1923 – 27 October 1923) Roman Dmowski (27 October 1923 – 14 December 1923) Karol Bertoni (19 December 1923 – 19 January 1924) Maurycy Zamoyski (19 January 1924 – 27 July 1924) Aleksander Skrzyński (27 July 1924 – 5 May 1926) Kajetan Dzierżykraj-Morawski (10 May 1926 – 15 May 1926) August Zaleski (15 May 1926 – 2 November 1932) Józef Beck (2 November 1932 – 30 September 1939) Polish government-in-exile The Polish government-in-exile had a wide international recognition until 1945, and limited to just few countries until the 1970s August Zaleski (30 September 1939 – 25 July 1941) Edward Raczyński (22 August 1941 – 14 July 1943) Tadeusz Romer (14 July 1943 – 24 November 1944) Adam Tarnowski (29 November 1944 – 10 February 1949) Mieczysław Sokołowski (7 April 1949 – 8 December 1953) Aleksander Zawisza (8 August 1955 – 11 June 1970) Jerzy Gawenda (20 July 1970 – 14 July 1972) Jan Starzewski (18 July 1972 – 15 December 1973) Bronisław Hełczyński (17 January 1974 – 15 July 1976) Zygmunt Zawadowski (5 August 1976 – 1 September 1979) Kazimierz Sabbat (1 September 1979 – 7 April 1986) Zygmunt Szkopiak (1986 – 20 December 1990) Republic of Poland / Polish People's Republic Edward Osóbka-Morawski (21 July 1944 – 2 May 1945) Wincenty Rzymowski (2 May 1945 – 5 February 1947) Zygmunt Modzelewski (6 February 1947 – 20 March 1951) Stanisław Skrzeszewski (20 March 1951 – 27 April 1956) Adam Rapacki (27 April 1956 – 22 December 1968) Stefan Jędrychowski (22 December 1968 – 22 December 1971) Stefan Olszowski (22 December 1971 – 2 December 1976) Emil Wojtaszek (2 December 1976 – 24 August 1980) Józef Czyrek (24 August 1980 – 21 July 1982) Stefan Olszowski (21 July 1982 – 12 November 1985) Marian Orzechowski (12 November 1985 – 17 June 1988) Tadeusz Olechowski (17 June 1988 – 9 September 1989) References External links Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Poland Home Ministry in the version of the archive Polish diplomatic missions abroad Foreign missions in Poland Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs at Google Cultural Institute Foreign Affairs Poland, Foreign Affairs For Poland Foreign relations of Poland Ministries established in 1916