List of Sejm Marshals

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[edit]

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[edit]

Partitioned Poland (1795–1918)[edit]

Duchy of Warsaw[edit]

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

Polish Kingdom[edit]

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[edit]

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)[edit]

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[edit]

	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)[edit]

	Name	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

Notes and references[edit]

^ 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.
^ Sejm Rzeczypospolitej. Official website of the Polish Parliament. Retrieved October 6, 2011.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Tadeusz Wasilewski, Polski Słownik Biograficzny, 1970, vol. 15.
^ ^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.
^ Jędruch, Jacek (1998). Constitutions, Elections and Legislatures of Poland, 1493-1993. Hippocrene Books, Inc. p. 221. ISBN 0781806372.

[WK-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.

[sejm.gov.pl-2] Sejm Rzeczypospolitej. Official website of the Polish Parliament. Retrieved October 6, 2011.

[TW-3] Tadeusz Wasilewski, Polski Słownik Biograficzny, 1970, vol. 15.

[sejm.gov.pl-12-4] "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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