Rulers: Poland
Voivodships 1919-39
Note: The names of the voivodships are given in adjectival form, which is commonly used in lowercase and preceded by województwo (e.g., województwo bialostockie), except for miasto stoleczne Warszawa (the capital city of Warsaw). The Polish title of a governor is wojewoda (plural wojewodowie).
Bialostockie
Governors
19 Nov 1919 - 18 Oct 1920 Stefan Badzynski (b. 1869 - d. 1928)
May 1920 - Sep 1920 Stefan Kolek (acting)
Sep 1920 - 12 Jul 1924 Stefan Popielawski (b. 1880 - d. 1934)
(acting to 3 Nov 1920)
12 Aug 1924 - 24 Nov 1927 Marian Rembowski (b. 1878 - d. 1961)
24 Nov 1927 - 10 Jul 1930 Karol Kirst (b. 1885 - d. 1953)
Jul 1930 - 8 Mar 1934 Marian Zyndram-Koscialkowski (b. 1892 - d. 1946)
8 Mar 1934 - 29 Sep 1934 Stanislaw Michalowski (acting) (b. 1881 - d. af.1939)
29 Sep 1934 - 14 Jul 1936 Stefan Paslawski (b. 1885 - d. 1956)
17 Jul 1936 - 9 Sep 1937 Stefan Kirtiklis (b. 1890 - d. 1951)
9 Nov 1937 - 10 Sep 1939 Henryk Kazimierz Ostaszewski (b. 1892 - d. 1957)
(acting to 22 Dec 1937)
Kieleckie
Governors
19 Nov 1919 - 31 May 1923 Stanislaw Pekoslawski (b. 1870 - d. 1934)
1 Jul 1923 - 31 Aug 1923 Adam Kroebl (1st time) (acting) (b. 1880 - d. 1950)
1 Sep 1923 - 6 May 1924 Mieczyslaw Bilski (b. 1875 - d. af.1938)
24 May 1924 - 17 Aug 1927 Ignacy Manteuffel (b. 1875 - d. 1927)
20 Aug 1927 - 20 Oct 1927 Adam Kroebl (2nd time) (acting) (s.a.)
21 Oct 1927 - 28 Feb 1930 Wladyslaw Korsak (b. 1890 - d. 1949)
18 Feb 1930 - 15 May 1934 Jerzy Paciorkowski (b. 1893 - d. 1957)
17 May 1934 - 9 Jul 1934 Stanislaw Jarecki (acting) (b. 1892 - d. 1955)
9 Jul 1934 - Sep 1939 Wladyslaw Dziadosz (b. 1893 - d. 1980)
Krakowskie
Governors
1 Sep 1921 - 19 Dec 1923 Kazimierz Junosza-Galecki (b. 1863 - d. 1941)
16 Nov 1923 - 7 Jun 1926 Wladyslaw Kowalikowski (b. 1860 - d. af.1935)
(acting [for Junosza-Galecki to 19 Dec 1923] to 8 Mar 1924)
