Poland Voivodships from
1999
Note: The names of the voivodships are given
in adjectival form, usually preceded by województwo (e.g.,
województwo
dolnoslaskie). The Polish title of a governor is wojewoda (plural
wojewodowie).
On 18 Jul 1998, the Sejm, approved legislation reducing Poland's then 49
provinces to 16 new ones. On 27 Jul 1998, President Aleksander Kwasniewski
signed the bill into law which divided Poland into 16 provinces, effective
1 Jan 1999.
Party abbreviations: AWS = Akcja Wyborcza Solidarnosc
(Solidarity Electoral Action, conservative); PiS = Prawo i Sprawiedliwosc
(Law and Justice, anti-corruption, conservative); PO = Platforma
Obywatelska (Citizens' Platform, centrist); PSL = Polskie Stronnictwo
Ludowe (Polish Peasant Party, conservative, agrarian); SLD = Sojusz Lewicy
Demokratycznej (Democratic Left Alliance, social-democratic, est.1999);
UW = Unia Wolnosci (Democratic Union/Freedom Union, est.1994);
- Former parties: PC = Porozumienie Centrum
(Center Alliance, 1990-126 Sep 1999, merged into PPChD); PPChD =
Porozumienie Polskich Chrzescijanskich Demokratów (Alliance of Polish
Christian Democrats, christian-democratic, 1999-13 Jan 2002, then part
of SKL-RNP); SKL = Conservative People's Party (1997-13 Jan 2002,
merged with PPChD as Conservative Peasant Party-Movement of a New Poland
[SKL-RNP])
Dolnoslaskie (Lower Silesia)
2001 - 30 Oct 2008
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30 Oct 2008 - 23 Jul 2009
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Adopted 23 Jul 2009
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Governors
1 Jan 1999 - 20 Oct 2001 Witold Krochmal
(b. 1955)
Non-party
20 Oct 2001 - 21 Mar 2003 Ryszard Nawrat
(b. 1955)
SLD
21 Mar 2003 - 21 Dec 2005 Stanislaw Lopatowski
(b. 1949)
Non-party
21 Dec 2005 - 29 Nov 2007 Krzysztof Grzelczyk
(b. 1957) PiS
29 Nov 2007 - Rafal Jurkowlaniec (b. 1967) PO
Kujawsko-pomorskie (Kujavia and Pomerania)
Adopted 10 Jul 2000
Governors
1 Jan 1999 - 20 Oct 2001 Józef Rogacki
(b. 1953)
AWS/SKL
20 Oct 2001 - 26 Jan 2006 Romuald Kosieniak
(b. 1957)
SLD
26 Jan 2006 - 7 Nov 2006 Jozef Jan Ramlau
(b. 1958)
PiS
7 Nov 2006 - 29 Nov 2007 Zbigniew Hoffmann
(b. 1963)
PiS
29 Nov 2007 - Rafal
Bruski
(b. 1962) PO
Lódzkie (Lodz)
Adopted 25 Jun 2002
Governors
1
Jan 1999 - 20 Oct 2001 Michal Kasinski
(b. 1947)
AWS
20 Oct 2001 - 13 May 2004 Krzysztof
Makowski
(b. 1970)
SLD
13 May 2004 - 26 Jan 2006 Stefan
Krajewski
(b. 1941)
Non-party
26 Jan 2006 - 29 Nov 2007 Helena Pietraszkiewicz (f)
(b. 1953)
PiS
29
Nov 2007 - Jolanta Chelminska
(f) (b. 1949) Non-party
Lubelskie (Lublin)
Adopted 14 Jun 2004
Governors
1 Jan 1999 - Mar 2000 Krzysztof Michalski
(b. 1960)
Non-party
Mar 2000 - 20 Oct 2001 Waldemar Adam Dudziak
(b. 1955)
AWS
20 Oct 2001 - 7 Dec 2005 Andrzej Stefan Kurowski
(b. 1950)
SLD
7 Dec 2005 - 29 Nov 2007 Wojciech Slawomir Zukowski
(b. 1964)
PiS
29 Nov 2007 - Genowefa Tokarska (f) (b. 1949) PSL
Lubuskie (Lubusz)
Adopted 26 Jun 2000
Governors
1 Jan 1999 - 2000
Jan Majchrowski
(b. 1964)
AWS/SKL
2000 - 20 Oct 2001
Stanislaw Antoni Iwan
(b. 1949)
AWS
20 Oct 2001 - 7 Jul 2004 Andrzej J. Korski
(b. 1954)
SLD
7 Jul 2004 - 26 Jul 2004 Joanna Kasprzak-Perka (f)
(b. 1969)
SLD
(acting)
26 Jul 2004 - 5 Jan 2006 Janusz Gramza
(b. 1943)
Non-party
5 Jan 2006 - 12 Sep 2006 Marek Ast
(b. 1958)
PiS
15 Sep 2006 - 29 Nov 2007 Wojciech Perczak
(b. 1953)
PiS
29
Nov 2007 - Helena Hatka (f)
(b. 1956) Non-party
Malopolskie (Lesser Poland)
Adopted 24 May 1999
Governors
1 Jan 1999 - 20 Oct 2001 Ryszard Maslowski
(b. 1954)
AWS
20 Oct 2001 - 21 Dec 2005 Jerzy Adamik
(b. 1955)
SLD
21 Dec 2005 - 25 Sep 2006 Witold Kochan
(b. 1956)
