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Voivodships of Poland 1919-1939
Białostockie
15 Feb 1921 - 15 Sep 1939 Województwo Białostockie
15 Sep 1939 German occupation
17 Sep 1939 Soviet occupation (annexed 28 Sep 1939)
28 Jun 1941 - 27 Jul 1944 German occupation (District Bialystok),
attached to but not annexed to East Prussia
20 Sep 1944 Divided between Poland and the USSR
Governors
19 Nov 1919 - 18 Oct 1920 Stefan Bądzyński ............................ 1869-1928
18 Oct 1920 - 12 Jul 1924 Stefan Popielawski .......................... 1880-1934
12 Sep 1924 - 24 Nov 1927 Marian Rembowski ............................ 1878-1960
24 Nov 1927 - 10 Jul 1930 Karol Henryk Edward Kirst ................... 1885-1953
10 Jul 1930 - 08 Mar 1934 Marian Zyndram-Kościałkowski ................ 1892-1946
08 Mar - 08 Oct 1934 Stanislaw Michałowski ....................... 1903-1984
(acting)
08 Oct 1934 - 14 Jul 1936 Stefan Wiktor Paweł Pasławski ............... 1885-1956
17 Jul 1936 - 09 Sep 1937 Stefan Seweryn Kirtiklis .................... 1890-1951
09 Nov 1937 - 10 Sep 1939 Henryk Kazimierz Ostaszewski ................ 1892-1957
German Military Governor
15 Sep - 17 Sep 1939 Günther von Kluge ........................... 1882-1944
Soviet Miitary Governor
17 Sep - 02 Nov 1939 Mikhail Prokofyevich Kovalyov ............... 1897-1967
Chief of the Civil Administration of the Bialystok District
01 Aug 1941 - 27 Jul 1944 Erich Koch .................................. 1896-1986
01 Aug 1941 - 31 Jan 1942 Waldemar Magunia ............................ 1902-1974
(acting for Koch)
31 Jan 1942 - 27 Jul 1944 Friedrich Brix .............................. 1898-1969
(acting for Koch)
Kieleckie (Radom)
02 Aug 1919 Kieleckie voivodship
26 Oct 1939 District Radom part of the General Government
17 Jan 1945 Terminated by Soviet for
Governors
19 Nov 1919 - 31 May 1923 Stanisław Pękosławski ....................... 1870-1934
01 Jul - 31 Aug 1923 Adam Kroebl (1st Time) ...................... 1880-1950
(acting)
01 Sep 1923 - 06 May 1924 Mieczysław Bilski ........................... 1875-1938
24 May 1924 - 17 Aug 1927 Ignacy Manteuffel ........................... 1875-1927
20 Aug - 20 Oct 1927 Adam Kroebl (2nd Time)
(acting)
21 Oct 1927 - 28 Feb 1930 Władysław Korsak ............................ 1890-1949
18 Feb 1930 - 15 May 1934 Jerzy Paciorkowski .......................... 1893-1957
17 May - 09 Jul 1934 Stanisław Jarecki ........................... 1892-1955
(acting)
09 Jul 1934 - 30 Sep 1939 Władysław Dziadosz .......................... 1893-1980
German Governors of Radom
26 Oct 1939 - 31 Jul 1941 Karl Lasch .................................. 1904-1942
01 Aug 1941 - 12 Dec 1944 Ernst Kundt ................................. 1897-1947
Krakowskie
03 Dec 1920 Województwo Krakowskie
06 Sep 1939 German occupation
26 Oct 1939 Distrikt Krakau (Part of the General Government)
22 Jan 1945 Terminated by Soviet forces
Governors
01 Sep 1921 - 19 Dec 1923 Kazimierz Junosza-Gałecki ................... 1863-1941
06 Nov - 16 Nov 1923 Karol Olpinski .............................. 1876-1944
