Nowogródek Voivodeship was a unit of administrative division of Grand Duchy of Lithuania

Grand Duchy of Lithuania

The Grand Duchy of Lithuania was a European state from the 12th /13th century until 1569 and then as a constituent part of Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth until 1791 when Constitution of May 3, 1791 abolished it in favor of unitary state. It was founded by the Lithuanians, one of the polytheistic...

 (from 1507) and of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (from 1569) with the capital in the town of Nowogródek (now Belarus).

It was divided into three powiats (Nowogródek, Wołkowysk

Vaukavysk

Vawkavysk or Vaŭkavysk or Volkovysk is a town in the Hrodna Province of Belarus. It is the center of Vaŭkavysk district and has a population of around 48,000....

, and Słonim

Slonim

Slonim is a city in Hrodna Voblast, Belarus, capital of the Slonim District. It is located at the junction of the Shchara and Isa rivers, 143 km southeast of Hrodna. The population in 2008 was 50,800.-Etymology and historical names:...

) and well as the Duchy of Słuck. It had two senators, two deputies for Sejm

Sejm

The Sejm is the lower house of the Polish parliament. The Sejm is made up of 460 deputies, or Poseł in Polish . It is elected by universal ballot and is presided over by a speaker called the Marshal of the Sejm ....

 and two deputies for the Lithuanian Tribunal

Lithuanian Tribunal

The Lithuanian Tribunal was the highest appeal court for the nobility of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. It was established by Stefan Batory, Grand Duke of Lithuania and King of Poland, in 1581 as the counterpart to the Crown Tribunal of the Crown of the Polish Kingdom, established in 1578...

. Nowogródek Voivodeship ceased to exist along with the sovereign state of Poland following the three military Partitions of Poland

Partitions of Poland

The Partitions of Poland or Partitions of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth took place in the second half of the 18th century and ended the existence of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, resulting in the elimination of sovereign Poland for 123 years...

 perpetrated by the neighboring empires towards the end of 18th century.

Voivodes

• Martynas Goštautas (Marcin Gasztołdowicz; 1464–1471), appointed by King Casimir Jagiellon
• Albrecht Goštautas
  Albrecht Goštautas
  Albertas Goštautas, , ) was a Lithuanian noble of the Goštautai family from ethnic Lithuanian lands of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. Voivode of Navahrudak since 1508, Voivode of Polotsk since 1514, Voivode of Trakai since 1519 and Voivode of Vilnius since 1522. In 1522 he became Grand Chancellor...
  
   (1508–1514), to King Sigismund I the Old
  Sigismund I the Old
  Sigismund I of Poland , of the Jagiellon dynasty, reigned as King of Poland and also as the Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1506 until 1548...
  
  
• Stanislovas Goštautas
  Stanislovas Goštautas
  Stanislovas Goštautas was a notable member of the Lithuanian nobility and a high-ranking member of the Lithuanian administration...
  
   (Stanisław Gasztołd, 1530–1542), to King Sigismund II Augustus
  Sigismund II Augustus
  Sigismund II Augustus I was King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania, the only son of Sigismund I the Old, whom Sigismund II succeeded in 1548...
  
  
• Mikołaj Sapieha (1618–1638), to King Sigismund III Vasa
  Sigismund III Vasa
  Sigismund III Vasa was King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania, a monarch of the united Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth from 1587 to 1632, and King of Sweden from 1592 until he was deposed in 1599...
  
  
• Aleksander Słuszka
  Aleksander Słuszka
  Aleksander Słuszka of Ostoja coat of arms was a Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth noble and politician. Starost of Rzeczyca , Homel , Mazyr and Łojów . Castellan of Minsk . Voivode of Minsk , Voivode of Nowogródek , Voivode of Troki...
  
   (1638–1643)
• Tomasz Sapieha
  Tomasz Sapieha
  Tomasz Sapieha was a Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth noble and politician. Voivode of Wenden , Voivode of Nowogródek .Son of Mikołaj Sapieha, brother of Kazimierz Mikołaj Sapieha....
  
  (I 1643–IV 1646)