PiS 25 Sep 2006 - 29 Nov 2007 Maciej Klima
(b. 1959)
PiS
29 Nov 2007 - Jerzy
Miller
(b. 1952) Non-party
Mazowieckie (Mazovia)
Adopted 25 May 2006
Governors
1 Jan 1999 - 20 Oct 2001 Antoni Pietkiewicz
(b. 1949)
AWS
20 Oct 2001 - 10 Jan 2006 Leszek Mizielinski
(b. 1955)
SLD
10 Jan 2006 - 18 Jan 2007 Tomasz
Kozinski
(b. 1955)
PiS
18 Jan 2007 - 1 Feb 2007 Wojciech Dabrowski
(b. 1975)
PiS
1 Feb 2007 - 29 Nov 2007 Jacek
Sasin (acting to 15 Feb 2007)(b. 1970)
PiS
29 Nov 2007 - Jacek
Kozlowski
(b. 1957) PO
Opolskie (Opole)
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Adopted 28 Sep 2004
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Governors
1 Jan 1999 - 20 Oct 2001 Adam Peziol
(b. 1959)
AWS/SKL
20 Oct 2001 - 17 Feb 2003 Leszek Pogan
(b. 1953)
SLD
19 Feb 2003 - 7 Dec 2005 Elzbieta Rutkowska (f)
(b. 1948)
SLD
7 Dec 2005 - 29 Nov 2007 Bogdan Tomaszek
(b. 1954)
PiS
29 Nov 2007 - Ryszard
Wilczynski (b. 1960)
PO
Podkarpackie (Subcarpathia)
Adopted 28 Jun 2000
Governors
1 Jan 1999 - 20 Oct 2001 Zbigniew Sieczkos
(b. 1949)
AWS
20 Oct 2001 - 3 Mar 2003 Zdzislaw Siewierski
(b. 1952)
SLD
3 Mar 2003 - 30 Nov 2005 Jan Stanislaw Kurp
(b. 1945)
SLD
30 Nov 2005 - 29 Nov 2007 Ewa Draus (f)
(b. 1960)
PiS
29 Nov 2007 - Miroslaw
Karapyta (b.
1960) PSL
Podlaskie (Podlassia)
Adopted 30 Aug 2002
Governors
1 Jan 1999 - 20 Oct 2001 Krystyna Lukaszuk (f)
(b. 1949)
Non-party
20 Oct 2001 - 5 Jan 2006 Marek Strzalinski
(b. 1947)
SLD
5 Jan 2006 - 18 Jan 2007 Jan Dobrzynski
(b. 1958)
PiS
18 Jan 2007 - 29 Nov 2007 Bohdan
Józef Paszkowski (b. 1965)
PiS
29 Nov 2007 - Maciej
Zywno
(b. 1976) PO
Pomorskie (Pomerania)
Adopted Sep 2001
Governors
1 Jan 1999 - 20 Oct 2001 Tomasz Sowinski
(b. 1965)
AWS
20 Oct 2001 - 26 Jul 2004 Jan Ryszard Kurylczyk
(b. 1945)
SLD
26 Jul 2004 - 24 Jan 2006 Cezary Dabrowski
(b. 1941)
SLD
24 Jan 2006 - 26 Feb 2007 Piotr Olowski
(b. 1963)
PiS
26 Feb 2007 - 29 Nov 2007 Piotr
Karczewski (b. 1964)
PiS
(acting to 22 May 2007)
29 Nov 2007 - Roman
Zaborowski
(b. 1956) PO
Slaskie (Silesia)
Adopted 11 Jun 2001
Governors
1 Jan 1999 - 7 Dec 2000 Marek Kempski
(b. 1960)
AWS
9 Dec 2000 - 20 Oct 2001 Wilibald Winkler
(b. 1933)
AWS
20 Oct 2001 - 28 Dec 2005 Lechoslaw Jarzebski
(b. 1946)
SLD
28 Dec 2005 - 29 Nov 2007 Tomasz Pietrzykowski
(b. 1973)
PiS
29 Nov 2007 -
Zygmunt Lukaszczyk
(b. 1961) Non-party
Swietokrzyskie (Holy Cross)
![[Swietokrzyskie Vojvodship (Poland)]](pl-sw.gif)
Adopted 28 May 2001
Governors
1 Jan 1999 - 20 Oct 2001 Wojciech Lubawski
(b. 1954)
AWS/PPChD
20 Oct 2001 - 5 Jan 2006 Wlodzimierz Wójcik
(b. 1953)
SLD
5 Jan 2006 - 29 Nov 2007 Grzegorz Banas
(b. 1960)
PiS
29 Nov 2007 -
Bozentyna Palka-Koruba (f)
(b. 1953) Non-party
Warminsko-mazurskie (Warmia and Masuria)
Adopted Aug 2002
Governors
1 Jan 1999 - 22 Oct 2001 Zbigniew Babalski
(b. 1953)
AWS
22 Oct 2001 - 16 Jan 2006 Stanislaw Lech Szatkowski
(b. 1949)
SLD
16 Jan 2006 - 18 Jan 2007 Adam Supel
(b. 1966)
Non-party
18 Jan 2007 - 29 Nov 2007 Anna Szyszka (f)
(b. 1949)
Non-party
(acting to 2 Apr 2007)
29 Nov 2007 - Marian Podziewski
(b. 1955) PSL
Wielkopolskie (Greater Poland)
Adopted 31
Jan 2000
Governors
1 Jan 1999 - 20 Jun 2000 Maciej Musial
(b. 1952)
AWS
20 Jun 2000 - 20 Oct 2001 Stanislaw Tamm
(b. 1960)
AWS
20 Oct 2001 - 5 Jan 2006 Andrzej Ireneusz Nowakowski
(b. 1951)
SLD
5 Jan 2006 - 29 Nov 2007 Tadeusz Dziuba
(b. 1948)
PiS
29 Nov 2007 - Piotr
Florek
(b. 1954) PO
Zachodniopomorskie (Western Pomerania)
Adopted 23 Oct 2000
Governors
1 Jan 1999 - 20 Oct 2001 Wladyslaw Lisewski
(b. 1948)
AWS/PC
20 Oct 2001 - 12 Dec 2005 Stanislaw Wziatek
(b. 1959)
SLD
12 Dec 2005 - 29 Nov 2007 Robert Krupowicz
(b. 1967)
Non-party
29 Nov 2007 - Marcin
Zydorowicz (b.