16 Nov 1923 - 07 Jul 1926 Władysław Kowalikowski ...................... 1860-1935
01 Jul 1926 - 31 Dec 1928 Ludwik Darowski ............................. 1881-1948
01 Jan 1929 - 25 Jun 1935 Mikołaj Kwaśniewski ......................... 1871-1941
10 Aug - 13 Oct 1935 Władysław Raczkiewicz ....................... 1885-1947
03 Dec 1935 - 20 Apr 1936 Kazimierz Świtalski ......................... 1886-1962
22 Apr 1936 - 08 Sep 1937 Michał Roch Gnoiński ........................ 1886-1965
09 Sep 1937 - 17 Sep 1939 Józef Tyminski .............................. 1894-1945
Military Governors
06 Sep - 14 Oct 1939 Wilhelm Sigmund List ........................ 1880-1971
14 Oct - 25 Oct 1939 Wilhelm Ulex ................................ 1880-1959
Governors
03 Oct - 07 Nov 1939 Arthur Seys-Inquart ......................... 1892-1946
(acting)
07 Nov 1939 - 23 Jan 1942 Otto Gustav Freiherr von Wachter ............ 1901-1949
23 Jan - 31 Jan 1942 Ferdinand Wolsegger ......................... 1880-1959
(acting)
31 Jan 1942 - 26 May 1943 Richard Wendler ............................. 1898-1972
26 May - 27 Sep 1943 Ludwig Losacker ............................. 1906-1994
(acting)
27 Sep - 18 Nov 1943 Ernst Kundt ................................. 1897-1947
(acting)
18 Nov 1943 - 22 Jan 1945 Curt Ludwig Erich von Bergsdorff ............ 1886-1962
Łódzkie
02 Aug 1919 Województwo Lódzkie
Governors
19 Nov 1919 - 01 Mar 1922 Antoni Kamieński ............................ 1878-1942
01 Mar 1922 - 14 Feb 1923 Paweł Garapich .............................. 1882-1957
(1st Time, acting)
09 Mar 1923 - 12 Aug 1924 Marian Rembowski ............................ 1878-1960
12 Aug - 30 Dec 1924 Paweł Garapich (2nd Time)
01 Jan 1925 - 22 Jun 1926 Ludwik Darowski ............................. 1881-1948
22 Jun - Jul 1926 Jan Ossoliński .............................. 1883-1948
(acting)
Jul 1926 - 31 Jan 1933 Władysław Jaszczołt ......................... 1883-1941
01 Feb 1933 - 13 Apr 1938 Aleksandr Hauke-Nowak ....................... 1896-1956
13 Apr 1938 - 06 Sep 1939 Henryk Józewski ............................. 1892-1981
Lubelskie (Lublin)
02 Aug 1919 Województwo Lubelskie
18 Sep 1939 German occupation
26 Oct 1939 District of Lublin part of the General Government
22 Jul 1944 Terminated by Soviet forces
Governors
17 Nov 1919 - 25 Oct 1926 Stanisław Moskalewski ....................... 1876-1936
03 Nov 1926 - 25 Sep 1930 Antoni Remiszewski .......................... 1883-1948
25 Sep 1930 - 30 Jan 1933 Bolesław Jerzy Świdziński ................... 1885-1972
31 Jan 1933 - 08 Sep 1937 Józef Bolesław Rożniecki .................... 1890-1944
08 Sep 1937 - 17 Sep 1939 Jerzy Albin de Tramecourt ................... 1889-1939
Military governors
Sep - 13 Oct 1939 Johannes Albrecht Blaskowitz ................ 1883-1948
+ Walter von Reichenau ...................... 1884-1942
13 Oct - 25 Oct 1939 Curt Liebmann ............................... 1881-1960
16 Oct - 25 Oct 1939 Kessler
District Chief
