Marshal of the Senate of Poland
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| Marshal of the Senate of the Republic of Poland | |
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| Marszałek Senatu Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej | |
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| Appointer | The Senate |
| Formation | 1922 |
| First holder | Wojciech Trąmpczyński |
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The Marshal of the Senate of the Republic of Poland (Polish: Marszałek Senatu Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej) is the presiding officer of the Senate of Poland. The marshal 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 (after Sejm Marshal; in period 1935-1939 Senate Marshal was the first). Because of both precedence order and succession order, the marshal 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
[edit]Marshal:
- Represent Senate
- Preside over Senate sessions
- Preside over Senate Presidium and caucus of heads of Senatorial caucuses (Konwent Seniorów) meetings
- Performing some representative roles on the state level
- Becoming Acting President when Sejm Marshal cannot do so
- Is in charge on peacekeeping in the Senate
History
[edit]Marshals of the Senate existed as early as the Duchy of Warsaw (19th century). In the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, the role was performed by the Grand Crown Marshals.
List of officeholders
[edit]Second Republic
[edit]| No | Image | Name | Senate | Period | Party |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 
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Wojciech Trąmpczyński | I | November 28, 1922 - March 26, 1928 | |
| 2 | 
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Julian Szymański | II | March 27, 1928 – December 8, 1930 | Nonpartisan Bloc for Cooperation with the Government |
| 3 | 
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Władysław Raczkiewicz | III | December 9, 1930 – October 3, 1935 | Nonpartisan Bloc for Cooperation with the Government |
| 4 | 
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Aleksander Prystor | IV | October 4, 1935 – November 27, 1938 | Nonpartisan Bloc for Cooperation with the Government |
| 5 | 
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Bogusław Miedziński | V | November 28, 1938 – November 2, 1939 | Camp of National Unity |
The office was interrupted by German invasion of Poland in 1939 and not reinstated in People's Republic of Poland.
Republic of Poland (since 1989)
[edit]| № | Name (Birth–Death) |
Portrait | Parliamentary group (party)[a] | Constituency | Term of office | Sejm | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Start | End | Duration | |||||||
| 1 | Andrzej Stelmachowski (1925–2009) [1] |
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Citizens' Parliamentary Club | Białystok | 4 July 1989 | 25 November 1991 | 2 years, 21 days | 1st | |
| 2 | August Chełkowski (1927–1999) [2] |
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Independent | Katowice | 26 November 1991 | 31 May 1993 | 1 year, 187 days | 2nd | |
| 3 | Adam Struzik (born 1957) [3] |
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Polish People's Party | Płock | 15 October 1993 | 20 October 1997 | 4 years, 5 days | 3rd | |
| 4 | Alicja Grześkowiak (born 1941) [4] |
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Solidarity Electoral Action | Toruń | 21 October 1997 | 18 October 2001 | 3 years, 363 days | 4th | |
| 5 | Longin Pastusiak (1935–2025) [5] |
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Democratic Left Alliance – Labour Union (SLD) | 24 (Gdańsk) | 20 October 2001 | 18 October 2005 | 3 years, 364 days | 5th | |
| 6 | Bogdan Borusewicz (born 1949) [6] |
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Independent | 24 (Gdańsk) | 20 October 2005 | 4 November 2007 | 2 years, 16 days | 6th | |
| 5 November 2007 | 7 November 2011 | 4 years, 3 days | 7th | ||||||
| Civic Platform[b] | |||||||||
| 65 (Gdańsk-Sopot) | 8 November 2011 | 11 November 2015 | 4 years, 4 days | 8th | |||||
| 7 | Stanisław Karczewski (born 1955) [7] |
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Law and Justice | 49 (Radom II) | 12 November 2015 | 11 November 2019 | 4 years, 0 days | 9th | |
| 8 | Tomasz Grodzki (born 1958) [8] |
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Civic Coalition (PO) | 97 (Szczecin) | 12 November 2019 | 12 November 2023 | 4 years, 1 day | 10th | |
| 9 | Małgorzata Kidawa-Błońska (born 1957) [9] |
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Civic Coalition (PO) | 43 (South Warsaw) | 13 November 2023 | Incumbent | 1 year, 148 days | 11th | |
Source:[10]
See also
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ If the parliamentary group is not equate with the political party of the officeholder, it is provided in parenthesis.
- ^ Joined the Civic Platform parliamentary group and party on 11 June 2011.
References
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- "Senatorowie / Sylwetki / Senat Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej". senat.gov.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 9 April 2025.
- "Sprawozdanie Stenograficzne z 1 posiedzenia Polskiej Rzeczypospolitej Ludowej w dniu 4 lipca 1989 r." (PDF). senat.gov.pl (in Polish). Warsaw. 1989.
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- "Senatorowie / Sylwetki / Senat Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej". senat.gov.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 9 April 2025.
- "Sprawozdanie stenograficzne z 1. posiedzenia Senatu RP II kadencji w dniach 26-27 listopada 1991 r." ww2.senat.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 9 April 2025.
- ^
- "Adam Struzik". ww2.senat.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 8 April 2025.
- "Sprawozdanie Stenograficzne z 1 posiedzenia Senatu Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej w dniu 15 października 1993 r." (PDF). ww2.senat.pl (in Polish). Warsaw. 1993. Retrieved 9 April 2025.
- ^
- "Alicja Grześkowiak". ww2.senat.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 8 April 2025.
- "Diariusz Senatu RP nr 1 IV k". ww2.senat.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 9 April 2025.
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- "Longin Hieronim Pastusiak". ww2.senat.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 9 April 2025.
- "Diariusz Senatu RP nr 1 V k". ww2.senat.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 9 April 2025.
- ^
- "Bogdan Borusewicz". ww2.senat.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 9 April 2025.
- "Sprawozdanie Stenograficzne z 1. posiedzenia Senatu Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej w dniach 20 i 27 października 2005 r." (PDF). ww2.senat.pl (in Polish). Warsaw. 2005. Retrieved 9 April 2025.
- "Senatorowie / Sylwetki / Senat Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej". senat.gov.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 9 April 2025.
- "Sprawozdanie Stenograficzne z 1. posiedzenia Senatu Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej w dniu 5, 6, 9 i 10 listopada 2007 r." (PDF). senat.gov.pl (in Polish). Warsaw. 2007. Retrieved 9 April 2025.
- "Senatorowie / Sylwetki / Senat Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej". senat.gov.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 9 April 2025.
- "Prace / Posiedzenia / Senat Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej". senat.gov.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 9 April 2025.
- ^
- "Senatorowie / Sylwetki / Senat Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej". senat.gov.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 9 April 2025.
- "Prace / Posiedzenia / Senat Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej". senat.gov.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 9 April 2025.
- ^ "Senatorowie / Sylwetki / Senat Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej". senat.gov.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 9 April 2025.
- ^ "Senatorowie / Sylwetki / Senat Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej". senat.gov.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 9 April 2025.
- ^ Terminy rozpoczęcia oraz zakończenia kadencji Sejmu i Senatu od roku 1919, analiza aktów prawnych. Opracowania tematyczne OT–693 (PDF) (in Polish). Warsaw: Chancellery of the Senate. February 2024. Retrieved 8 April 2025.