Poland: Rulers

Updated February 28, 2017 | 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)
• Jzef 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 Osbka-Morawski (1945?1947, 1954?1970)
• Jzef Cyrankiewic (1947?1952)
• Boleslaw Bierut (1952?1954)
• Piotr Jaroszewicz (1970?1980)
• Edward Babiuch (1980)
• Jzef 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)
• Jzef 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)
• Jarosaw Kaczyski (2006?2007)
• Donald Tusk (2007?2014)
• Ewa Kopacz (2014?2015 )
• Beata Szydo (2015?)

Presidents

• Wojciech Jaruzelski (1989?1990)
• Lech Walesa (1990?1995)
• Aleksander Kwasniewski (1995?2005)
• Lech Kaczyski (2005?2010)
• Bronisaw Komorowski (2010?2015)
• Andrzej Duda (2015?)