Marshal of the Senate of the Republic of Poland

Marshal of the Senate of the Republic of Poland Marszałek Senatu Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej
First:	Wojciech Trąmpczyński
Incumbent:	Bogdan Borusewicz
Formation:	1922

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The Marshal of the Senate of the Republic of Poland (Polish: Marszałek Senatu Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej) is a presiding officer of the Senate of Poland. He or she is also third person according to the Polish order of precedence, after President of the Republic of Poland and Sejm Marshal, and second in line to became Acting President of the Republic of Poland (after Sejm Marshal; in period 1935-1939 Senate Marshal was the first).

Because of both precedence order and succession order, he or she is commonly referred to as the "third person in state".

His deputy is the Vice-Marshal of the Senate of the Republic of Poland.

Role

Marshal:

• Represent Senate
• Preside over Senate sessions
• Preside over Senate Presidium and caucus of heads of Senatorial caucuses (Konwent Seniorów) meetings
• Performing some representative roles on the state level
• Becoming Acting President when Sejm Marshal cannot do so
• Is in charge on peacekeeping in the Senate

History

Marshals of the Senate existed as early as the Duchy of Warsaw (19th century). In the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, the role was performed by the Grand Crown Marshals.

List of officeholders

In Second Polish Republic:

Name	Period	Party
Wojciech Trąmpczyński	November 28, 1922 - March 26, 1928
Julian Szymański	March 27, 1928-December 8, 1930	Nonpartisan Bloc for Cooperation with the Government
Władysław Raczkiewicz	December 9, 1930-October 3, 1935	Nonpartisan Bloc for Cooperation with the Government
Aleksander Prystor	October 4, 1935-November 27, 1938	Nonpartisan Bloc for Cooperation with the Government
Bogusław Miedziński	November 28, 1938-November 2, 1939	Camp of National Unity

The office was interrupted by German invasion of Poland in 1939 and not reinstated in People's Republic of Poland.

In modern Poland:

Name	Period	Party
Andrzej Stelmachowski	November 22, 1989-November 26, 1991	Obywatelski Klub Parlamentarny
August Chełkowski	November 26, 1991-October 15, 1993	Solidarity
Adam Struzik	October 26, 1993-October 19, 1997	Polish Peasant Party
Alicja Grześkowiak	October 21, 1997-October 18, 2001	Solidarity Electoral Action
Longin Pastusiak	October 20, 2001-October 18, 2005	Democratic Left Alliance
Bogdan Borusewicz	October 20, 2005–Incumbent

References

This article incorporates information from the revision as of 2008-02-11 of the equivalent article on the Polish Wikipedia.

See also

• Sejm Marshal