In the Second Polish Republic, the governors (voivodes) were the most important officials of the territorial administration. They managed the general administration consolidated in the provincial office; from 1928 their authority in supervising the administration not consolidated in the voivodeship strengthened. Following the guidelines of the central authorities, they exerted influence on the form of national, social and economic policy; after the May coup d’etat in 1926 they also affected the shape of political relations in their provinces. The seven governors of Pomerania in the years 1920–1939 reflected the traditions of the three partitions of Poland, various perspectives of individual roads to independence, and the changing tendencies in home policy in the Second Polish Republic.