The Marshal of the Senate of the Republic of Poland () is the presiding officer of the

Senate of Poland The Senate () is the upper house of the Parliament of Poland, Polish parliament, the lower house being the Sejm of the Republic of Poland, Sejm. The history of the Polish Senate stretches back over 500 years; it was one of the first constituent ...

. The marshal is also third person according to the Polish order of precedence, after

President of the Republic of Poland The president of Poland ( ), officially the president of the Republic of Poland (), is the head of state of Poland. His or her prerogatives and duties are determined in the Constitution of Poland. The president jointly exercises the executiv ...

and

Sejm Marshal The Marshal of the Sejm (, ) is the speaker (chair) of the Sejm, the lower house of the Polish Parliament. The office traces its origins to the 15th century. In modern Poland, the full title is Marshal of the Sejm of the Republic of Poland (). ...

, and second in line to become

Acting President of the Republic of Poland Acting is an activity in which a story is told by means of its Enactment (psychology), enactment by an actor who adopts a Character (arts), character—in theatre, television, film, radio, or any other medium that makes use of the Mimesis, mi ...

(after Sejm Marshal; in period 1935-1939 Senate Marshal was the first). Because of both precedence order and succession order, the marshal is commonly referred to as the "third person in state". The person who functions as their second-in-command is the

Deputy Marshal of the Senate of the Republic of Poland Deputy Marshal of the Senate of the Republic of Poland () is one of the Polish Senators in the upper house of the Polish parliament who serves as the deputy of the Senate Marshal (speaker). There could be a maximum of four Deputy Marshals. Dep ...

Medal Sentu RP The Senate Medal 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

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(19th century). In the

Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth The Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, also referred to as Poland–Lithuania or the First Polish Republic (), was a federation, federative real union between the Crown of the Kingdom of Poland, Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania ...

, the role was performed by the Grand Crown Marshals.

List of officeholders

Second Polish Republic (1922–1939)

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Republic of Poland (since 1989)

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Notes

References

{{Senat Marshals Senate of Poland Poland, Senate