Ministry of the Interior and Administration

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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.

Quick Facts Agency overview, Headquarters ...
Ministry of the Interior and Administration of The Republic of Poland
Ministerstwo Spraw Wewnętrznych i Administracji
Ministerial logotype

The seat of the ministry on Stefan Batory Street, Warsaw
Agency overview
Headquartersul. Stefana Batorego 5, Warsaw
52°12′40″N 21°01′00″E
Agency executive
Parent agencyCouncil of Ministers
Websitegov.pl/mswia
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History and function

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]

Powers and responsibilities

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.

List of ministers

Second Polish Republic (1918–1939)

More information Minister, Term of office ...
Minister Term of office Party Prime minister
Minister of Internal Affairs
Thumb Stanisław Thugutt
[4][5][6]
17 November 1918 16 January 1919 PSL "Wyzwolenie" Jędrzej Moraczewski
Thumb Stanisław Wojciechowski
[7][8][9]
16 January 1919 9 June 1920 Independent Ignacy Paderewski
Leopold Skulski
Thumb Józef Kuczyński
Chief executive
[10][11][12]
23 June 1920 24 July 1920 Independent Władysław Grabski
Thumb Leopold Skulski
[10][13][14]
24 July 1920 28 June 1921 National People's Union Wincenty Witos
Thumb Władysław Raczkiewicz
[10][15][16]
28 June 1921 13 September 1921 Independent
Thumb Stanisław Downarowicz
[17][18][19]
19 September 1921 5 March 1922 Independent Antoni Ponikowski
Thumb Antoni Kamieński
[20][21][22]
10 March 1922 11 December 1922 Independent
Artur Śliwiński
Julian Nowak
Thumb Ludwik Darowski
Chief executive
[23][24]
11 December 1922 14 December 1922 Independent
Thumb Władysław Sikorski
[25][26][27]
16 December 1922 26 May 1923 Independent Himself
Thumb Władysław Kiernik
[25][28][29]
28 May 1923 15 December 1923 PSL "Piast" Wincenty Witos
Thumb Władysław Sołtan
[30][31][32]
19 December 1923 21 March 1924 Independent Władysław Grabski
Thumb Zygmunt Hübner
[33][34][35]
21 March 1924 17 November 1924 Independent
Thumb Cyryl Ratajski
[36][37][38]
17 November 1924 14 (15)[39] June 1925 ?
Thumb Władysław Raczkiewicz
[30][40][41]
14 (20)[42] June 1925 5 May 1926 Independent
Aleksander Skrzyński
Thumb Stefan Smólski
[43][44][45]
10 May 1926 15 May 1926 Polish Christian
Democratic Party
Wincenty Witos
Thumb Kazimierz Młodzianowski
[46][47][48]
15 May 1926 30 September 1926 Independent Kazimierz Bartel
Thumb Felicjan Sławoj Składkowski
[49][50][51]
2 October 1926 7 December 1929 Independent Józef Piłsudski
Kazimierz Bartel
Kazimierz Świtalski
Thumb Henryk Józewski
[52][53][54][55]
29 December 1929 3 June 1930 Independent Kazimierz Bartel
Walery Sławek
Thumb Felicjan Sławoj Składkowski
[56][57][58]
3 June 1930 22 June 1931 Independent
Józef Piłsudski
Walery Sławek
Aleksander Prystor
Thumb Bronisław Pieracki
[59][60][61][62]
22 June 1931 15 June 1934[lower-alpha 1] Independent
(BBWR)
Janusz Jędrzejewicz
Leon Kozłowski
Thumb Leon Kozłowski
[64][65][66]
16 June 1934 28 June 1934 Independent
(BBWR)
Thumb Marian Zyndram-Kościałkowski
[67][68][69]
28 June 1934 12 October 1935 Independent
(BBWR)
Walery Sławek
Thumb Władysław Raczkiewicz
[70][60][71][72]
13 October 1935 15 May 1936 Independent
(BBWR)
Marian Zyndram-Kościałkowski
Thumb Felicjan Sławoj Składkowski
[70][73][74]
16 May 1936 30 September 1939 Independent Himself
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Comunist era (1944–1989)