25 Oct 1939 - 31 Jan 1940 Friedrich Schmidt ........................... 1902-1973
Governors
01 Feb 1940 - 10 Apr 1942 Ernst Otto Emil Zörner ...................... 1895-1945
10 Apr 1942 - 26 May 1943 Ludwig Fischer .............................. 1905-1947
26 May 1943 - 22 Jul 1944 Richard Wendler ............................. 1898-1972
Lwowskie (Galicia)
03 Dec 1920 Województwo Lwówskie
28 Sep 1939 Soviet annexation, part of the Ukrainian SSR
30 Jun 1941 German occupation of Lwov
01 Aug 1941 - 27 Jul 1944 District of Galizien (with Stanislaw and Tarnopol)
15 Mar - 01 Aug 1944 Brief Polish re-conquest
27 Jul 1944 Soviet re-occupation
Governors
23 Apr 1921 - 30 Jun 1924 Kazimierz Grabowski ......................... 1866-1932
01 Jul - 04 Dec 1924 Stanisław Zimny ............................. 1856-1927
30 Dec 1924 - 28 Jul 1927 Paweł Garapich .............................. 1882-1957
28 Jul 1927 - 30 Apr 1928 Piotr Paweł Dunin-Borkowski ................. 1890-1949
30 Apr 1928 - 29 Apr 1930 Wojciech Maria Agenor Gołuchowski ........... 1888-1960
29 Apr 1930 - 06 Jul 1931 Bronisław Franciszek
Nakoniecznikow-Klukowski ................... 1888-1962
22 Jul 1931 - 30 Jan 1933 Józef Bolesław Rożniecki .................... 1890-1944
31 Jan 1933 - 14 Apr 1937 Władysław Zygmund
Belina-Prażmowski .......................... 1888-1938
16 Apr 1937 - 17 Sep 1939 Alfred Biłyk ................................ 1889-1939
German Governors of Galizien
01 Aug 1941 - 22 Jan 1943 Karl Lasch .................................. 1904-1942
Feb 1942 - 27 Jul 1944 Otto Gustav Freiherr von Wachter ............ 1901-1949
Polish Governor
15 Mar - 01 Aug 1944 Adam Ostrowski .............................. 1911-1977
Nowogródzkie
04 Feb 1921 Województwo Nowogródzkie
28 Sep 1939 Annexed by the USSR, part of the Byelorussian SSR
Governors
04 Feb - 17 Oct 1921 Czesław Krupski ............................. 1889-1939
(acting)
17 Oct 1921 - 29 Aug 1924 Władysław Raczkiewicz ....................... 1885-1947
29 Aug 1924 - 24 Aug 1926 Marian Józef Żegota-Januszajtis ............. 1889-1973
24 Sep 1926 - 20 Jun 1931 Zygmund Beczkowitz .......................... 1887-1955
01 Jul 1931 - 08 Sep 1932 Wacław Kostek-Biernacki ..................... 1887-1957
08 Sep 1932 - 17 Dec 1935 Stefan Świderski ............................ 1895-1978
17 Dec 1935 - 17 Sep 1939 Adam Ludwik Korwin-Sokołowski ............... 1896-1979
Poleskie
28 Sep 1939 Annexed to the Soviet Union as Pinsk
04 Jul 1941 - 14 Jul 1944 German occupation
Governors
14 Mar 1921 - 03 May 1922 Walery Roman ................................ 1877-1952
03 May 1922 - 02 Oct 1924 Stanisław Józef Downarowski ................. 1874-1941
04 Oct 1924 - 05 May 1926 Kazimierz Młodzianowski ..................... 1880-1928
05 May 1926 - 08 Sep 1932 Jan Krahelski ............................... 1884-1960
08 Sep 1932 - 01 Sep 1939 Wacław Kostel-Biernacki ..................... 1887-1957
17 Feb - 07 Sep 1937 Jerzy Albin de Tramecourt ................... 1889-1939
(acting)
Pomorskie
14 Oct 1919 Wojewodztwo Pomorskie (Torun)
