Ministry of National Defence (Poland)

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Ministry of National Defence
Ministerstwo Obrony Narodowej
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Building of the Ministry of Defence on Niepodległości Avenue in Warsaw
Ministry overview
FormedNovember 30, 1942;81 years ago (1942-11-30)
Preceding Ministry
  • Ministry of Military Affairs
Jurisdiction Government of Poland
Headquartersul. Klonowa 1, Warsaw
52°12′44″N21°1′33″E / 52.21222°N 21.02583°E / 52.21222; 21.02583
Annual budget140 billion zł (2022) [1]
Ministry executive
Website www.gov.pl/web/national-defence

The Ministry of National Defence (Polish: Ministerstwo Obrony Narodowej, MON) is a office of government in Poland headed by the Minister of National Defence. It is responsible for the organisation and management of the Polish Armed Forces. During the Second Polish Republic and World War II it was called the Ministry of Military Affairs (Ministerstwo Spraw Wojskowych). Ministry budget for 2022 was 140 billion PLN.

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History

The beginning of the Ministry of Defence's operations is connected with the 1775 establishment of the Military Department within the Permanent Council. In 1789, the Military Commission of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth was established, and from the Constitution of 3 May 1791 was under the Guardians of the Laws. Between 1793-94, the department was restored in the Supreme National Council. When Warsaw became part of the Kingdom of Prussia after the Third Partition of Poland in 1795), the Prussian Ministry of War headquarters was moved into the local Copper-Roof Palace. [2] Another War Ministry was established in the Duchy of Warsaw. After the establishment of the Stanisław Małachowski government on 5 October 1807, the War Directorate became the Minister of War.

From 1807 to 1810, the number of ministry officials increased from a dozen to over one hundred. The ministry's activities ceased on 4 May 1813. In 1814, the Military Organizing Committee was established in Paris to regulate the military affairs of the Kingdom of Poland in 1815. [3] [4] After the November Uprising and the introduction of the Organic Statute of the Kingdom of Poland in the early 1830s, the distinctiveness of the Polish defence establishment from the Ministry of War of the Russian Empire ceased to exist. On 30 January 1917, the Provisional Council of State created an acting military commission, which was to deal with Polish military matters until a war office was organised.

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The main gate to the Ministry of National Defence complex on Klonowa Street.

On 2 November 1918, the commission was transformed into the Ministry of Military Affairs, based at the Copper-Roof Palace. [5] During the London emigration of Polish power during World War II, on November 30, 1942, the name of the Ministry of Military Affairs was changed to the Ministry of National Defence. In 1944, under the Polish Committee of National Liberation under the communists controlled a National Defence Centre to manage the war front. After the war, the Provisional Government of National Unity (TRJN) reestablished the Military Affairs Ministry, which would be replaced by the Ministry of National Defence in 1979 and was under the Polish People's Army (LWP) in the People's Republic of Poland. The ministry would be transferred from the LWP to the Polish Army in 1990.

Organizational structure

The ministry includes political departments, Cabinet of the Minister and the following organizational units including units P1-P8 forming Polish General Staff: [6] [7] [8]

Units subordinate to the MON:

Ministers

Second Polish Republic
Polish government-in-exile
Republic of Poland / People's Republic of Poland
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Flag of the Polish Minister of National Defence
Third Polish Republic

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References

  1. ↑ "BASIC INFORMATION ON THE MoND BUDGET FOR 2016" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-05-11.
  2. ↑ ""Under the Metal Roof" Palace (Palac Pod Blacha)". www.wiezowce.waw.pl. Archived from the original on 2014-02-04. Retrieved 2009-03-24.
  3. ↑ Komisja Rządowa Wojny z lat [1811-1814] 1815-1832 [1833-1866]
  4. ↑ Zarys historji wojskowości w Polsce
  5. ↑ VII. Narodziny Wojska Polskiego (październik – grudzień 1918)
  6. ↑ "Zarządzenie nr 82 Prezesa Rady Ministrów z dnia 19 grudnia 2014 r. W sprawie nadania statutu Ministerstwu Obrony Narodowej".
  7. ↑ "Zarządzenie nr 65 Prezesa Rady Ministrów z dnia 31 maja 2016 r. Zmieniające zarządzenie w sprawie nadania statutu Ministerstwu Obrony Narodowej".
  8. ↑ "Zarządzenie nr 22 Prezesa Rady Ministrów z dnia 26 lutego 2018 r. Zmieniające zarządzenie w sprawie nadania statutu Ministerstwu Obrony Narodowej".
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