1974) PO
Poland Voivodships
1919-1939
Note: The names of the voivodships are given in adjectival
form, usually preceded by województwo (e.g., województwo
bialostockie), except for miasto stoleczne Warszawa (the capital
city of Warsaw). The Polish title of a governor is wojewoda (plural
wojewodowie).
Bialostockie (Bialystok)
15 Feb 1921
Województwo Bialostockie
15 Sep 1939
German occupation.
17 Sep 1939
Soviet occupation.
28 Sep 1939
Soviet annexation, part of Byelorussian S.S.R.
(see Belarus Administrative Divisions).
28 Jun 1941 - 27 Jul 1944 German occupation (Bezirk Bialystok)(see
under Poland).
27 Jul 1944
Re-incorporated into Soviet Union.
Governors
2 Aug 1919 - 19 Nov 1919 Vacant
19 Nov 1919 - 18 Oct 1920 Stefan Badzynski
(b. 1869 - d. 1928)
May 1920 - Sep 1920 Stefan
Kolek (acting)
Sep 1920 - 12 Jul 1924 Stefan Popielawski
(b. 1880 - d. 1934)
(acting to 3 Nov 1920)
12 Jul 1924 - 12 Sep 1924 Vacant
12 Aug 1924 - 24 Nov 1927 Marian Rembowski
(b. 1878 - d. 1960)
24 Nov 1927 - 10 Jul 1930 Karol Henryk Edward Kirst
(b. 1885 - d. 1953)
Jul 1930 - 8 Mar 1934 Marian Zyndram-Koscialkowski
(b. 1892 - d. 1946)
8 Mar 1934 - 8 Oct 1934 Stanislaw Michalowski
(acting)
8 Oct 1934 - 14 Jul 1936 Stefan Wiktor Pawel Paslawski
(b. 1885 - d. 1956)
17 Jul 1936 - 9 Sep 1937 Stefan Seweryn Kirtiklis
(b. 1890 - d. 1951)
9 Sep 1937 - 9 Nov 1937 Vacant
9 Nov 1937 - 10 Sep 1939 Henryk Kazimierz Ostaszewski
(b. 1892 - d. 1957)
(acting to 22 Dec 1937)
Military governors
Sep 1939 - Sep 1939 Günther
von Kluge
(b. 1882 - d. 1944)
17 Sep 1939 - 2 Nov 1939 Mikhail Prokofevich Kovalyev
(b. 1897 - d. 1967)
Kieleckie (Kielce)
2 Aug 1919
Województwo Kieleckie
Governors
2 Aug 1919 - 19 Nov 1919 Vacant
19 Nov 1919 - 31 May 1923 Stanislaw Pekoslawski
(b. 1870 - d. 1934)
1 Jun 1923 – 30 Jun 1923 Vacant
1 Jul 1923 - 31 Aug 1923 Adam Kroebl (1st time)(acting)
(b. 1880 - d. 1950)
1 Sep 1923 - 6 May 1924 Mieczyslaw Bilski
(b. 1875 - d. af.1938)
6 May 1924 - 24 May 1924 Vacant
24 May 1924 - 17 Aug 1927 Ignacy Manteuffel
(b. 1875 - d. 1927)
17 Aug 1927 - 20 Aug 1927 Vacant
20 Aug 1927 - 20 Oct 1927 Adam Kroebl (2nd time)(acting)
(s.a.)