1 Jul 1926 - 31 Dec 1928 Ludwik Darowski (b. 1881 - d. 1948)
1 Jan 1929 - 25 Jun 1935 Mikolaj Kwasniewski (b. 1871 - d. 1941)
10 Aug 1935 - 13 Oct 1935 Wladyslaw Raczkiewicz (b. 1885 - d. 1947)
3 Dec 1935 - 20 Apr 1936 Kazimierz Switalski (b. 1886 - d. 1962)
22 Apr 1936 - 8 Sep 1937 Michal Roch Gnoinski (b. 1886 - d. 1965)
9 Sep 1937 - Sep 1939 Józef Tyminski (b. 1894 - d. 1945)
Lódzkie
Governors
19 Nov 1919 - 1 Mar 1922 Antoni Kamienski (b. 1878 - d. 1942)
1 Mar 1922 - 14 Feb 1923 Pawel Garapich (1st time) (acting) (b. 1882 - d. 1957)
9 Mar 1923 - 12 Aug 1924 Marian Rembowski (b. 1878 - d. 1961)
12 Aug 1924 - 30 Dec 1924 Pawel Garapich (2nd time) (s.a.)
30 Dec 1924 - 22 Jun 1926 Ludwik Darowski (b. 1881 - d. 1948)
22 Jun 1926 - 12 Jul 1926 Jan Ossolinski (acting)
12 Jul 1926 - 31 Jan 1933 Wladyslaw Jaszczolt (b. 1883 - d. 1962)
31 Jan 1933 - 13 Apr 1938 Aleksander Hauke-Nowak (b. 1896 - d. 1956)
13 Apr 1938 - 6 Sep 1939 Henryk Józewski (b. 1892 - d. 1981)
Lubelskie
Governors
17 Nov 1919 - 25 Oct 1926 Stanislaw Moskalewski (b. 1876 - d. 1936)
3 Nov 1926 - 29 Sep 1930 Antoni Remiszewski (b. 1883 - d. 1948)
29 Sep 1930 - 30 Jan 1933 Boleslaw Jerzy Swidzinski (b. 1885 - d. 1972)
(acting to 1 Apr 1932)
31 Jan 1933 - 8 Sep 1937 Józef Boleslaw Rozniecki (b. 1890 - d. 1944)
8 Sep 1937 - 17 Sep 1939 Jerzy Albin de Tramecourt (b. 1889 - d. 1939)
Lwowskie
Governors
23 Apr 1921 - 30 Jun 1924 Kazimierz Grabowski (b. 1866 - d. 1932)
10 Mar 1924 - 4 Dec 1924 Stanislaw Zimny (b. 1856 - d. 1937)
(acting to 30 Jun 1924)
30 Dec 1924 - 28 Jul 1927 Pawel Garapich (b. 1882 - d. 1957)
28 Jul 1927 - 30 Apr 1928 Piotr Pawel Dunin-Borkowski (b. 1890 - d. 1949)
9 Jul 1928 - 29 Aug 1930 Wojciech Maria Agenor Goluchowski (b. 1888 - d. 1960)
29 Aug 1930 - 6 Jul 1931 Bronislaw Franciszek
Nakoniecznikow-Klukowski (b. 1888 - d. 1962)
22 Jul 1931 - 30 Jan 1933 Józef Boleslaw Rozniecki (b. 1890 - d. 1944)
31 Jan 1933 - 14 Apr 1937 Wladyslaw Belina-Prazmowski (b. 1888 - d. 1938)
16 Apr 1937 - 17 Sep 1939 Alfred Bilyk (b. 1889 - d. 1939)
Nowogródzkie
Governors
Jun 1921 - 17 Oct 1921 Czeslaw Krupski (acting) (b. 1889 - d. af.1939)
17 Oct 1921 - 29 Aug 1924 Wladyslaw Raczkiewicz (b. 1885 - d. 1947)
29 Aug 1924 - 24 Aug 1926 Marian Józef Zegota-Januszajtis (b. 1889 - d. 1973)
24 Sep 1926 - 20 Jun 1931 Zygmunt Beczkowicz (b. 1887 - d. 1985)
