List of Polish Prime Ministers

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1.1 Prime Ministers of semi-independent Kingdom of Poland[?] (Nov. 5 1916 - 1918)
1.2 Prime Ministers of the 2nd Republic of Poland (1918 - 1939)
1.3 Prime Ministers of Polish Government in Exile (1939 - 1990)
1.4 Prime Ministers of the People's Republic of Poland (1944 - 1989)
1.5 Prime Ministers of the 3rd Republic of Poland (since 1989)

List of Prime Ministers of Poland

Prime Ministers of semi-independent Kingdom of Poland[?] (Nov. 5 1916 - 1918)

 November, 1917     - March, 1918       Jan Kucharzewski[?]
 October 23, 1918   - November, 1918    Józef Świerzyński[?]

Prime Ministers of the 2nd Republic of Poland (1918 - 1939)

 November 6/7, 1918 - November 18, 1918 Ignacy Daszyński[?]
 November, 1918     - January, 1919     Jędrzej Moraczewski[?]
 January, 1919      - November, 1919    Ignacy Paderewski[?]
 December, 1919     - June, 1920        Leopold Skulski[?]
 June, 1920         - July, 1920        Władysław Grabski[?]
 July, 1920         - September, 1921   Wincetny Witos[?]
 September, 1921    - June, 1922        Antoni Ponikowski[?]
 June, 1922         - July, 1922        Artur Śliwiński[?]
 July, 1922         - December, 1922    Julian Nowak[?]
 December, 1922     - May, 1923         Władysław Sikorski[?]
 May, 1923          - December, 1923    Wincetny Witos[?]
 December, 1923     - November, 1925    Władysław Grabski
 November, 1925     - May, 1926         Aleksander Skrzyński[?]
 May, 1926                              Wincenty Witos[?]
 May, 1926          - September, 1926   Kazimierz Bartel[?]
 October, 1926      - June, 1928        Józef Piłsudski
 June, 1928         - April, 1929       Kazimierz Bartel
 April, 1929        - December, 1929    Kazimierz Świtalski[?]
 December, 1929     - March, 1930       Kazimierz Bartel
 March, 1930        - August, 1930      Walery Sławek[?]
 August, 1930       - December, 1930    Józef Piłsudski
 December, 1930     - May, 1931         Walery Sławek
 May, 1931          - May, 1933         Aleksander Prystor[?] 
 May, 1933          - May, 1934         Janusz Jędrzejewicz[?]
 May, 1934          - March, 1935       Leon Kozłowski[?]
 March, 1935        - October, 1935     Walery Sławek
 October, 1935      - May, 1936         Marian Zyndram - Kościałkowski[?]
 May, 1936          - September, 1939   Felicjan Sławoj - Składkowski[?]

Prime Ministers of Polish Government in Exile (1939 - 1990)

 September, 1939  - July, 1943      Władysław Sikorski[?]
 July, 1943       - November, 1944  Stanisław Mikołajczyk[?]
 November, 1944   - 1947            Tomasz Arciszewski[?]
 1947             - 1949            Tadeusz Komorowski[?]
 1949                               Tadeusz Tomaszewski[?] 
 1949             - 1954            Roman Odzierzyński[?]
 1954                               Jerzy Hryniewski[?]
 1954             - 1955            Stanisław Mackiewicz[?]
 1955                               Hugon Hanke[?] 
 1955             - 1956            Antoni Pająk[?]
 1956             - 1970            Aleksander Zawisza[?]
 1970             - 1972            Zygmunt Muchniewski[?]
 1972             - 1976            Alfred Urbański[?]
 1976             - 1986            Kazimierz Sabbat[?]
 1986             - 1990            Edward Szczepanik[?]

Prime Ministers of the People's Republic of Poland (1944 - 1989)

 July, 1944        - February, 1947    Edward Osóbka-Morawski[?]
 February, 1947    - November, 1952    Józef Cyrankiewicz[?]
 November, 1952    - March, 1954       Bolesław Bierut
 March, 1954       - December, 1970    Józef Cyrankiewicz[?]
 December, 1970    - February, 1980    Piotr Jaroszewicz[?]
 February, 1980    - August, 1980      Edward Babiuch[?]
 September, 1980   - February, 1981    Józef Pińkowski[?]
 February, 1981    - November, 1985    Wojciech Jaruzelski
 November, 1985    - September, 1988   Zbigniew Messner[?]
 September, 1988   - August, 1989      Mieczysław Rakowski[?]
 August, 1989                          Czesław Kiszczak[?]¹

Prime Ministers of the 3rd Republic of Poland (since 1989)

 August 24, 1989   - December 14, 1990 Tadeusz Mazowiecki[?]
 January 12, 1991  - December 5, 1991  Jan Krzysztof Bielecki[?]
 December 23, 1991 - June 5, 1992      Jan Olszewski[?]
 June 5, 1992      - July 10, 1992     Waldemar Pawlak[?]¹
 July 11, 1992     - October 25, 1993  Hanna Suchocka[?]
 October 26, 1993  - March 1, 1995     Waldemar Pawlak[?]
 March 4, 1995     - January 26, 1996  Józef Oleksy[?]
 February 15, 1996 - October 17, 1997  Włodzimierz Cimoszewicz[?]
 October 17, 1997  - October 19, 2001  Jerzy Buzek[?] 
 October 19, 2001  -                   Leszek Miller

¹ - failed to form a cabinet