President of Warsaw
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The Mayor of Warsaw, or more properly the President of Warsaw (the customary title in Polish
is "Prezydent Miasta Stołecznego Warszawy") is the head of the capital of Poland
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Following the Warsaw Act (Ustawa warszawska) of October 27, 2002, the Mayor of Warsaw carries over most of the executive duties in the city. His or her prerogative is, among others, governing the city-owned property that still constitutes a major part of the city.
Duchy of Warsaw
Congress Poland
General Government
People's Republic of Poland
Between 1950 and 1973 the highest representative of the government in Warsaw was named the "Head of the Presidium of the National Council of the Capital City of Warsaw" (Przewodniczący Prezydium Rady Narodowej miasta stołecznego Warszawy).
Polish language
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is "Prezydent Miasta Stołecznego Warszawy") is the head of the capital of Poland
Warsaw
Warsaw is the capital and largest city of Poland. It is located on the Vistula River, roughly from the Baltic Sea and from the Carpathian Mountains. Its population in 2010 was estimated at 1,716,855 residents with a greater metropolitan area of 2,631,902 residents, making Warsaw the 10th most...
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Following the Warsaw Act (Ustawa warszawska) of October 27, 2002, the Mayor of Warsaw carries over most of the executive duties in the city. His or her prerogative is, among others, governing the city-owned property that still constitutes a major part of the city.
Before 1792
- Józef Benedykt Loupia (1724 - 1727)
- Henryk Makin (1728)
- Józef Benedykt Loupia (1734)
- Mateusz KostrzewskiMateusz KostrzewskiMateusz Kostrzewski is a Polish professional basketball player currently with the TBL/PLK team Asseco Prokom Gdynia .-Career:After many years as a successful player in Poland’s youth divisions, Kostrzewski started his career for the division 3 team OSSM PZKosz Sopot where he gained experience...
(1743) - Paweł Andrychowicz (1750- 1751)
- Paweł Andrychowicz (1753)
- Jan Feliks Dulfus (1754 - 1756)
- Michał Sakres (1761)
- Jan Feliks Dulfus (1764)
- Michał Sakres (1765 - 1766)
- Jan Feliks Dulfus (1767)
- Michał Sakres (1768)
- Franciszek Witthoff (1769 - 1771)
- Grzegorz Łyszkiewicz (1772)
- Wojciech Lobert (1773 - 1776)
- Jakub Maraszewski (1777)
- Franciszek Witthoff (1778 - 1779)
- Grzegorz Łyszkiewicz (1780 - 1780)
- Wojciech Lobert (1781 - 1788)
- Jan DekertJan DekertJan Dekert or Jan Dekiert was a Polish merchant, political activist and mayor of Warsaw . He was an activist arguing for more rights for the burghers in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, however he was also known as an opponent of Jewish merchants.He was born in the village of Bledzew. He...
(23 February 1789 - 4 October 1790) - Józef Michał Łukasiewicz (1791 - 13 April 1792)
1792 - 1795
- Ignacy Zakrzewski-Wyssogota (16 April 1792 – 25 August 1792)
- Józef Michał Łukasiewicz (30 August 1792 – 20 March 1793)
- Andrzej Rafałowicz (21 March 1793 – 17 April 1794)
- Ignacy Zakrzewski-Wyssogota (17 April 1794 – 3 November 1794).
- Józef Michał Łukasiewicz (20 November 1794 – 25 July 1796).
Prussian occupation (1795-1806)
- Franz Schimmelpfennig von der OveFranz Schimmelpfennig von der OveFranz Schimmelpfennig von der Ove was the President of Warsaw during the Prussian occupation....
(25 July 1796 – 23 April 1799) - Friedrich Georg TillyFriedrich Georg TillyFriedrich Georg Tilly was the President of Warsaw....
(23 April 1799 – 27 November 1806)
Duchy of WarsawDuchy of WarsawThe Duchy of Warsaw was a Polish state established by Napoleon I in 1807 from the Polish lands ceded by the Kingdom of Prussia under the terms of the Treaties of Tilsit. The duchy was held in personal union by one of Napoleon's allies, King Frederick Augustus I of Saxony...
(1807-1815)
- Joachim MoszyńskiJoachim MoszynskiJoachim Moszyński was the President of Warsaw....
(December 1806 – 21 February 1807) - Paweł Bieliński (17 April 1807 – 4 July 1807)
- Stanisław Węgrzecki (4 July 1807 - December 1815)
Congress PolandCongress PolandThe Kingdom of Poland , informally known as Congress Poland , created in 1815 by the Congress of Vienna, was a personal union of the Russian parcel of Poland with the Russian Empire...
(1816-1915)
- Karol WoydaKarol WoydaKarol Woyda was the President of Warsaw....
(6 January 1816 – 30 November 1830) - Stanisław Węgrzecki (30 November 1830 – 26 June 1831)
- Jakub Ignacy Łaszczyński (17 June 1831 – 1837)
- Aleksander GraybnerAleksander GraybnerAleksander Graybner was the President of Warsaw....
(1837 – 9 November 1847) - Teodor Andrault de LangeronTeodor Andrault de LangeronTeodor Andrault de Langeron was the President of Warsaw....
(10 November 1847 - February 1862) - Kazimierz WoydaKazimierz WoydaKazimierz Woyda was the President of Warsaw....
(luty 1862 – 15 August 1862) - Zygmunt WielopolskiZygmunt WielopolskiZygmunt Wielopolski was the President of Warsaw in the 19th century....
(16 August 1862 – 18 September 1863) - Kalikst WitkowskiKalikst WitkowskiKalikst Witkowski was the President of Warsaw....
