Sieradz Voivodship (Polish: województwo sieradzkie) was a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland in years 1975-1998, superseded by Lodz Voivodship.
Sieradz Voivodship was a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland from 14th century to the partitions of Poland in 1772-1795. It was a part of Greater Poland province.
Voivodships are governed by voivod Governments and their legislatures are called Voivodship sejmiks.
In place of the three-level administrative division (voivodship, county, commune), a new two-level administrative division was introduced (49 small voivodships and communes).
In 1950 new voivodships were created: Koszalin - previously part of Szczecin, Opole - previously part of Katowice, and Zielona GĂłra - previously part of PoznaĆ, WrocĆaw and Szczecin voivodships.
Each voivodship had its own parliament (sejmik), which exercised serious political power, including choice of poseł (deputy) to the national Sejm and charging of the deputy with specific voting instructions.
Each voivodship was governed by a voivod (governor).
Voivodships were further divided into starostwa, each starostwo being governed by a starosta.
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