorządowy PAP (in Polish). Retrieved 3 May 2022.
  6. "Jacek Sasin". businessinsider.com.pl. Retrieved 3 May 2022.
  7. Polska, Grupa Wirtualna. "Jacek Kozłowski ponownie wojewodą mazowieckim". www.money.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 3 May 2022.

See also