Marshal of the Senate of Poland

Marshal of the Senate of the Republic of Poland
Marszałek Senatu Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej
since 13 November 2023 (2023-11-13)
AppointerThe Senate
Formation1922
First holderWojciech Trąmpczyński

The Marshal of the Senate of the Republic of Poland (Polish: Marszałek Senatu Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej) is the presiding officer of the Senate, the upper chamber of the Polish parliament. The marshal is third in the Polish order of precedence, behind the President of Poland and the Marshal of the Sejm, the lower chamber of parliament. They are concurrently second in line to become acting President of Poland (which occurs in the event that the president becomes incapacitated due to natural or legal causes), behind the Marshal of the Sejm (between 1935 and 1939, Marshal of the Senate was first in line). Because of both the order of precedence and the order of succession, the Marshal of the Senate is commonly referred to as the "third person in the state". The person who functions as their second-in-command is the Deputy Marshal of the Senate of the Republic of Poland.

Role

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

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

Second Polish Republic (1922–1939)

No. Name
(Birth–Death) 		Portrait Political affiliation Term of office Senate
Start End Duration
1 Wojciech Trąmpczyński
(1860–1953) 		Independent 1 December 1922 28 November 1927 4 years, 363 days 1st
2 Julian Szymański
(1870–1958) 		BBWR 27 March 1928 30 August 1930 2 years, 157 days 2nd
3 Władysław Raczkiewicz
(1885–1947) 		BBWR 9 December 1930 10 July 1935 4 years, 214 days 3rd
4 Aleksander Prystor
(1874–1941)
[1] 		BBWR[a] 4 October 1935 13 September 1938 2 years, 345 days 4th
Camp of National Unity
5 Bogusław Miedziński
(1891–1972)
[2] 		Camp of National Unity 28 November 1938 2 November 1939 340 days 5th

Source:[3][4]

Republic of Poland (since 1989)

No. Name
(Birth–Death) 		Portrait Parliamentary group (party)[b] Constituency Term of office Senate
Start End Duration
1 Andrzej Stelmachowski
(1925–2009)
[5] 		Citizens' Parliamentary Club Białystok 4 July 1989 25 November 1991 2 years, 21 days 1st
2 August Chełkowski
(1927–1999)
[6] 		Independent Katowice 26 November 1991 31 May 1993 1 year, 187 days 2nd
3 Adam Struzik
(born 1957)
[7] 		Polish People's Party Płock 15 October 1993 20 October 1997 4 years, 5 days 3rd
4 Alicja Grześkowiak
(born 1941)
[8] 		Solidarity Electoral Action Toruń 21 October 1997 18 October 2001 3 years, 363 days 4th
5 Longin Pastusiak
(1935–2025)
[9] 		Democratic Left Alliance 24 (Gdańsk) 20 October 2001 18 October 2005 3 years, 364 days 5th
6 Bogdan Borusewicz
(born 1949)
[10] 		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[c]
65 (Gdańsk-Sopot) 8 November 2011 11 November 2015 4 years, 4 days 8th
7 Stanisław Karczewski
(born 1955)
[11] 		Law and Justice 49 (Radom II) 12 November 2015 11 November 2019 4 years, 0 days 9th
8 Tomasz Grodzki
(born 1958)
[12] 		Civic Platform 97 (Szczecin) 12 November 2019 12 November 2023 4 years, 1 day 10th
9 Małgorzata Kidawa-Błońska
(born 1957)
[13] 		Civic Coalition 43 (South Warsaw) 13 November 2023 Incumbent 2 years, 134 days 11th

Source:[4]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Until 30 October 1935, when the Bloc was dissolved.
  2. ^ When the officeholder's parliamentary group and political party are not one and the same, the party membership is specified in parentheses.
  3. ^ Joined the Civic Platform parliamentary group and party on 11 June 2011.

References

  1. ^ Majewski, Piotr (2009). Posłowie i senatorowie Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej 1919-1939. Słownik biograficzny. Tom IV: M-P (in Polish). Warsaw: Wydawnictwo Sejmowe. pp. 158–160. ISBN 9788370598754.
  2. ^ Majewski, Piotr (2009). Posłowie i senatorowie Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej 1919-1939. Słownik biograficzny. Tom IV: M-P (in Polish). Warsaw: Wydawnictwo Sejmowe. pp. 441, 442. ISBN 9788370598754.
  3. ^ Kaczmarek, Zygmunt (1992). Marszałkowie Senatu II Rzeczypospolitej (in Polish). Warsaw: Wydawnictwo Sejmowe. ISBN 8370590357.
  4. ^ a b Skwarek, Tomasz (February 2024). 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. Retrieved 8 April 2025.
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  12. ^ "Senatorowie / Sylwetki / Senat Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej". senat.gov.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 9 April 2025.
  13. ^ "Senatorowie / Sylwetki / Senat Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej". senat.gov.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 9 April 2025.
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