21 Oct 1927 - 28 Feb 1930 Wladyslaw Korsak
(b. 1890 - d. 1949)
18 Feb 1930 - 15 May 1934 Jerzy Paciorkowski
(b. 1893 - d. 1957)
17 May 1934 - 9 Jul 1934 Stanislaw Jarecki (acting)
(b. 1892 - d. 1955)
9 Jul 1934 - Sep 1939 Wladyslaw Dziadosz
(b. 1893 - d. 1980)
Krakowskie (Krakow)
3 Dec 1920
Województwo Krakowskie
Governors
1 Sep 1921 - 19 Dec 1923 Kazimierz Junosza-Galecki
(b. 1863 - d. 1941)
6 Nov 1923 - 16 Nov 1923 Karol Olpinski
(b. 1876 - d. 1944)
(acting for Junosza-Galecki)
16 Nov 1923 - 7 Jun 1926 Wladyslaw Kowalikowski
(b. 1860 - d. af.1935)
(acting [for Junosza-Galecki to 19 Dec 1923] to 8 Mar 1924)
7 Jun 1926 - 30 Jun 1926 Vacant
1 Jul 1926 - 31 Dec 1928 Ludwik Darowski
(b. 1881 - d. 1948)
1 Jan 1929 - 25 Jun 1935 Mikolaj Kwasniewski
(b. 1871 - d. 1941)
25 Jun 1935 - 10 Aug 1935 Vacant
10 Aug 1935 - 13 Oct 1935 Wladyslaw Raczkiewicz
(b. 1885 - d. 1947)
13 Oct 1935 - 3 Dec 1935 Vacant
3 Dec 1935 - 20 Apr 1936 Kazimierz Switalski
(b. 1886 - d. 1962)
22 Apr 1936 - 8 Sep 1937 Michal Roch Gnoinski
(b. 1886 - d. 1965)
9 Sep 1937 - Sep 1939 Józef
Tyminski
(b. 1894 - d. 1945)
Lódzkie (Lodz)
2 Aug 1919
Województwo Lódzkie
Governors
2 Aug 1919 - 19 Nov 1919 Vacant
19 Nov 1919 - 1 Mar 1922 Antoni Kamienski
(b. 1878 - d. af.1939)
1 Mar 1922 - 14 Feb 1923 Pawel Garapich (1st time)
(acting) (b. 1882 - d. af.1938)
14 Feb 1923 - 9 Mar 1923 Vacant
9 Mar 1923 - 12 Aug 1924 Marian Rembowski
(b. 1878 - d. 1960)
12 Aug 1924 - 30 Dec 1924 Pawel Garapich (2nd time)
(s.a.)
1925 - 22 Jun 1926
Ludwik Darowski
(b. 1881 - d. 1948)
14 May 1926 - 19 May 1926 Antoni Remiszewski
(b. 1883 - d. 1948)
(acting for Darowski)
Jun 1926 - Jul 1926 Jan
Ossolinski (acting)
Jul 1926 - 31 Jan 1933 Wladyslaw Jaszczolt
(b. 1883 - d. af.1941)
31 Jan 1933 - 13 Apr 1938 Aleksander Hauke-Nowak
(b. 1896 - d. 1956)
13 Apr 1938 - 6 Sep 1939 Henryk Józewski
(b. 1892 - d. 1981)
Lubelskie (Lublin)
2 Aug 1919
Województwo Lubelskie
17 Sep 1939
German occupation.
Governors
2 Aug 1919 - 17 Nov 1919 Vacant
17 Nov 1919 - 25 Oct 1926 Stanislaw Moskalewski
(b. 1876 - d. 1936)
25 Oct 1926 - 3 Nov 1926 Vacant
3 Nov 1926 - 29 Sep 1930 Antoni Remiszewski
(b. 1883 - d. 1948)
29 Sep 1930 - 30 Jan 1933 Boleslaw Jerzy Swidzinski
(b. 1885 - d. 1972)
(acting to 1 Apr 1932)
31 Jan 1933 - 8 Sep 1937 Józef Boleslaw Rozniecki
(b. 1890 - d. 1944)
8 Sep 1937 - 17 Sep 1939 Jerzy Albin de Tramecourt
(b. 1889 - d. 1939)
Lwowskie
(Lwow)
3 Dec 1920
Województwo Lwowskie
28 Sep 1939
Soviet annexation, part of Ukrainian S.S.R.
as L'viv (see Ukraine Admin. Divisions).
Governors
23 Apr 1921 - 30 Jun 1924 Kazimierz Grabowski
(b. 1866 - d. 1932)
10 Mar 1924 - 4 Dec 1924 Stanislaw Zimny
(b. 1856 - d. 1927)
(acting to 30 Jun 1924)
4 Dec 1924 - 30 Dec 1924 Vacant
30 Dec 1924 - 28 Jul 1927 Pawel Garapich
(b. 1882 - d. af.1938)
28 Jul 1927 - 30 Apr 1928 Piotr Pawel Dunin-Borkowski
(b. 1890 - d. 1949)
9 Jul 1928 - 29 Aug 1930 Wojciech Maria Agenor Goluchowski
(b. 1888 - d. 1960)
30 Apr 1928 - 9 Jul 1928 Vacant
29 Aug 1930 - 6 Jul 1931 Bronislaw Franciszek
(b. 1888 - d. 1962)
Nakoniecznikow-Klukowski
6 Jul 1931 - 22 Jul 1931 Vacant
22 Jul 1931 - 30 Jan 1933 Józef Boleslaw Rozniecki
(b. 1890 - d. 1944)
31 Jan 1933 - 14 Apr 1937 Wladyslaw Zygmunt
(b. 1888 - d. 1938)
Belina-Prazmowski
16 Apr 1937 - 17 Sep 1939 Alfred Bilyk
(b. 1889 - d. 1939)
Nowogródzkie
(Nowogrodek)
4 Feb 1921
Województwo Nowogródzkie
28 Sep 1939
Soviet annexation, part of Byelorussian S.S.R.
as Nauahrudak (see Belarus Administrative
Divisions).
