Marshal of the Senate of the Republic of Poland


The Marshal of the Senate of the Republic of Poland is a presiding officer of the Senate of Poland. He or she is also third person according to the Polish order of precedence, after President of the Republic of Poland and Sejm Marshal, and second in line to become Acting President of the Republic of Poland. Because of both precedence order and succession order, he or she is commonly referred to as the "third person in state". The person who functions as their second-in-command is the Deputy Marshal of the Senate of the Republic of Poland.

Role

Marshal:
Marshals of the Senate existed as early as the Duchy of Warsaw. In the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, the role was performed by the Grand Crown Marshals.

List of officeholders

NamePeriodParty
Wojciech TrąmpczyńskiNovember 28, 1922 - March 26, 1928
Julian SzymańskiMarch 27, 1928 – December 8, 1930Nonpartisan Bloc for Cooperation with the Government
Władysław RaczkiewiczDecember 9, 1930 – October 3, 1935Nonpartisan Bloc for Cooperation with the Government
Aleksander PrystorOctober 4, 1935 – November 27, 1938Nonpartisan Bloc for Cooperation with the Government
Bogusław MiedzińskiNovember 28, 1938 – November 2, 1939Camp of National Unity

The office was interrupted by German invasion of Poland in 1939 and not reinstated in People's Republic of Poland.
NamePeriodParty
Andrzej StelmachowskiNovember 22, 1989 – November 26, 1991Obywatelski Klub Parlamentarny
August ChełkowskiNovember 26, 1991 – October 15, 1993Solidarity
Adam StruzikOctober 26, 1993 – October 19, 1997Polish Peasant Party
Alicja GrześkowiakOctober 21, 1997 – October 18, 2001Solidarity Electoral Action
Longin PastusiakOctober 20, 2001 – October 18, 2005Democratic Left Alliance
Bogdan BorusewiczOctober 20, 2005 – November 11, 2015Independent / Civic Platform
Stanisław KarczewskiNovember 12, 2015 – November 11, 2019Law and Justice
Tomasz GrodzkiNovember 12, 2019 – presentCivic Platform