Poland: Rulers
Updated February 21, 2017 | Factmonster 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) | |
JarosÅaw KaczyÅski (2006–2007) | |
Donald Tusk (2007–2014) | |
Ewa Kopacz (2014–2015 ) | |
Beata SzydÅo (2015–) | |
Presidents | Wojciech Jaruzelski (1989–1990) |
Lech Walesa (1990–1995) | |
Aleksander Kwasniewski (1995–2005) | |
Lech KaczyÅski (2005–2010) | |
BronisÅaw Komorowski (2010–2015) | |
Andrzej Duda (2015–) |
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