Governors
Jun 1921 - 17 Oct 1921 Czeslaw Krupski
(acting) (b.
1889 - d. af.1939)
17 Oct 1921 - 29 Aug 1924 Wladyslaw Raczkiewicz
(b. 1885 - d. 1947)
29 Aug 1924 - 24 Aug 1926 Marian Józef Zegota-Januszajtis
(b. 1889 - d. 1973)
24 Aug 1926 - 24 Sep 1926 Vacant
24 Sep 1926 - 20 Jun 1931 Zygmunt Beczkowicz
(b. 1887 - d. 1955)
20 Jun 1931 - 30 Jun 1931 Vacant
1 Jul 1931 - 8 Sep 1932 Waclaw Kostek-Biernacki
(b. 1887 - d. 1957)
8 Sep 1932 - 2 Dec 1935 Stefan Swiderski (acting
to 1933) (b. 1895 - d. 1978)
2 Dec 1935 - 17 Dec 1935 Vacant
17 Dec 1935 - 17 Sep 1939 Adam Ludwik Korwin-Sokolowski
(b. 1896 - d. 1979)
Poleskie
14 Mar 1921
Województwo Poleskie
28 Sep 1939
Soviet annexation, part of Byelorussian S.S.R.
as Pinsk (see Belarus Administrative
Divisions).
Governors
14 Mar 1921 - 3 May 1922 Walery Roman
(b. 1877 - d. 1952)
18 May 1922 - 2 Oct 1924 Stanislaw Józef Downarowicz
(b. 1874 - d. 1941)
4 Oct 1924 - 5 May 1926 Kazimierz Mlodzianowski
(b. 1880 - d. 1928)
5 May 1926 - 14 Jul 1926 Vacant
14 Jul 1926 - 8 Sep 1932 Jan Krahelski
(b. 1884 - d. 1960)
(acting to 23 Dec 1926)
8 Sep 1932 - 2 Sep 1939 Waclaw Kostek-Biernacki
(b. 1887 - d. 1957)
17 Feb 1937 - 7 Sep 1937 Jerzy Albin de Tramecourt
(b. 1889 - d. 1939)
(acting for Kostek-Biernacki)
Pomorskie (Torun)
14 Oct 1919
Województwo Pomorskie (actually Jan 1920).
5 Sep 1939 - 2 Apr 1945 German occupation and
annexation to Germany as part
of Reichsgau Westpreussen-Danzig (see Danzig).
Governors
15 Oct 1919 - 21 Jul 1920 Stefan Laszewski
(b. 1862 - d. 1924)
21 Jul 1920 - 27 Jul 1920 Vacant
27 Jul 1920 - 16 May 1924 Jan Brejski
(b. 1863 - d. 1934)
16 May 1924 - 22 May 1924 Vacant
22 May 1924 - 12 Oct 1926 Stanislaw Wachowiak
(b. 1890 - d. 1972)
12 Oct 1926 - 4 Jul 1928 Kazimierz Mlodzianowski
(b. 1880 - d. 1928)
4 Jul 1928 - 16 Jul 1928 Vacant
16 Jul 1928 - 28 Jul 1928 Mieczyslaw Seydlitz (acting)
28 Jul 1928 - 18 Nov 1931 Wiktor Lamot
(b. 1891 - d. 1959)
(acting to 12 Jul 1929)
18 Nov 1931 - 16 Jul 1936 Stefan Seweryn Kirtiklis
(b. 1890 - d. 1951)
17 Jul 1936 - 5 Sep 1939 Wladyslaw Raczkiewicz
(b. 1885 - d. 1947)
Poznanskie (Poznan)
1 Aug 1919
Województwo Poznanskie
12 Sep 1939
German occupation
12 Sep 1939 - 23 Feb 1945 Annexed to Germany as Reichsgau
Posen, later Wartheland
(see under Prussian provinces).
Governors
1 Aug 1919 - 23 Oct 1919 Witold Wojciech Trampczynski
(b. 1860 - d. 1953)
1 Aug 1919 - 2 Jan 1923 Witold Celichowski
(b. 1874 - d. 1944)
(acting for Trampczynski to 23 Oct 1919)
10 Jan 1923 - 9 May 1928 Adolf Rafal Jan hrabia Bninski
(b. 1884 - d. 1942)
9 May 1928 - 11 Oct 1929 Piotr Pawel Dunin-Borkowski
(b. 1890 - d. 1949)
11 Oct 1929 - 31 Jul 1934 Count Roger Adam Raczynski
(b. 1889 - d. 1945)
1 Aug 1934 - 15 Jan 1935 Stanislaw Kaucki (acting)
16 Jan 1935 - 23 Jun 1935 Artur Tomasz Maruszewski
(b. 1886 - d. 1945)
(1st time)
26 Jun 1935 - 13 Sep 1935 Mikolaj Kwasniewski
(b. 1871 - d. 1941)
13 Sep 1935 - 19 Sep 1935 Vacant
19 Sep 1935 - 29 Oct 1935 Tadeusz Walicki (acting)
29 Oct 1935 - 19 May 1939 Artur Tomasz Maruszewski
(s.a.)
