Prime Minister of Poland
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The prime minister of Poland, officially the president of the Council of Ministers, is the head of the cabinet and the head of government of Poland. The responsibilities and traditions of the office s
The cabinet of Prime Minister Leopold Skulski in a session in 1920. Due to the deep political divides of the early Second Republic, governments were short-lived, frequently falling within months.
Tadeusz Mazowiecki, former prime minister of Poland browsing an exhibition at the Europeana 1989 roadshow in Warsaw.
Prime Minister Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz (left) being sworn in by President Aleksander Kwaśniewski (right) in October 2005
Jan Olszewski
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Jan Ferdynand Olszewski was a Polish conservative lawyer and politician who served as the Prime Minister of Poland for five months between December 1991 and early June 1992 and later became a leading
Olszewski (right) defending his government's actions on Andrzej Tadeusz Kijowski's talk show in July 1993
Olszewski greeting Pope John Paul II to the Sejm and Senate Complex, 1999
Olszewski in 2006
Olszewski lying in state before the funeral in Warszaw