Summary:

The article presents the way that governance has formed in Poland after winning the independence in 1918. It also includes the discussion on first legal acts with institutional meaning such as decree law dated on 22nd November 1918 about the supreme representative authority of the Republic of Poland and the act of Parliament's ordinance of 20th February 1919 entrusting Józef Piłsudski with further execution of the office of Chief of state. These documents became the basis for reborn country and enabled to rebuild institutions in historically difficult period. In the opinion of author, the experiences of first years of  independence had ultimatelly influenced the solutions that were adapted in so called March Constitution from the year of 1921.

Key words: Governance; Small Constitution of 1919; Political system of Poland in years 1918-1922