(2nd time)
19 May 1939 - 12 Sep 1939 Ludwik Bocianski
(b. 1892 - d. 1970)
4 Sep 1939 - 12 Sep 1939 Cyryl Ratajski (acting)
(b. 1875 - d. 1942)
Slaskie (Silesia
[at Katowice])
16 Jul 1922
Województwo Slaskie
2 Sep 1939
German occupation.
26 Oct 1939 - 2 Aug 1945 Annexed to Germany as part
of Schlesien province
(see under Prussian provinces).
Governors
16 Jun 1922 - 5 Dec 1922 Józef Rymer
(b. 1882 - d. 1922)
5 Dec 1922 - 15 Dec 1922 Vacant
15 Dec 1922 - 1 Feb 1923 Zygmunt Zurawski (acting)
1 Feb 1923 - 3 Mar 1924 Antoni Schultis
(b. 1869 - d. 1939)
15 Oct 1923 - 2 May 1924 Tadeusz Koncki
(b. 1878 - d. 1924)
(acting for Schultis to 3 Mar 1924)
6 May 1924 - 3 Sep 1926 Mieczyslaw Bilski
(b. 1875 - d. af.1938)
6 Sep 1926 - 5 Sep 1939 Michal Grazynski
(b. 1890 - d. 1965)
Military governor
1 Sep 1939 - 25 Sep 1939 Georg Brandt
(b. 1876 - d. 1945)
(acting to 13 Sep 1939)
Presidents of Silesian Provincial Parliament
(sing. Marszalek, pl. Marszalkowie Sejmu Slaskiego)
11 Oct 1922 - 26 Mar 1935 Konstanty Wolny
(b. 1877 - d. 1940)
24 Sep 1935 - Sep 1939 Karol Grzesik
(b. 1890 - d. 1939)
Stanislawowskie
(Stanislawow)
3 Dec 1920
Województwo Stanislawowskie
28 Sep 1939
Soviet annexation, part of Ukrainian S.S.R.
as Ivano-Frankivsk (see Ukraine
Admin. Divisions).
Governors
21 Oct 1921 - 18 Aug 1925 Edmund Jurystowski
(b. 1873 - d. 19..)
18 Aug 1925 - 25 Oct 1926 Aleksander des Loges
(b. 1868 - d. 19..)
25 Oct 1926 - 18 Dec 1926 Vacant
18 Dec 1926 - 12 Sep 1927 Wladyslaw Korsak
(b. 1890 - d. 1949)
12 Sep 1927 - 28 Oct 1927 Vacant
28 Oct 1927 - 30 Oct 1928 Aleksander Adam Morawski
(b. 1877 - d. 1930)
30 Oct 1928 - 29 Aug 1930 Bronislaw Franciszek
Nakoniecznikow-Klukowski
(b. 1888 - d. 1962)
31 Aug 1930 - 3 Sep 1930 Vacant
3 Sep 1930 - 1 Feb 1936 Zygmunt Stefan Jagodzinski
(b. 1891 - d. 19..)
(acting to 2 Feb 1931)
1 Feb 1936 - 11 Feb 1936 Vacant
11 Feb 1936 - 22 Jun 1936 Mieczyslaw Starzynski (acting)
23 Jun 1936 - Jul 1936 Jan Sawicki
14 Jul 1936 - 20 Jan 1939 Stefan Wiktor Pawel Paslawski
(b. 1885 - d. 1956)
20 Jan 1939 - 2 Sep 1939 Stanislaw Jarecki
(b. 1892 - d. 1955)
Tarnopolskie
(Tarnopol)
3 Dec 1920
Województwo Tarnopolskie
28 Sep 1939
Soviet annexation, part of Ukrainian S.S.R.
as Ternopil (see Ukraine Admin. Divisions).
Governors
23 Apr 1921 - 23 Jan 1923 Karol Olpinski
(b. 1876 - d. 1944)
23 Jan 1923 - 24 Feb 1923 Vacant
24 Feb 1923 - 16 Feb 1927 Lucjan Zawistowski
(b. 1876 - d. 19..)
16 Feb 1927 - 28 Nov 1928 Mikolaj Kwasniewski
(b. 1871 - d. 1941)
(acting to 28 Dec 1927)
28 Nov 1928 - 10 Oct 1933 Kazimierz Moszynski
(b. 1881 - d. 1966)
21 Oct 1933 - 15 Jan 1935 Artur Tomasz Maruszewski
(b. 1886 - d. 1945)
(acting to 6 Mar 1934)
16 Jan 1935 - 19 Jan 1935 Vacant
19 Jan 1935 - 15 Jul 1936 Kazimierz Gintowt-Dziewialtowski
(acting)
15 Jul 1936 - 16 Apr 1937 Alfred Bilyk
(b. 1889 - d. 1939)
16 Apr 1937 - 17 Sep 1939 Tomasz Malicki
(b. 1885 - d. af.1947)
Warszawa,
miasto stoleczne (capital city of Warsaw)
City presidents
20 Mar 1919 - 28 Nov 1921 Piotr Stanislaw Drzewiecki
(b. 1865 - d. 1944)
28 Nov 1921 - 7 Dec 1922 Stanislaw Nowodworski
(b. 1873 - d. 1931)
7 Dec 1922 - 4 Jul 1927 Wladyslaw Jablonski
(b. 1872 - d. 1952)
(acting from 27 Jun 1927)
4 Jul 1927 - 17 Feb 1934 Zygmunt Slominski
(b. 1879 - d. 1943)
3 Mar 1934 - 28 Jun 1934 Marian Zyndram-Koscialkowski
(b. 1892 - d. 1946)
28 Jun 1934 - 2 Aug 1934 Józef Olpinski (acting)
2 Aug 1934 - 27 Oct 1939 Stefan Bronislaw Starzynski
(b. 1893 - d. 1944)
Government commissar
Nov 1918 - 10 Jan 1919 Stanislaw Twardo
(b. 1883 - d. 1982)
Extraordinary commissar for city and county of Warsaw
10 Jan 1919 - 1 Aug 1919 Franciszek Anusz
(b. 1879 - d. 1925)
Government commissars
1 Aug 1919 - 21 Sep 1921 Franciszek Anusz (1st time)
(s.a.)
