There are 23 national parks in Poland. These were formerly run by the Polish Board of National Parks, but in 2004 responsibility for them was transferred to what is now the Ministry of Climate and the Environment. Most national parks are divided into strictly and partially protected zones. They currently encompass around 186000 hectares of forest, or around 2% of all the country's woodlands.
The Wilno Voivodeship was one of 16 Voivodeships in the Second Polish Republic, with the capital in Wilno. The jurisdiction was created in 1926 and populated predominantly by Poles, with notable minorities of Belarusians, Jews and Lithuanians. Before 1926, the voivodeship's area was known as the Wilno Land; it had the same boundaries and was also within the contemporary borders of Poland at the time.
The ministry of national education was a ministerial department of the government of Poland. The ministry's prerogatives included setting educational standards and youth activities. It did not oversee higher education, which fell under ministry of science and higher education. The two were created in May 2006 by splitting the Ministry of Education and Science. In January 2021 the two were merged back.
Solniki is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Zabłudów, within Białystok County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland.
The judiciary of Poland are the authorities exercising the judicial power of the Polish state on the basis of Chapter 8 of the Constitution of Poland. As in almost all countries of continental Europe, the Polish judiciary operates within the framework of civil law.
Ministry of Marine Economy and Inland Navigation was formed in 2015, from transformation of Ministry of Infrastructure and Development. It was dissolved in 2020.
Henryka Joanna Mościcka-Dendys is a Polish diplomat who served an ambassador of Poland to Denmark (2015–2020).
Ministry of Entrepreneurship and Technology is a Polish government administration office.
Ministry of Economy and Labour is a Polish abolished government administration office in charge of economy, labor, regional development, tourism.
Ministry of Economy, Labour and Social Policy is a Polish abolished government administration office serving the minister in charge of economy, labor, regional development, tourism, social security.
Ministry of Social Policy was established on 2 May 2004 be the government of Marek Belka. It was separated from the Ministry of Economy, Labour and Social Policy. It was liquidated by the government of Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz, who included social policy in the newly established Ministry of Labour and Social Policy.
Ministry of Construction is an abolished Polish government administration office serving the minister in charge of construction, spatial management and housing.
Polish law allows modern firearms ownership under police-issued permit for people who can provide an important reason. Hunting, sport shooting and collection are the most popular reasons and require membership in suitable organizations. Self-defense reason, while allowed, requires a proof of threat to life, health or property and is rarely allowed. Antique firearms or their replicas and some air guns are available without a permit. With approximately 2.5 civilian firearms per 100 people, Poland is the 166th most armed country in the world. Less than 0.8% of citizens have valid firearm permits.
The Social Committee of the Council of Ministers is an advisory body to the council of ministers of the Republic of Poland and the President of the Council of Ministers. The committee's major objective is review social affairs within the framework of the 1st and 2nd cabinets of Mateusz Morawiecki. Established in 2017, the Committee was originally chaired by Beata Szydło, the previous prime minister and incumbent Deputy Prime Minister. Piotr Gliński has been President of the Committee since June 24, 2019, following his predecessor's election to the European Parliament.
Iwona Kozłowska is a Polish diplomat, serving as an ambassador to Switzerland since 2020.
Police ranks of Poland - ranks of police officers denoting the position of a given officer in the police hierarchy in Poland.
Monika Aleksandra Zuchniak-Pazdan is a Polish diplomat; an ambassador to Albania.
Rafał Piotr Siemianowski is a Polish civil servant, since 2021 serving as an ambassador to Belgium.
Adam Mariusz Kwiatkowski is a Polish politician, since 2022 serving as an ambassador to the Holy See.
The Ministry of Economic Development and Technology is a department of the Polish government supporting the minister responsible for three departments of government administration construction, spatial planning and development and housing and economy. It was formed on August 12, 2021.