(16 September 1863 – 1 October 1875) - Sokrates StarynkiewiczSokrates StarynkiewiczSokrates Starynkiewicz was a Russian general and the 19th President of Warsaw between 1875 and 1892. During his presidency he ordered the construction of municipal water works as well as the tramway and telephone network in Warsaw.-Biography:...
(18 November 1875 – 6 October 1892) - Nikolai Bibikov (6 October 1892 – 29 June 1906)
- Wiktor LitwińskiWiktor LitwinskiWiktor Litwiński was the President of Warsaw....
(July 1906 – 26 April 1909) - Aleksander MillerAleksander MillerAleksander Miller was the President of Warsaw.Graduate of St. Petersburg University. Owned and managed estate near Ariogala, being a neighbour and friend of Pyotr Stolypin...
(4 September 1909 – 4 August 1915)
World War I and German occupation (1916/1917)
- Zdzisław Lubomirski (5 August 1916 – 6 October 1917)
Republic of Poland (1918-1939)
- Piotr DrzewieckiPiotr DrzewieckiPiotr Drzewiecki was the President of Warsaw in the 20th century.Drzewiecki was arrested by Nazis during World War II and died in a prison in Berlin. His ashes were transferred in 1949 to Poland and buried at the Powązki Cemetery in Warsaw....
(28 November 1921 – 7 December 1922) - Stanisław Nowodworski (7 December 1922 – 22 June 1927)
- Władysław Jabłoński 22 June – 7 July 1927
- Zygmunt Słomiński (7 July 1927 – 2 March 1934)
- Marian Kościałkowski-Zyndram (2 March – 28 June 1934)
- Stefan StarzyńskiStefan StarzynskiStefan Starzyński was a Polish politician, economist, writer and statesman, President of Warsaw before and during the Siege of Warsaw in 1939.-Soldier:Starzyński was born on August 19, 1893 in Warsaw...
(2 August 1934 – 27 October 1939)
General GovernmentGeneral GovernmentThe General Government was an area of Second Republic of Poland under Nazi German rule during World War II; designated as a separate region of the Third Reich between 1939–1945...
(1939-1944)
- Julian KulskiJulian KulskiJulian Kulski was a civil servant, best known for being President of Warsaw during World War II....
(28 October 1939 – 1 August 1944) - Marceli Porowski (5 August 1944 – 2 October 1944)
- Helmut Otto comissar mayor (October 1939)
- Oskar Rudolf Dengel commisar mayor (5 November 1939 - 20 March 1940)
- Ludwig Leist plenipontentiary of Governor of the Warsaw District, since October 1941 starosta of Warsaw.
People's Republic of PolandPeople's Republic of PolandThe People's Republic of Poland was the official name of Poland from 1952 to 1990. Although the Soviet Union took control of the country immediately after the liberation from Nazi Germany in 1944, the name of the state was not changed until eight years later...
(1945-1989)
Between 1950 and 1973 the highest representative of the government in Warsaw was named the "Head of the Presidium of the National Council of the Capital City of Warsaw" (Przewodniczący Prezydium Rady Narodowej miasta stołecznego Warszawy).- Marian SpychalskiMarian SpychalskiMarian "Marek" Spychalski was a Polish architect, military commander, and communist politician.Born to a working-class family in Łódź, he graduated from the Faculty of Architecture at the Warsaw University of Technology in 1931...
(18 September 1944 - March 1945) - Stanisław Tołwiński (5 March 1945 – 23 May 1950)
- Jerzy Albrecht (23 May 1950 – 14 May 1956)
- Janusz Zarzycki (14 May 1956 – 17 December 1956)
- Zygmunt Dworakowski (17 December 1956 – 5 May 1960)
- Janusz Zarzycki (5 May 1960 – 29 December 1967)
- Jerzy Majewski (29 December 1967 – 9 December 1973)
- Jerzy Majewski (13 December 1973 – 18 February 1982)
- Mieczysław Dębicki (18 February 1982 – 5 December 1986)
- Jerzy BolesławskiJerzy BolesławskiStanislaw Jerzy Bolesławski is a Polish politician. He was Mayor of Warsaw from 1986 to 1990.Bolesławski was born in Przemyśl.-References:*...
(5 December 1986 – 30 January 1990)
Republic of Poland (since 1990)
- Stanisław Wyganowski (27 January 1990 – 5 October 1994)
- Mieczysław Bareja (5 October 1994 – 3 November 1994)
- Marcin Święcicki (3 November 1994 – 30 March 1999)
- Paweł Piskorski (30 March 1999 – 14 January 2002)
- Wojciech Kozak (14 January 2002 – 18 November 2002)
- Lech KaczyńskiLech KaczynskiLech Aleksander Kaczyński was Polish lawyer and politician who served as the President of Poland from 2005 until 2010 and as Mayor of Warsaw from 2002 until 22 December 2005. Before he became a president, he was also a member of the party Prawo i Sprawiedliwość...
(18 November 2002 - 22 December 2005) - Mirosław Kochalski (9 February 2006 - 18 July 2006)
- Kazimierz MarcinkiewiczKazimierz MarcinkiewiczKazimierz Marcinkiewicz is a Polish conservative politician who served as Prime Minister of Poland from October 31, 2005 to July 14, 2006...
(18 July 2006 - 2 December 2006) - Hanna Gronkiewicz-WaltzHanna Gronkiewicz-WaltzHanna Beata Gronkiewicz-Waltz is a Polish liberal-conservative politician who has been the Mayor of Warsaw since 2 December 2006. She is the first woman to ever hold this position....
(2 December 2006 - present)