22 Oct 1921 - 17 Dec 1922 Marian Borzecki
(b. 1889 - d. 1942)
17 Dec 1922 - 28 Aug 1923 Franciszek Anusz (2nd time)
(s.a.)
29 Oct 1923 - 12 Mar 1926 Jan Jarmulowicz
12 Mar 1926 - 20 May 1926 Jan Tluchowski (acting)
20 May 1926 - 7 Sep 1926 Felicjan Slawoj-Skladkowski
(b. 1885 - d. 1962)
12 Oct 1926 - 3 Jan 1930 Wladyslaw Romuald Jaroszewicz
(b. 1887 - d. 1947)
(1st time)
28 Jan 1930 - 28 Aug 1930 Henryk Kawecki
(b. 1886 - d. 1942)
28 Aug 1930 - 28 Sep 1939 Wladyslaw Romuald Jaroszewicz
(s.a.)
(2nd time)
Warszawskie (Warsaw)
2 Aug 1919
Województwo Warszawskie
Governors
19 Nov 1919 - 19 Dec 1923 Wladyslaw Soltan (1st time)
(b. 1870 - d. 1943)
22 Mar 1924 - 24 Nov 1927 Wladyslaw Soltan (2nd time)
(s.a.)
28 Nov 1927 - 3 Jul 1934 Stanislaw Twardo
(b. 1883 - d. 1982)
3 Jul 1934 - 5 Feb 1938 Bronislaw Franciszek
Nakoniecznikow-Klukowski
(b. 1888 - d. 1962)
22 Jan 1938 - Sep 1939 Jerzy Paciorkowski
(b. 1893 - d. 1957)
(acting to 5 Feb 1938)
Wilenskie
(Wilno)
6 Apr 1922
Established as a district (Ziemia Wilenska).
22 Dec 1925
Województwo Wilenskie.
18 Sep 1939
Soviet occupation.
10 Oct 1939
Restored to Lithuania; name Vilnius restored.
Government delegates
4 Feb 1922 - 6 Apr 1922 Wladyslaw Soltan
(b. 1870 - d. 1943)
6 Apr 1922 - 29 Aug 1924 Walery Roman
(b. 1877 - d. 1952)
29 Aug 1924 - 14 Jun 1925 Wladyslaw Raczkiewicz
(b. 1885 - d. 1947)
14 Jun 1925 - 22 Dec 1925 Vacant
22 Dec 1925 - 25 May 1926 Olgierd Malinowski (acting)
Governors
18 May 1926 - 20 Jun 1931 Wladyslaw Raczkiewicz
(s.a.)
20 Dec 1930 - 20 Jun 1931 Stefan Seweryn Kirtiklis
(b. 1890 - d. 1951)
20 Jun 1931 - 27 Jan 1933 Zygmunt Beczkowicz
(b. 1887 - d. 1955)
27 Jan 1933 - 16 Feb 1933 Marian Jankowski (1st time)
(acting)
16 Feb 1933 - 13 Oct 1935 Wladyslaw Jaszczolt
(b. 1883 - d. af.1941)
14 Oct 1935 - 4 Dec 1935 Marian Jankowski (2nd time)
(acting)
4 Dec 1935 - 19 May 1939 Ludwik Bocianski
(b. 1892 - d. 1970)
19 May 1939 - 18 Sep 1939 Artur Tomasz Maruszewski
(b. 1886 - d. 1945)
Wolynskie
(Równe [now Rivne, Ukraine])
1 Mar 1921
Województwo Wolynskie
28 Sep 1939
Soviet annexation, part of Ukrainian S.S.R.
as Rivne (see Ukraine Admin. Divisions).
Governors
14 Mar 1921 - 7 Jul 1921 Stanislaw Jan Krzakowski
7 Jul 1921 - 12 Aug 1921 Tadeusz Lada (acting)
13 Aug 1921 - 19 Sep 1921 Stanislaw Józef Downarowicz
(b. 1874 - d. 1941)
19 Sep 1921 - 10 Oct 1921 Vacant
10 Oct 1921 - 15 Mar 1922 Tadeusz Dworakowski (acting)
(b. 1881 - d. 1957)
22 Feb 1922 - 1 Feb 1923 Mieczyslaw Mickiewicz
(b. 1879 - d. bf.1939)
1 Feb 1923 - 29 Aug 1924 Stanislaw Konstanty Srokowski
(b. 1872 - d. 1950)
29 Aug 1924 - 4 Feb 1925 Boleslaw Kajetan Olszewski
(b. 1858 - d. 1944)
4 Feb 1925 - 28 Aug 1926 Aleksander Debski
(b. 1890 - d. 1941)
28 Aug 1926 - 9 Jul 1928 Wladyslaw Józef Mech
(b. 1877 - d. 1929)
9 Jul 1928 - 29 Dec 1929 Henryk Józewski (1st
time) (b. 1892 - d. 1981)
29 Dec 1929 - 13 Jan 1930 Vacant
13 Jan 1930 - 5 Jun 1930 Józef Sleszynski (acting)
5 Jun 1930 - 13 Apr 1938 Henryk Józewski (2nd
time) (s.a.)