1 Jul 1931 - 8 Sep 1932 Waclaw Kostek-Biernacki (b. 1884 - d. 1957)
8 Sep 1932 - 2 Dec 1935 Stefan Swiderski (acting to 1933) (b. 1895 - d. 1978)
17 Dec 1935 - 17 Sep 1939 Adam Ludwik Korwin-Sokolowski (b. 1896 - d. 1979)
Poleskie
Governors
14 Mar 1921 - 3 May 1922 Walery Roman (b. 1877 - d. 1952)
18 May 1922 - 2 Oct 1924 Stanislaw Downarowicz (b. 1874 - d. 1941)
4 Oct 1924 - 5 May 1926 Kazimierz Mlodzianowski (b. 1880 - d. 1928)
14 Jul 1926 - 8 Sep 1932 Jan Krahelski (b. 1884 - d. 1960)
(acting to 23 Dec 1926)
8 Sep 1932 - 2 Sep 1939 Waclaw Kostek-Biernacki (b. 1884 - d. 1957)
17 Feb 1937 - 7 Sep 1937 Jerzy Albin de Tramecourt (b. 1889 - d. 1939)
(acting for Kostek-Biernacki)
Pomorskie
Governors
15 Oct 1919 - 21 Jul 1920 Stefan Laszewski (b. 1862 - d. 1924)
27 Jul 1920 - 16 May 1924 Jan Brejski (b. 1863 - d. 1934)
22 May 1924 - 12 Oct 1926 Stanislaw Wachowiak (b. 1890 - d. 1972)
12 Oct 1926 - 4 Jul 1928 Kazimierz Mlodzianowski (b. 1880 - d. 1928)
16 Jul 1928 - 28 Jul 1928 Mieczyslaw Seydlitz (acting)
28 Jul 1928 - 18 Nov 1931 Wiktor Lamot (b. 1891 - d. 1959)
(acting to 12 Jul 1929)
18 Nov 1931 - 16 Jul 1936 Stefan Kirtiklis (b. 1890 - d. 1951)
17 Jul 1936 - 5 Sep 1939 Wladyslaw Raczkiewicz (b. 1885 - d. 1947)
Poznanskie
Governors
1 Aug 1919 - 23 Oct 1919 Wojciech Trampczynski (b. 1860 - d. 1953)
1 Aug 1919 - 2 Jan 1923 Witold Celichowski (b. 1874 - d. 1944)
(acting for Trampczynski to 23 Oct 1919)
10 Jan 1923 - 9 May 1928 Adolf Rafal Jan hrabia Bninski (b. 1884 - d. 1942)
9 May 1928 - 11 Oct 1929 Piotr Pawel Dunin-Borkowski (b. 1890 - d. 1949)
11 Oct 1929 - 31 Jul 1934 Roger Adam hrabia Raczynski (b. 1889 - d. 1945)
1 Aug 1934 - 15 Jan 1935 Stanislaw Kaucki (acting)
16 Jan 1935 - 23 Jun 1935 Artur Tomasz Maruszewski
(1st time) (b. 1886 - d. 1945)
26 Jun 1935 - 13 Sep 1935 Mikolaj Kwasniewski (b. 1871 - d. 1941)
19 Sep 1935 - 29 Oct 1935 Tadeusz Walicki (acting)
29 Oct 1935 - 19 May 1939 Artur Tomasz Maruszewski
(2nd time) (s.a.)
19 May 1939 - 12 Sep 1939 Ludwik Bocianski (b. 1892 - d. 1970)
4 Sep 1939 - 12 Sep 1939 Cyryl Ratajski (acting) (b. 1875 - d. 1942)
Slaskie
Governors
16 Jun 1922 - 5 Dec 1922 Józef Rymer (b. 1882 - d. 1922)
15 Dec 1922 - 1 Feb 1923 Zygmunt Zurawski (acting) (b. 1873 - d. 1962)
1 Feb 1923 - 3 Mar 1924 Antoni Schultis (b. 1869 - d. 1939)
15 Oct 1923 - 2 May 1924 Tadeusz Koncki (b. 1878 - d. 1924)
(acting for Schultis to 3 Mar 1924)
