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Ministry of the Interior and Administration (Polish: Ministerstwo Spraw Wewnętrznych i Administracji) is an administration structure controlling main administration and security branches of the Polish government. After Parliamentary Election on 9 October 2011 was transformed for two ministries: Ministry of Interior (Minister: Jacek Cichocki) and Ministry of Administration and Digitization (Minister: Michał Boni). It was recreated in late 2015.
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![]() | It has been suggested that Ministry of Interior (Poland) be merged into this article. (Discuss) Proposed since January 2024. |
Ministerstwo Spraw Wewnętrznych i Administracji | |
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The seat of the ministry on Stefan Batory Street, Warsaw | |
Agency overview | |
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Headquarters | ul. Stefana Batorego 5, Warsaw 52°12′40″N 21°01′00″E |
Agency executive |
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Parent agency | Council of Ministers |
Website | gov.pl/mswia |
The ministry was founded in 1918 as the Ministry of Internal Affairs (Ministerstwo Spraw Wewnętrznych). During a reform of the Polish government in 1996 the administration branch was merged into the Ministry and it was renamed to its current name (on 24 December).
Following the abolishing of the Ministry of Public Security in 1954, Auxiliary departments, including departmental hospitals, nurseries, and the "Konsumy" retail chain, were transferred from the MBP to the Ministry of Interior, headed by Władysław Wicha. First of all, the Ministry of Internal Affairs took over the competences related to the resident registration and registration of the population, passport matters (which soon returned to the security service), supervision over the Citizens' Militia, ORMO, KBW, and the Border Protection Force as well as the State Fire Service and the Prison Service.[1]
Traditionally it is one of the most important governmental cabinet positions in Poland,[2]
The ministry is responsible for the following:
While the ministry of the Interior supervises police forces, it does not supervise criminal enquiries; criminal enquiries are conducted under the supervision of the judiciary.
The Ministry's headquarters was located on the Stefan Batory Street, south of Warsaw's city centre and the governmental district which surrounds the Belweder. The Ministry could be referred to by its initials 'MSWiA'.
The last Minister of the Interior and Administration before it was split in 2011 was Jerzy Miller.
Minister | Term of office | Party | Prime minister | |||
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Minister of Internal Affairs | ||||||
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Stanisław Thugutt [4][5][6] |
17 November 1918 | 16 January 1919 | PSL "Wyzwolenie" | Jędrzej Moraczewski | |
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Stanisław Wojciechowski [7][8][9] |
16 January 1919 | 9 June 1920 | Independent | Ignacy Paderewski | |
Leopold Skulski | ||||||
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Józef Kuczyński Chief executive [10][11][12] |
23 June 1920 | 24 July 1920 | Independent | Władysław Grabski | |
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Leopold Skulski [10][13][14] |
24 July 1920 | 28 June 1921 | National People's Union | Wincenty Witos | |
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Władysław Raczkiewicz [10][15][16] |
28 June 1921 | 13 September 1921 | Independent | ||
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Stanisław Downarowicz [17][18][19] |
19 September 1921 | 5 March 1922 | Independent | Antoni Ponikowski | |
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Antoni Kamieński [20][21][22] |
10 March 1922 | 11 December 1922 | Independent | ||
Artur Śliwiński | ||||||
Julian Nowak | ||||||
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Ludwik Darowski Chief executive [23][24] |
11 December 1922 | 14 December 1922 | Independent | ||
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Władysław Sikorski [25][26][27] |
16 December 1922 | 26 May 1923 | Independent | Himself | |
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Władysław Kiernik [25][28][29] |
28 May 1923 | 15 December 1923 | PSL "Piast" | Wincenty Witos | |
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Władysław Sołtan [30][31][32] |
19 December 1923 | 21 March 1924 | Independent | Władysław Grabski | |
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Zygmunt Hübner [33][34][35] |
21 March 1924 | 17 November 1924 | Independent | ||
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Cyryl Ratajski [36][37][38] |
17 November 1924 | 14 (15)[39] June 1925 | ? | ||
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Władysław Raczkiewicz [30][40][41] |
14 (20)[42] June 1925 | 5 May 1926 | Independent | ||
Aleksander Skrzyński | ||||||
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Stefan Smólski [43][44][45] |
10 May 1926 | 15 May 1926 | Polish Christian Democratic Party |
Wincenty Witos | |
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Kazimierz Młodzianowski [46][47][48] |
15 May 1926 | 30 September 1926 | Independent | Kazimierz Bartel | |
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Felicjan Sławoj Składkowski [49][50][51] |
2 October 1926 | 7 December 1929 | Independent | Józef Piłsudski | |
Kazimierz Bartel | ||||||
Kazimierz Świtalski | ||||||
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Henryk Józewski [52][53][54][55] |
29 December 1929 | 3 June 1930 | Independent | Kazimierz Bartel | |
Walery Sławek | ||||||
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Felicjan Sławoj Składkowski [56][57][58] |
3 June 1930 | 22 June 1931 | Independent | ||
Józef Piłsudski | ||||||
Walery Sławek | ||||||
Aleksander Prystor | ||||||
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Bronisław Pieracki [59][60][61][62] |
22 June 1931 | 15 June 1934[lower-alpha 1] | Independent (BBWR) | ||
Janusz Jędrzejewicz | ||||||
Leon Kozłowski | ||||||
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Leon Kozłowski [64][65][66] |
16 June 1934 | 28 June 1934 | Independent (BBWR) | ||
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Marian Zyndram-Kościałkowski [67][68][69] |
28 June 1934 | 12 October 1935 | Independent (BBWR) | ||
Walery Sławek | ||||||
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Władysław Raczkiewicz [70][60][71][72] |
13 October 1935 | 15 May 1936 | Independent (BBWR) |
Marian Zyndram-Kościałkowski | |
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Felicjan Sławoj Składkowski [70][73][74] |
16 May 1936 | 30 September 1939 | Independent | Himself |
Minister | Term of office | Party | Prime minister | |||
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Minister of Public Security | ||||||
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Stanisław Radkiewicz [75][lower-alpha 2] |
21 July 1944 | 7 December 1954 | Polish United Workers' Party |
Osóbka-Morawski (PKWN, RTRP, TRJN) | |
Cyrankiewicz | ||||||
Bierut | ||||||
Cyrankiewicz | ||||||
Minister of Internal Affairs | ||||||
No image avalible | Władysław Wicha [77] |
7 December 1954 | 12 December 1964 | Polish United Workers' Party |
Cyrankiewicz | |
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Mieczysław Moczar [78] |
12 December 1964 | 15 July 1968 | |||
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Kazimierz Świtała [79] |
15 July 1968 | 13 February 1971 | |||
Jaroszewicz | ||||||
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Franciszek Szlachcic [80] |
13 February 1971 | 22 December 1971 | |||
No image avalible | Wiesław Ociepka [81] |
22 December 1971 | 28 February 1973[lower-alpha 3] | |||
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Stanisław Kowalczyk [83] |
22 March 1973 | 8 October 1980 | |||
Babiuch | ||||||
Pińkowski Acting | ||||||
Pińkowski | ||||||
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Mirosław Milewski [84] |
8 October 1980 | 31 July 1981 | |||
Jaruzelski | ||||||
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Czesław Kiszczak [85] |
31 July 1981 | 6 July 1990 | |||
Messner | ||||||
Rakowski | ||||||
Himself | ||||||
Mazowiecki |
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