05 Sep 1939 - 02 Apr 1945 Annexed to Germany as part of Westpreussen-Danzig
Governors
15 Oct 1919 - 21 Jul 1920 Stefan Łaszewski ............................ 1862-1924
27 Jul 1920 - 16 May 1924 Jan Brejski ................................. 1863-1934
22 May 1924 - 12 Oct 1926 Stanislaw Wachowiak ......................... 1890-1972
12 Oct 1926 - 04 Jul 1928 Kazimierz Młodzianowski ..................... 1880-1928
16 Jul - 28 Jul 1928 Mieczyslaw Seydlitz ......................... 1888-1954
(acting)
28 Jul 1928 - 18 Nov 1931 Wiktor Lamot ................................ 1891-1959
18 Nov 1931 - 16 Jul 1936 Stefan Seweryn Kirtiklis .................... 1890-1951
17 Jul 1936 - 05 Sep 1939 Władysław Raczkiewicz ....................... 1885-1947
Poznańskie
01 Aug 1919 Wojewodztwo Poznanskie
12 Sep 1939 - 23 Feb 1945 Annexed by Germany as Wartheland
Governors
01 Aug - 23 Oct 1919 Witold Wojciech Trampczyński ............... 1860-1953
23 Oct 1919 - 02 Jan 1923 Witold Celichowski ......................... 1874-1944
10 Jan 1923 - 09 May 1928 Adolf Rafał Jan, Count Bniński ............ 1884-1942
09 May 1928 - 11 Oct 1929 Piotr Paweł Dunin-Borkowski ................ 1890-1949
11 Oct 1929 - 31 Jul 1934 Count Roger Adam Raczynski ................. 1889-1945
01 Aug 1934 - 15 Jan 1935 Stanisław Kaucki
(acting)
15 Jan - 23 Jun 1935 Artur Tomasz Muruszewski ................... 1886-1945
(1st Time)
26 Jun - 13 Sep 1935 Mikołaj Kwaśniewski ........................ 1871-1941
19 Sep - 30 Oct 1935 Tadeusz Walicki
(acting)
30 Oct 1935 - 19 May 1939 Artur Tomasz Muruszewski (2nd Time)
19 May - 04 Sep 1939 Ludwik Bociański ........................... 1892-1970
04 Sep - 12 Sep 1939 Cyryl Ratajski ............................. 1875-1942
(acting)
Śląskie
16 Jun 1922 Wojewodztwo Slaskie
02 Sep - 26 Oct 1939 German military occupation
26 Oct 1939 - 31 Jan 1945 Annexed by Germany, part of Schlesien province
Governors
16 Jun - 05 Dec 1922 Józef Rymer .............................. 1882-1922
15 Dec 1922 - 01 Feb 1923 Zygmund Zurawski ......................... 1880-1949
01 Feb 1923 - 03 Mar 1924 Antoni Schultis .......................... 1869-1939
15 Oct 1923 - 02 May 1924 Tadeusz Koncki ........................... 1878-1924
(acting to 03 Mar 1924)
06 May 1924 - 03 Sep 1926 Mieczysław Bilski ........................ 1875-1938
03 Sep 1926 - 05 Sep 1939 Michał Grażyński ......................... 1890-1965
German Military Governor
02 Sep - 26 Oct 1939 Georg Brandt ............................. 1876-1945
Presidents of the Silesian Provincial Parliament
11 Oct 1922 - 26 Mar 1935 Konstanty Wolny .......................... 1877-1940
24 Sep 1935 - 02 Sep 1939 Karol Grzesik ............................ 1890-1940
Stanisławowskie
03 Dec 1920 Województwo Stanisławowskie
17 Sep 1939 Occupied by the Soviet Union
28 Sep 1939 Annexed to the Soviet Union
26 Jul 1941 Occupied by Germany
01 Aug 1941 - 27 Jul 1944 Part of District Galizien (General Government)
Governors
01 Dec 1920 - 18 Aug 1925 Edmund Jurystowski ....................... 1874-1956
18 Aug 1925 - 25 Oct 1926 Aleskander des Loges