6 May 1924 - 3 Sep 1926 Mieczyslaw Bilski (b. 1875 - d. af.1938)
6 Sep 1926 - 5 Sep 1939 Michal Grazynski (b. 1890 - d. 1965)
Stanislawowskie
Governors
21 Oct 1921 - 18 Aug 1925 Edmund Jurystowski (b. 1873 - d. 19...)
18 Aug 1925 - 25 Oct 1926 Aleksander Des Loges (b. 1868 - d. 19...)
18 Dec 1926 - 12 Sep 1927 Wladyslaw Korsak (b. 1890 - d. 1949)
28 Oct 1927 - 30 Oct 1928 Aleksander Adam Morawski (b. 1877 - d. 1930)
30 Oct 1928 - 29 Aug 1930 Bronislaw Franciszek
Nakoniecznikow-Klukowski (b. 1888 - d. 1962)
3 Sep 1930 - 1 Feb 1936 Zygmunt Stefan Jagodzinski (b. 1891 - d. 1968)
(acting to 2 Feb 1931)
11 Feb 1936 - 22 Jun 1936 Mieczyslaw Starzynski (acting) (b. 1891 - d. 1941/42)
23 Jun 1936 - 24 Sep 1936 Jan Sawicki (acting)
24 Sep 1936 - 20 Jan 1939 Stefan Paslawski (b. 1885 - d. 1956)
20 Jan 1939 - 2 Sep 1939 Stanislaw Jarecki (b. 1892 - d. 1955)
Tarnopolskie
Governors
23 Apr 1921 - 23 Jan 1923 Karol Olpinski (b. 1876 - d. 1944)
24 Feb 1923 - 16 Feb 1927 Lucjan Zawistowski (b. 1876 - d. 1947)
16 Feb 1927 - 28 Nov 1928 Mikolaj Kwasniewski (b. 1871 - d. 1941)
(acting to 28 Dec 1927)
28 Nov 1928 - 10 Oct 1933 Kazimierz Moszynski (b. 1881 - d. 1966)
21 Oct 1933 - 15 Jan 1935 Artur Tomasz Maruszewski (b. 1886 - d. 1945)
(acting to 6 Mar 1934)
19 Jan 1935 - 15 Jul 1936 Kazimierz Gintowt-Dziewaltowski (b. 1892 - d. 1936)
(acting)
15 Jul 1936 - 16 Apr 1937 Alfred Bilyk (b. 1889 - d. 1939)
16 Apr 1937 - 17 Sep 1939 Tomasz Malicki (b. 1885 - d. af.1947)
Warszawa, miasto stoleczne
City presidents
20 Mar 1919 - 28 Nov 1921 Piotr Stanislaw Drzewiecki (b. 1865 - d. 1944)
28 Nov 1921 - 7 Dec 1922 Stanislaw Nowodworski (b. 1873 - d. 1931)
7 Dec 1922 - 4 Jul 1927 Wladyslaw Jablonski (b. 1872 - d. 1952)
(acting from 27 Jun 1927)
4 Jul 1927 - 17 Feb 1934 Zygmunt Slominski (b. 1879 - d. 1943)
3 Mar 1934 - 28 Jun 1934 Marian Zyndram-Koscialkowski (b. 1892 - d. 1946)
28 Jun 1934 - 2 Aug 1934 Józef Olpinski (acting)
2 Aug 1934 - 27 Oct 1939 Stefan Bronislaw Starzynski (b. 1893 - d. 1944)
Government commissar
Nov 1918 - 10 Jan 1919 Stanislaw Twardo (b. 1883 - d. 1982)
