List of Presidents of The Republic
| No. | Portrait | Name |
Took office | Left office | Political Party | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wojciech Jaruzelski |
31 December 1989 | 22 December 1990 | Polish United Workers' Party | When the state name was changed to Republic of Poland on 31 December 1989, the office was renamed accordingly. | |
| 2 | Lech Wałęsa |
22 December 1990 | 22 December 1995 | Solidarity | Elected 1990, the first President elected by popular vote. | |
| 3 | Aleksander Kwaśniewski |
23 December 1995 | 23 December 2005 | Social Democracy | Elected 1995 and 2000, the first President of Third Republic elected twice. | |
| 4 | Lech Kaczyński |
23 December 2005 | 10 April 2010 | Law and Justice | Elected 2005. Died in an airplane crash, which also claimed the life of the last President of the Government-in-Exile, Ryszard Kaczorowski. | |
| 5 | Bronisław Komorowski |
6 August 2010 | Incumbent | Civic Platform | Elected 2010. |
Read more about this topic: President Of Poland
Famous quotes containing the words list of, list, presidents and/or republic:
“Love’s boat has been shattered against the life of everyday. You and I are quits, and it’s useless to draw up a list of mutual hurts, sorrows, and pains.”
—Vladimir Mayakovsky (1893–1930)
“Weigh what loss your honor may sustain
If with too credent ear you list his songs,
Or lose your heart, or your chaste treasure open
To his unmastered importunity.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
“A president, however, must stand somewhat apart, as all great presidents have known instinctively. Then the language which has the power to survive its own utterance is the most likely to move those to whom it is immediately spoken.”
—J.R. Pole (b. 1922)
“While the Republic has already acquired a history world-wide, America is still unsettled and unexplored. Like the English in New Holland, we live only on the shores of a continent even yet, and hardly know where the rivers come from which float our navy.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)