Poland: Rulers

Updated August 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

Polish Royalty

• Mieszko I, duke of Poland (962–92), the first important member of the Piast dynasty
• Boleslaus I, Polish ruler (992–1025)
• Mieszko II, king of Poland (1025–34)
• Casimir I, duke of Poland (c.1040–18)
• Boleslaus II, duke (1058–76), and later king (1076–79) of Poland
• Ladislaus Herman, duke of Poland (1079–1102)
• Boleslaus III, duke of Poland (1102–38)
• Casimir II, duke of Poland (1177–94)
• Ladislaus I, duke (1306–20) and later king (1320–33) of Poland
• Casimir III, king of Poland (1333–70)
• Ladislaus II, king of Poland (1386–1434), grand duke of Lithuania (1378–1401), founder of the Jagiello dynasty
• Jadwiga, Polish queen (1384–99)
• Ladislaus III, king of Poland (1434–44) and, as Uladislaus I, king of Hungary (1440–44)
• Casimir IV, king of Poland (1447–92)
• Sigismund I, king of Poland (1506–48)
• Sigismund II, king of Poland (1548–72).
• Sigismund III, king of Poland (1587–1632) and Sweden (1592–99)
• Ladislaus IV, king of Poland (1632–48)
• John II, king of Poland (1648–68)
• John III (John Sobieski), king of Poland (1674–96), champion of Christian Europe against the Ottomans
• Augustus II, king of Poland (1697–1733) and, as Frederick Augustus I, elector of Saxony (1694–1733)
• Stanislaus I, king of Poland (1704–09, 1733–35) and duke of Lorraine (1735–66)
• Augustus III, king of Poland (1735–63) and, as Frederick Augustus II, elector of Saxony (1733–63)
• Stanislaus II, last king of Poland (1764–95)

Polish Republic and Polish People's Republic

Prime Ministers

• Jedrzej Moraczewski (1918–1919)
• Ignace Paderewski (1919)
• Leopold Skulski (1919–1920)
• Wladislaw Grabski (!920, 1923–1925)
• Wincenty Witos (1920–1921, 1923, 1926))
• Antonin Ponikowski (1921–1922)
• Artur Sliwinski (!922)
• Wojciech Korfanty (!922)
• Julian Ignacy Nowak (!922)
• Wladyslaw Sikorski (!922–1923)
• Aleksander hrabia Skrzynski (1925–1926)
• Kazimierz Bartel (1926, 1928–1929, 1929–1930)
• Józef Pilsudski (1926–1928, 1930)
• Kazimierz Switalski (1929)
• Walery Slawek (1930, 1930–1931, 1935)
• Aleksander Prystor (1931–1933)
• Janusz Jedrzejewicz (1933–1934)
• Leon Kozlowski (1934–1935)
• Marian Koscialkowski-Zyndram (1935–1936)
• Felicjan Slawoj-Skladkowski (1936–1939)
• Edward Osóbka-Morawski (1945–1947, 1954–1970)
• Józef Cyrankiewic (1947–1952)
• Boleslaw Bierut (1952–1954)
• Piotr Jaroszewicz (1970–1980)
• Edward Babiuch (1980)
• Józef Pinkowski (1980–1981)
• Wojciech Jaruzelski (1981–1985)
• Zbigniew Messner (1985–1988)
• Mieczyslaw Rakowski (1888–1989)
• Czeslaw Kiszczak (1989)
• Tadeusz Mazowiecki (1989–1991)
• Jan Krzysztof Bielecki (1991)
• Jan Olszewski (1991–1992)
• Waldemar Pawlak (1992, 1993–1995)
• Hanna Suchocka (1992–1993)
• Józef Oleksy (1995–1996)
• Wlodzimierz Cimoszewicz (1996–1997)
• Marek Belka (acting) (1997)
• Jerzy Buzek (1997–2001)
• Leszek Miller (2001–2004)
• Marek Belka (2004–2005)
• Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz (2005–2006)
• Jarosław Kaczyński (2006–2007)
• Donald Tusk (2007–2014)
• Ewa Kopacz (2014–2015 )
• Beata Szydło (2015–)

Presidents

• Wojciech Jaruzelski (1989–1990)
• Lech Walesa (1990–1995)
• Aleksander Kwasniewski (1995–2005)
• Lech Kaczyński (2005–2010)
• Bronisław Komorowski (2010–2015)
• Andrzej Duda (2015–)