Extraordinary commissar for city and county of Warsaw
10 Jan 1919 - 1 Aug 1919 Franciszek Anusz (b. 1879 - d. 1925)
Government commissars
1 Aug 1919 - 21 Sep 1921 Franciszek Anusz (1st time) (s.a.)
22 Oct 1921 - 17 Dec 1922 Marian Borzecki (b. 1889 - d. 1942)
17 Dec 1922 - 28 Aug 1923 Franciszek Anusz (2nd time) (s.a.)
29 Oct 1923 - 12 Mar 1926 Jan Jarmulowicz
12 Mar 1926 - 20 May 1926 Jan Tluchowski (acting)
20 May 1926 - 7 Sep 1926 Felicjan Slawoj-Skladkowski (b. 1885 - d. 1962)
12 Oct 1926 - 3 Jan 1930 Wlodzimierz Romuald Jaroszewicz
(1st time) (b. 1887 - d. 1947)
28 Jan 1930 - 28 Aug 1930 Henryk Kawecki (b. 1886 - d. 1942)
28 Aug 1930 - Oct 1939 Wlodzimierz Romuald Jaroszewicz
(2nd time) (b. 1887 - d. 1947)
Warszawskie
Governors
19 Nov 1919 - 19 Dec 1923 Wladyslaw Soltan (1st time) (b. 1870 - d. 1943)
22 Mar 1924 - 24 Nov 1927 Wladyslaw Soltan (2nd time) (s.a.)
28 Nov 1927 - 3 Jul 1934 Stanislaw Twardo (b. 1883 - d. 1982)
3 Jul 1934 - 5 Feb 1938 Bronislaw Franciszek
Nakoniecznikow-Klukowski (b. 1888 - d. 1962)
22 Jan 1938 - Sep 1939 Jerzy Paciorkowski (b. 1893 - d. 1957)
(acting to 5 Feb 1938)
Wilenskie
6 Apr 1922 established as a district (ziemia wilenska)
22 Dec 1925 województwo wilenskie
Government delegates
4 Feb 1922 - 6 Apr 1922 Wladyslaw Soltan (b. 1870 - d. 1943)
6 Apr 1922 - 29 Aug 1924 Walery Roman (b. 1877 - d. 1952)
29 Aug 1924 - 14 Jun 1925 Wladyslaw Raczkiewicz (b. 1885 - d. 1947)
22 Dec 1925 - 25 May 1926 Olgierd Malinowski (acting)
Governors
18 May 1926 - 20 Dec 1930 Wladyslaw Raczkiewicz (s.a.)
20 Dec 1930 - 20 Jun 1931 Stefan Kirtiklis (b. 1890 - d. 1951)
20 Jun 1931 - 27 Jan 1933 Zygmunt Beczkowicz (b. 1887 - d. 1985)
27 Jan 1933 - 16 Feb 1933 Marian Jankowski (1st time)
(acting)
16 Feb 1933 - 13 Oct 1935 Wladyslaw Jaszczolt (b. 1883 - d. 1962)
14 Oct 1935 - 4 Dec 1935 Marian Jankowski (2nd time)
(acting)
4 Dec 1935 - 19 May 1939 Ludwik Bocianski (b. 1892 - d. 1970)
19 May 1939 - 18 Sep 1939 Artur Tomasz Maruszewski (b. 1886 - d. 1945)
Wolynskie
Governors
14 Mar 1921 - 7 Jul 1921 Jan Krzakowski (b. 1883 - d. 1936)
7 Jul 1921 - 12 Aug 1921 Tadeusz Lada (acting)
13 Aug 1921 - 19 Sep 1921 Stanislaw Downarowicz (b. 1874 - d. 1941)
10 Oct 1921 - 15 Mar 1922 Tadeusz Dworakowski (acting) (b. 1881 - d. 1956)
22 Feb 1922 - 1 Feb 1923 Mieczyslaw Mickiewicz (b. 1879 - d. bf.1939)
1 Feb 1923 - 29 Aug 1924 Stanislaw Srokowski (b. 1872 - d. 1950)
29 Aug 1924 - 4 Feb 1925 Kajetan Boleslaw Olszewski (b. 1858 - d. 1944)
4 Feb 1925 - 28 Aug 1926 Aleksander Debski (b. 1890 - d. 1941)
28 Aug 1926 - 9 Jul 1928 Wladyslaw Mech (b. 1877 - d. 1929)
9 Jul 1928 - 29 Dec 1929 Henryk Józewski (1st time) (b. 1892 - d. 1981)
13 Jan 1930 - 5 Jun 1930 Józef Sleszynski (acting) (b. 1888 - d. 1943)
5 Jun 1930 - 13 Apr 1938 Henryk Józewski (2nd time) (s.a.)
13 Apr 1938 - Sep 1939 Aleksander Hauke-Nowak (b. 1896 - d. 1956)