Marshal of the Senate of Poland

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.

Pommel of the Marshal's staff

Małgorzata Kidawa-Błońska, Marshal of the Senate of the Republic of Poland, presents the Medal of the Senate of the Republic of Poland to Dawid Jung, 2024

Marshal of the Senate of the Republic of Poland
Marszałek Senatu Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej
Incumbent Małgorzata Kidawa-Błońska since 13 November 2023 (2023-11-13)
Appointer	The Senate
Formation	1922
First holder	Wojciech Trąmpczyński

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)

№	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)

№	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 – Labour Union (SLD)	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 Coalition (PO)	97 (Szczecin)	12 November 2019	12 November 2023	4 years, 1 day	10th
9	Małgorzata Kidawa-Błońska (born 1957) [13]			Civic Coalition (PO)	43 (South Warsaw)	13 November 2023	Incumbent	1 year, 267 days	11th

Source:^[4]

See also

• Marshal of the Sejm

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.