Marshal of the Senate of Poland

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

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

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 Republic

In Second Polish Republic:

No	Image	Name	Senate	Period	Party
1		Wojciech Trąmpczyński	I	November 28, 1922 - March 26, 1928
2		Julian Szymański	II	March 27, 1928 – December 8, 1930	Nonpartisan Bloc for Cooperation with the Government
3		Władysław Raczkiewicz	III	December 9, 1930 – October 3, 1935	Nonpartisan Bloc for Cooperation with the Government
4		Aleksander Prystor	IV	October 4, 1935 – November 27, 1938	Nonpartisan Bloc for Cooperation with the Government
5		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.

Third Republic

In modern Poland:

No		Name		District	Senate	Period	Party
	1	Andrzej Stelmachowski		Białystok	I	November 22, 1989 – November 26, 1991	Obywatelski Klub Parlamentarny
	2	August Chełkowski		Katowice	II	November 26, 1991 – October 15, 1993	Solidarity
	3	Adam Struzik		Płock	III	October 26, 1993 – October 19, 1997	Polish People’s Party
	4	Alicja Grześkowiak		Toruń	IV	October 21, 1997 – October 18, 2001	Solidarity Electoral Action
	5	Longin Pastusiak		24 Gdańsk	V	October 20, 2001 – October 18, 2005	Democratic Left Alliance
	6	Bogdan Borusewicz		65 Gdańsk	VI VII VIII	October 20, 2005 – November 11, 2015	Independent / Civic Platform
	7	Stanisław Karczewski		49 Kozienice	IX	November 12, 2015 – November 11, 2019	Law and Justice
	8	Tomasz Grodzki		97 Szczecin	X	November 12, 2019 – November 12, 2023	Civic Platform
	9	Małgorzata Kidawa-Błońska		43 Warsaw	XI	November 13, 2023 – present	Civic Platform

See also

• Sejm Marshal