Ministries of Poland

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The ministries of Poland are the various departments performing functions implemented by the Polish government. Each ministry is headed by a governmental minister selected by the Prime Minister, who sits in the collective executive Council of Ministers. The current competences and regulations of the ministries were established under a series of central administrative reforms carried out by prime ministers Józef Oleksy and Włodzimierz Cimoszewicz between 1996 and 1997. [1] [2] Under legal regulations, the cabinet can create, combine, or dissolve ministries, with the Prime Minister determining the scope and responsibilities of ministers. The number and range of ministries has varied throughout the past.

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As of 2023, sixteen codified ministries exist within the government and discharge executive functions under the Second Cabinet of Mateusz Morawiecki.

History

Ministries in 1991

In connection with maintaining continuity with the legislation of the Polish People's Republic during Poland's systemic transformation carried out in 1989-1991, previous rules of organizing the chief organs of public administration were maintained. The office of a minister and the ministry serving them were established by means of a law. On this basis the Council of Ministers issued a decree on the detailed scope of a minister's activities and a decree (initially a resolution) on granting ministries organizational statutes.

At the end of 1991, after the first free legislative election was held, the following ministries and offices with the rights of ministries functioned in Poland:

Reform of the center of administration

Pursuant to the act of 8 August 1996, the acts of 12 June 1996 and 8 August 1996 reforming the functioning of the economy and public administration came into force:

New rules regarding the organization of government administration were introduced by the act of 8 August 1996 on the Council of Ministers and the act of 4 August 1997 on the departments of government administration. From that time, a ministry is formed by the means of a decree of the Council of Ministers. The detailed scope of a minister's activities are established by means of a decree of the Prime Minister, on the basis of which that ministers receive the authority to head individual departments (these provisions are also applied to committee chairmen who are part of the government). The statute of a ministry is granted by order (until 1 January, 2002 by decree) of the Prime Minister.

Ministries in 1999

On 1 April 1999, the previously enacted acts regarding the organization of chief organs of government administration were repealed (as an exception, certain articles relating to the offices of ministers responsible for public finance, the State Treasury or internal affairs were retained). At the same time, a stipulation was introduced that ministers and their subordinated ministers operate in accordance with the existing laws until the date of entry into force of the new legal basis. In addition, the laws under which the following offices functioned were upheld in their entirety:

On 18 October 1999, decrees of the Council of Ministers from 12 October 1999 came into effect, under which the following was given a new legal basis:

On 10 November 1999, decrees of the Council of Ministers from 26 October 1999 came into effect, under which the following was created:

On 10 November 1999, decrees of the Council of Ministers from 3 November 1999 came into effect, under which the following were given new legal bases:

Current ministries

OfficePortraitMinisterPartyTook Office
Ministry of State Assets
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Jacek SasinLaw and Justice15 November 2019
Ministry of Education and Science
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Przemysław CzarnekLaw and Justice19 October 2020
Ministry of Finance
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Magdalena RzeczkowskaIndependent26 April 2022
Ministry of Development Funds and Regional Policy
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Grzegorz PudaLaw and Justice26 October 2021
Ministry of Infrastructure
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Andrzej AdamczykLaw and Justice15 November 2019
Ministry of Climate and Environment
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Anna MoskwaIndependent26 October 2021
Ministry of Culture and National Heritage
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Piotr GlińskiLaw and Justice26 October 2021
Ministry of National Defense
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Mariusz BłaszczakLaw and Justice15 November 2019
Ministry of Family and Social Policy
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Marlena MalągLaw and Justice6 October 2020
Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development
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Henryk KowalczykLaw and Justice26 October 2021
Ministry of Development and Technology
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Waldemar BudaLaw and Justice8 April 2022
Ministry of Sport and Tourism
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Kamil BortniczukThe Republicans26 October 2021
Ministry of the Interior and Administration
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Mariusz KamińskiLaw and Justice15 November 2019
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
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Zbigniew RauIndependent26 August 2020
Ministry of Justice
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Zbigniew ZiobroUnited Poland15 November 2019
Ministry of Health
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Katarzyna SójkaLaw and Justice10 August 2023

Cabinet of Ewa Kopacz

  1. Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development
  2. Ministry of Culture and National Heritage
  3. Ministry of Digital Affairs
  4. Ministry of Energy
  5. Ministry of Environment
  6. Ministry of Family, Labour and Social Policy
  7. Ministry of Finance
  8. Ministry of Foreign Affairs
  9. Ministry of Health
  10. Ministry of Infrastructure
  11. Ministry of Interior and Administration
  12. Ministry of Justice
  13. Ministry of Marine Economy and Inland Navigation
  14. Ministry of National Defence
  15. Ministry of National Education
  16. Ministry of Science and Higher Education
  17. Ministry of Sport and Tourism
  18. Ministry of Entrepreneurship and Technology
  19. Ministry of Investment and Economic Development
  20. Ministry of State Assets

Outside departments

Former ministries (disbanded or merged)

Outside institutions

A number of independent government institutions exist outside of the cabinet's responsibilities.

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References

  1. ↑ "Dz.U. 1996 nr 108 poz. 517". Sejm. 11 September 1996.
  2. ↑ "Dz.U. 1997 nr 141 poz. 943". Sejm. 4 September 1997.
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