18 Dec 1926 - 12 Sep 1927 Władysław Korsak ......................... 1890-1949
12 Sep 1927 - 30 Oct 1928 Aleksander Adam Morawski ................. 1877-1930
30 Oct 1928 - 30 Aug 1930 Bronisław Franciszek
Nakoniecznikow-Klukowski ................ 1888-1962
03 Sep 1930 - 01 Feb 1936 Zygmunt Stefan Jagodziński ............... 1891-1968
11 Feb - 22 Jun 1936 Mieczysław Starzyński
(acting)
22 Jun - 14 Jul 1936 Jan Sawicki
14 Jul 1936 - 20 Jan 1939 Stefan Wiktor Paweł Pasławski ............ 1885-1956
20 Jan - 28 Sep 1939 Stanisław Jarecki ........................ 1892-1955
Tarnopolskie
03 Dec 1920 Województwo Tarnopolskie
17 Sep 1939 Soviet occupation
28 Sep 1939 Annexed to the Soviet Union
02 Jul 1941 - 15 Apr 1944 German occupation (part of Galizien)
Governors
01 Dec 1920 - 23 Jan 1923 Karol Olpiński ........................... 1876-1944
24 Feb 1923 - 16 Feb 1927 Lucjan Zawistowski ....................... 1876-1947
16 Feb 1927 - 28 Nov 1928 Mikołaj Kwaśniewski ...................... 1871-1941
28 Nov 1928 - 10 Oct 1933 Kazimierz Moszyński ...................... 1881-1966
10 Oct 1933 - 15 Jan 1935 Artur Tomasz Maruszewski ................. 1886-1945
19 Jan 1935 - 15 Jul 1936 Kazimierz Gintowt-Dziewiałtowski ......... 1892-1946
15 Jul 1936 - 16 Apr 1937 Alfred Biłyk ............................. 1889-1939
16 Apr 1937 - 17 Sep 1939 Tomasz Malicki ........................... 1885-1951
Warszawskie
02 Aug 1919 Województwo Warszawskie
01 Oct 1939 - 17 Jan 1945 German occupation (District Warschau)
Governors
19 Nov 1919 - 24 Nov 1927 Władysław Soltan ......................... 1870-1943
28 Nov 1927 - 03 Jul 1934 Stanisław Twardo ......................... 1883-1982
03 Jul 1934 - 05 Feb 1938 Bronisław Franciszek
Nakoniecznikow-Klukowski ................ 1888-1962
05 Feb 1938 - 01 Oct 1939 Jerzy Paciorkowski ....................... 1893-1957
Military Governor
11 Oct - 26 Oct 1939 Karl-Ulrich Neumann-Neurode .............. 1876-1958
Governor
26 Oct 1939 - 17 Jan 1945 Ludwig Fischer ........................... 1905-1947
Warszawa, miasto stołeczne
08 Sep - 28 Sep 1939 Under siege by Nazi Germany
28 Sep 1939 German occupation
26 Oct 1939 Capital of the General Government moved to Krakow
01 Aug - 02 Oct 1944 Warsaw Uprising
Aug 1944 - Jan 1945 85% of Warsaw is destroyed by German forces
17 Jan 1945 Under Soviet occupation
Government Commissars
11 Nov 1918 - 10 Jan 1919 Stanisław Twardo ......................... 1883-1982
10 Jan 1919 - 21 Sep 1921 Franciszek Anusz (1st Time)
22 Oct 1921 - 17 Dec 1922 Marian Borzęcki .......................... 1889-1942
17 Dec 1922 - 28 Aug 1923 Franciszek Anusz (2nd Time)
29 Oct 1923 - 12 Mar 1926 Jan Jarmulowicz .......................... 1883-1944
12 Mar - 20 May 1926 Jan Tluchowski
(acting)
20 May - 07 Sep 1926 Felicjan Sławoj-Składkowski .............. 1885-1962
12 Oct 1926 - 03 Jan 1930 Wlodzimierz Romuald Jaroszewicz .......... 1887-1947
(1st Time)
28 Jan - 28 Aug 1930 Henryk Kawecki ........................... 1886-1942
28 Aug 1930 - 28 Sep 1939 Wlodzimierz Romuald Jaroszewicz
(2nd Time)