More information Minister, Term of office ...
Minister Term of office Party Prime minister
Minister of Public Security
Thumb 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
Thumb Mieczysław Moczar
[78]
12 December 1964 15 July 1968
Thumb Kazimierz Świtała
[79]
15 July 1968 13 February 1971
Jaroszewicz
Thumb Franciszek Szlachcic
[80]
13 February 1971 22 December 1971
No image avalible Wiesław Ociepka
[81]
22 December 1971 28 February 1973[lower-alpha 3]
Thumb Stanisław Kowalczyk
[83]
22 March 1973 8 October 1980
Babiuch
Pińkowski
Acting
Pińkowski
Thumb Mirosław Milewski
[84]
8 October 1980 31 July 1981
Jaruzelski
Thumb Czesław Kiszczak
[85]
31 July 1981 6 July 1990
Messner
Rakowski
Himself
Mazowiecki
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Republic of Poland (after 1989)

More information Minister, Term of office ...
Minister Term of office Party Cabinet
Minister of Interior
Thumb Krzysztof Kozłowski
[86]
6 July 1990 12 January 1991 Democratic Union Mazowiecki
No image avalible Henryk Majewski
[87]
12 January 1991 23 December 1991 Independent Bielecki
Thumb Antoni Macierewicz
[88][89]
23 December 1991 20 June 1992 Christian National Union Olszewski
No image avalible Andrzej Milczanowski
[90][91][92][93]
11 July 1992 22 December 1995 Independent Suchocka
Pawlak
Oleksy
No image avalible Jerzy Konieczny
[94]
29 December 1995 7 February 1996 Independent
No image avalible Zbigniew Siemiątkowski
[95][96]
7 February 1996 31 December 1996 Democratic Left Alliance Cimoszewicz
Minister of Interior and Administration
Thumb Leszek Miller
[97]
1 January 1997 31 October 1997 Democratic Left Alliance Cimoszewicz
No image avalible Janusz Tomaszewski
[98][99]
31 October 1997 3 September 1999 Social Movement Buzek
Thumb Marek Biernacki
[100]
7 October 1999 19 October 2001 Social Movement
Thumb Krzysztof Janik
[101][102]
19 October 2001 21 January 2004 Democratic Left Alliance Miller
Thumb Józef Oleksy
[102][103]
21 January 2004 21 April 2004 Democratic Left Alliance
Thumb Jerzy Szmajdziński
Acting
[104][105]
21 April 2004 2 May 2004 Democratic Left Alliance
Thumb Ryszard Kalisz
[106][107]
2 May 2004 31 October 2005 Democratic Left Alliance Belka I
Belka II
Thumb Ludwik Dorn
[108][109][110]
31 October 2005 7 February 2007 Law and Justice Marcinkiewicz
Kaczyński
Thumb Janusz Kaczmarek
[111][112]
8 February 2007 7 August 2007 Independent
Thumb Władysław Stasiak
[113]
8 August 2007 16 November 2007 Independent
Thumb Grzegorz Schetyna
[114][115]
16 November 2007 13 October 2009 Civic Platform Tusk I
Thumb Jerzy Miller
[116]
14 October 2009 18 November 2011 Independent
Minister of Interior
Thumb Jacek Cichocki
[117][118]
18 November 2011 25 February 2013 Independent Tusk II
Thumb Bartłomiej Sienkiewicz
[119]
25 February 2013 22 September 2014 Independent
Thumb Teresa Piotrowska
[120]
22 September 2014 16 November 2015 Civic Platform Kopacz
Minister of Interior and Administration
Thumb Mariusz Błaszczak
[121][122]
16 November 2015 9 January 2018 Law and Justice Szydło
Morawiecki I
Thumb Joachim Brudziński
[123]
9 January 2018 4 June 2019 Law and Justice
Thumb Elżbieta Witek
[124][125]
4 June 2019 9 August 2019 Law and Justice
Thumb Mariusz Kamiński
[126][127][128]
9 August 2019[lower-alpha 4] 27 November 2023 Law and Justice
Morawiecki II
Thumb Paweł Szefernaker
[129]
27 November 2023 13 December 2023 Law and Justice Morawiecki III
Thumb Marcin Kierwiński
[130]
13 December 2023 13 May 2024 Civic Platform Tusk III
Thumb Tomasz Siemoniak
[131]
13 May 2024 Incumbent Civic Platform
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See also

  • Office for the Foreigners' Affairs [pl] is overseen by the Ministry

Notes

  1. Assassinated.[60][63]
  2. Between 21 July and 31 December 1944 as a chief of the Ministry of Public Security (kierownik Resortu Bezpieczeństwa Publicznego) of the PKWN.[76]
  3. Died aged 51.[82]
  4. Between 9 and 14 August acting minister.[126] Appointed minister on 14 August[127] into the First Cabinet of Morawiecki and then again on 15 November[128] into the Second Cabinet of Morawiecki.

References

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