Józef Oleksy (born 22 June, 1946 in Nowy Sącz) is a Polish politician, chairman of Democratic Left Alliance (Sojusz Lewicy Demokratycznej). Between April 212004 and January 52005 he was the speaker (marszałek) of the Sejm, lower house of Polish parliament. He is also a former minister of internal affairs, and was the Prime Minister of Poland from 1995 until 1996, when he resigned.