City Presidents
05 Aug 1916 - 06 Oct 1917 Prince Zbzislaw Lubomirski ............... 1865-1943
20 Mar 1919 - 28 Nov 1921 Piotr Stanisław Drzewiecki ............... 1865-1943
28 Nov 1921 - 07 Dec 1922 Stanisław Nowodworski .................... 1873-1931
07 Dec 1922 - 04 Jul 1927 Władysław Jabłoński ...................... 1872-1952
04 Jul 1927 - 17 Feb 1934 Zygmunt Słomiński ........................ 1879-1943
17 Feb - 28 Jun 1934 Marian Zyndram Kościałkowski ............. 1892-1946
28 Jun - 04 Aug 1934 Józef Olpiński ........................... 1892-1988
(acting)
02 Aug 1934 - 27 Oct 1939 Stefan Bronisław Starzynski .............. 1893-1939
Wileńskie
06 Apr 1922 Wilenskie district
22 Dec 1925 Województwo Wilenskie
18 Sep 1939 Soviet occupation
10 Oct 1939 - 24 Jun 1941 Transfered to Lithuania
24 Jun 1941 - 21 Jan 1945 German occupation
01 Aug 1941 - 21 Jan 1945 Part of Reichskommissariat Ostland
Jan 1945 Re-incorporated into Lithuania (within the USSR),
the Polish population is transferred to Poland
(completed by 1959)
Governors
04 Feb - 06 Apr 1922 Władysław Soltan ......................... 1870-1943
06 Apr 1922 - 29 Aug 1924 Walery Roman ............................. 1877-1952
29 Aug 1924 - 14 Jun 1925 Władysław Raczkiewicz .................... 1885-1947
(1st Time)
22 Dec 1925 - 25 May 1926 Olgierd Malinowski ....................... 1882-1959
18 May 1926 - 20 Dec 1930 Władysław Raczkiewicz
(2nd Time)
20 Dec 1930 - 20 Jun 1931 Stefan Seweryn Kirtiklis ................. 1890-1951
20 Jun 1931 - 27 Jan 1933 Zygmunt Beczkowicz ....................... 1887-1955
27 Jan - 16 Feb 1933 Marien Jankowski (1st Time)
16 Feb 1933 - 13 Oct 1935 Władysław Jaszczołt ...................... 1883-1941
13 Oct - 04 Oct 1935 Marien Jankowski (1st Time)
04 Dec 1935 - 19 May 1939 Ludwik Bociański ......................... 1892-1970
19 May - 18 Sep 1939 Artur Tomasz Maruszewski ................. 1886-1945
Wołyńskie
01 Mar 1921 - 28 Sep 1939 Województwo Wolynskie
28 Sep 1939 Annexed to the Soviet Union
1941 - 1944 German occupation
Governors
01 Mar - 07 Jul 1921 Stanislaw Jan Krzakowski ................. 1883-1936
07 Jul - 12 Aug 1921 Tadeusz Łada
(acting)
12 Aug - 19 Sep 1921 Stanislaw Jósef Downarowicz .............. 1874-1941
10 Oct 1921 - 15 Mar 1922 Tadeusz Dworakowskie ..................... 1881-1957
(acting)
22 Feb 1922 - 01 Feb 1923 Mieczysław Mickiewicz .................... 1879-1939
01 Feb 1923 - 29 Aug 1924 Stanisław Konstanty Srokowski ............ 1872-1950
29 Aug 1924 - 04 Feb 1925 Kajetan Bolesław Olszewski ............... 1858-1944
04 Feb 1925 - 28 Aug 1926 Aleksander Dębski ........................ 1890-1941
28 Aug 1926 - 09 Jul 1928 Władysław Jozef Mech ..................... 1877-1929
09 Jul 1928 - 30 Dec 1929 Henryk Józewski (1st Time) ............... 1892-1981
15 Jan - 05 Jun 1930 Józef Śleszyński ......................... 1868-1948
05 Jun 1930 - 13 Apr 1938 Henryk Józewski (2nd Time)
13 Apr 1938 - 17 Sep 1939 Aleksander Hauke-Nowak ................... 1896-1956
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