Marshal of the Senate of the Republic of Poland

Marshal of the Senate of the Republic of Poland Marszałek Senatu Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej
Incumbent Stanisław Karczewski
Formation	1922
First holder	Wojciech Trąmpczyński

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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 become 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".

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

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.

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 – November 11, 2015	Independent / Civic Platform
Stanisław Karczewski	November 12, 2015 – present	Law and Justice