Senior Marshal

Senior marshal ({{langx|pl|marszałek senior}} or {{lang|pl|marszałek-senior}}) is an officer in the Sejm or Senate of Poland, presiding over the first sitting of the parliament house, appointed by the President of Poland. It is their role to conduct taking an oath by MPs and carry out election of the permanent leader of the house, who then takes the lead.{{cite news |last1=Ryncarz |first1=Krzysztof |title=Jakie funkcje pełnią marszałkowie seniorzy Sejmu i Senatu? – EURACTIV.pl |url=https://www.euractiv.pl/section/demokracja/news/jakie-funkcje-pelnia-marszalkowie-seniorzy-sejmu-i-senatu/ |work=euractiv.pl |access-date=13 March 2024 |date=13 November 2023 |publisher=Euractiv}}{{cite news |last1=Misiuk |first1=Weronika |title=Kim jest marszałek senior? Oto jego zadania |url=https://wiadomosci.radiozet.pl/polska/polityka/kim-jest-marszalek-senior-na-czym-polega-ta-funkcja-zadania-marszalka-seniora |access-date=13 March 2024 |work=wiadomości.radio.zet |publisher=Radio ZET |date=7 November 2023}}

In the Sejm, senior marshal is appointed out of the oldest MPs, and it is also their duty to open the first sitting. Whereas in the Senate, the eldest senator-elect is nominated for the office and it is the President who starts the proceedeing.{{cite web |title=Marszałek senior Senatu. Kto może nim zostać? |url=https://demagog.org.pl/wypowiedzi/marszalek-senior-senatu-kto-moze-nim-zostac/ |website=demagog.org.pl |access-date=13 March 2024 |date=15 November 2023}}

Senior Marshals of the Sejm

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=[[Third Polish Republic|Third Republic]]=

  • I SejmThe Sejm elected in 1991 is considered the first Sejm of the Third RepublicAleksander Małachowski (SP), November 25, 1991
  • II Sejm – Aleksander Małachowski (UP), October 14, 1993
  • III Sejm – Józef Kaleta (SLD), October 20, 1997
  • IV Sejm – Aleksander Małachowski (UP), October 19, 2001
  • V Sejm – Józef Zych (PSL),Served as the Marshal of the Sejm 3 March 1995 – 19 October 1997 October 19–24, 2005
  • VI Sejm – Zbigniew Religa (PiS), November 5, 2007
  • VII Sejm – Józef Zych (PSL), November 8, 2011
  • VIII Sejm – Kornel Morawiecki (WiS), November 12, 2015
  • IX Sejm – Antoni Macierewicz (PiS), November 12, 2019Macierewicz wasn't an oldest MP of the 9th Sejm. The oldest one was opposition MP Iwona Śledzińska-Katarasińska (Civic Platform), his senior of 7 years and 7 months. President Andrzej Duda was a member of Law and Justice before his election and chose to name an MP from his political party.{{Cite web |author-link=Chancellery of the President of the Republic of Poland |date=5 November 2019 |title=Prezydent wskazał marszałków seniorów Sejmu i Senatu |url=https://www.prezydent.pl/kancelaria/aktywnosc-ministrow/prezydent-wskazal-marszalkow-seniorow-sejmu-i-senatu,11496 |website=prezydent.pl}}
  • X Sejm – Marek Sawicki (PSL), November 13 2023{{Cite web |date=6 November 2023 |title=Prezydent wskazał, komu powierzy misję tworzenia rządu |url=https://wiadomosci.onet.pl/kraj/prezydent-andrzej-duda-wskazal-komu-powierzy-misje-tworzenia-rzadu/7rsnxbv |access-date=6 November 2023 |website=Onet Wiadomości |language=pl}}{{Cite web |date=7 November 2023 |title=Pierwsze posiedzenia Sejmu i Senatu 13 listopada |url=https://www.prezydent.pl/aktualnosci/wydarzenia/pierwsze-posiedzenia-sejmu-i-senatu-13-listopada,76906 |website=prezydent.pl}}

Senior Marshals of the Senate

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= [[Third Polish Republic|Third Republic]] =

See also

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