13 Apr 1938 - Sep 1939 Aleksander Hauke-Nowak
(b. 1896 - d. 1956)
Districts of the General Government
1939-1945
Galizien (Galicia)
1 Aug 1941
District of Galizien
Jul 1944
Terminated by Soviet forces.
District Chief
1 Aug 1941 - 30 Sep 1941 Karl Lasch
(b. 1904 - d. 1942)
Governors
1 Oct 1941 - 22 Jan 1942 Karl Lasch
(s.a.)
Feb 1942 - Jul 1944 Otto
Gustav Freiherr von Wächter (b. 1901 - d. 1949)
Krakau (Krakow)
6 Sep 1939
German occupation.
3 Oct 1939
Military District of Krakau (includes western part
of Lwów province).
26 Oct 1939
District of Krakau
22 Jan 1945
Terminated by Soviet forces.
Military governors
Sep 1939 - 14 Oct 1939 Wilhelm Sigmund
List
(b. 1880 - d. 1971)
14 Oct 1939 - 25 Oct 1939 Wilhelm Ulex
(b. 1880 - d. 1959)
Chief of the Civil Government
3 Oct 1939 - 25 Oct 1939 Arthur Seyss-Inquart
(b. 1892 - d. 1946)
District Chiefs
30 Oct 1939 - 7 Nov 1939 Arthur Seyss-Inquart (acting)
(s.a.)
7 Nov 1939 - 30 Sep 1941 Otto Gustav Freiherr von Wächter
(b. 1901 - d. 1949)
Governors
1 Oct 1941 - 23 Jan 1942 Otto Gustav Freiherr von Wächter
(s.a.)
23 Jan 1942 - 31 Jan 1942 Ferdinand Wolsegger (acting)
(b. 1880 - d. af.1945)
31 Jan 1942 - 26 May 1943 Richard Wendler
(b. 1898 - d. 1972)
(acting to 17 Apr 1942)
26 May 1943 - 27 Sep 1943 Ludwig Losacker (acting)
(b. 1906 - d. 1994)
27 Sep 1943 - 18 Nov 1943 Ernst Kundt (acting)
(b. 1897 - d. 1947)
19 Nov 1943 - 22 Jan 1945 Curt Ludwig Erich von Burgsdorff
(b. 1886 - d. 1962)
(acting to 1 Dec 1943)
Lublin
26 Oct 1939
District of Lublin
22 Jul 1944
Terminated by Soviet forces.
Military governors
Sep 1939 - 13 Oct 1939 Johannes Blaskowitz
(b. 1883 - d. 1948)
+ Walther von Reichenau
(b. 1884 - d. 1942)
(to 2 Oct 1939)
13 Oct 1939 - 25 Oct 1939 Curt Liebmann
(b. 1881 - d. 1960)
Chiefs of Administration
16 Oct 1939 - Oct 1939 Kessler
26 Oct 1939 - 30 Oct 1939 Friedrich Schmidt
(b. 1902 - d. 1973)
District Chiefs
1 Nov 1939 - 31 Jan 1940 Friedrich Schmidt
(s.a.)
1 Feb 1940 - 30 Sep 1941 Ernst Otto Emil Zörner
(b. 1895 - d. 1945?)
(acting to 21 Feb 1940)
Governors
1 Oct 1941 - 10 Apr 1942 Ernst Otto Emil Zörner
(s.a.)
Feb 1942 - Apr 1942 Richard
Wendler (1st time)(acting) (b. 1898 - d. 1972)
10 Apr 1943 - 26 May 1943 Ludwig Fischer (acting)
(b. 1905 - d. 1947)
26 May 1943 - 23 Jul 1944 Richard Wendler (2nd time)
(s.a.)
Radom
26 Oct 1939
District of Radom
17 Jan 1945
Terminated by Soviet forces.
District Chiefs
28 Dec 1939 - 31 Jul 1941 Karl Lasch
(b. 1904 - d. 1942)
1 Aug 1941 - 30 Sep 1941 Ernst Kundt
(b. 1897 - d. 1947)
Governor
1 Oct 1941 - 17 Jan 1945 Ernst Kundt
(s.a.)
(from 12 Dec 1944, in Czestochowa)
Warschau (Warsaw)
26 Oct 1939
District of Warsaw
17 Jan 1945
Terminated by Soviet forces.
District Chief
24 Oct 1939 - 30 Sep 1941 Ludwig Fischer
(b. 1905 - d. 1947)
Governor
1 Oct 1941 - 17 Jan 1945 Ludwig Fischer
(s.a.)
(from Aug 1944, in Sochaczew)
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