Senior Marshal
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The Senior Marshal (Polish: Marszałek senior) is an honorary post in Sejm given to one of the oldest (in age) members of the body. He is nominated by the President of Poland and functions as Marshal of the Sejm (Polish: Marszałek sejmu) until that holder of office is elected by the newly elected Sejm and Senate. Election of the marshal of the Sejm is usually the first item on the agenda for the new Sejm.
Senior Marshal of the first Sejm of the Communist Poland Franciszek Trąbalski during his short term as the Senior Marshal acted also as a head of state.
List[]
Third Republic[]
Sejm[]
- (SD), July 4, 1989
- (SP), November 25, 1991
- (UP), October 14, 1993
- (SLD), October 20, 1997
- (UP), October 19, 2001
- Józef Zych (PSL), October 19 - October 24, 2005
- Zbigniew Religa (PiS), November 5, 2007
- Józef Zych (PSL), November 8, 2011
- Kornel Morawiecki (WiS), November 12, 2015
- Antoni Macierewicz (PiS), November 12, 2019
Senate[]
- (Solidarity), July 4, 1989
- Jan Tomasz Zamoyski (ZChN), November 26, 1991
- (PPS), October 15, 1993
- Władysław Bartoszewski (UW), October 21, 1997
- (UW), October 20, 2001
- Kazimierz Kutz (Independent), October 20, 2005
- Ryszard Bender (PiS), November 5, 2007
- Kazimierz Kutz (Independent), November 8, 2011
- Michał Seweryński (PiS), November 12, 2015
- Barbara Borys-Damięcka (KO), November 12, 2019
See also[]
Categories:
- Polish titles
- Senior legislators
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- Government occupation stubs