Ministry of Interior and Administration (Poland)
Ministry of the Interior and Administration 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 and Ministry of Administration and Digitization. It was recreated in late 2015.
History and function
The ministry was founded in 1918 as the Ministry of Internal Affairs. 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.That was one of the most important governmental cabinet positions in Poland, The ministry was responsible for the following:
- The general interior security of the country, with respect to criminal acts or natural catastrophes
- * including the major law-enforcement forces
- ** the Polish National Police
- ** the Polish Border Guard
- * Civil defence
- ** the State Fire Brigade
- ** Search and rescue and the oversight of ambulance services
- the granting of identity documents and driving licenses through the network of voivodeships
- relations between the central government and local governments
- regulation of immigration and preventing illegal immigration
- integration and registration of legal immigrants
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
Ministers of Internal Affairs of the Second Republic of Poland
- Stanisław Thugutt 17 November 1918 – 16 January 1919
- Stanisław Wojciechowski 16 January 1919 – 9 December 1919
- Stanisław Wojciechowski 13 December 1919 – 9 June 1920
- Józef Kuczyński 23 June 1920 – 24 July 1920
- Leopold Skulski 24 July 1920 – 28 June 1921
- Władysław Raczkiewicz 28 June 1921 – 13 September 1921
- Stanisław Downarowicz 19 September 1921 – 5 March 1922
- Antoni Kamieński 10 March 1922 – 6 June 1922
- Antoni Kamieński 28 June 1922 – 31 July 1922
- Antoni Kamieński 31 July 1922 – 16 December 1922
- Władysław Sikorski 16 December 1922 – 26 May 1923
- Władysław Kiernik 28 May 1923 – 15 December 1923
- Władysław Sołtan 17 December 1923 – 21 March 1924
- Zygmunt Hubner 21 March 1924 – 17 November 1924
- Cyryl Ratajski 17 November 1924 – 14 June 1925
- Władysław Raczkiewicz 15 June 1925 – 13 November 1925
- Władysław Raczkiewicz 20 November 1925 – 5 May 1926
- Stefan Smólski 10 May 1926 – 15 May 1926
- Kazimierz Młodzianowski 15 May 1926 – 8 June 1926
- Kazimierz Młodzianowski 8 June 1926 – 24 November 1926
- Kazimierz Młodzianowski 27 September 1926 – 30 September 1926
- Felicjan Sławoj-Składkowski 2 October 1926 – 27 June 1928
- Felicjan Sławoj-Składkowski 27 June 1928 – 13 April 1929
- Felicjan Sławoj-Składkowski 14 April 1929 – 29 December 1929
- Henryk Józewski 29 December 1929 – 17 March 1930
- Henryk Józewski 29 March 1930 – 3 June 1930
- Felicjan Sławoj-Składkowski 3 June 1930 – 23 August 1930
- Felicjan Sławoj-Składkowski 25 August 1930 – 4 December 1930
- Felicjan Sławoj-Składkowski 4 December 1930 – 26 May 1931
- Felicjan Sławoj-Składkowski 27 May 1931 – 23 June 1931
- Bronisław Pieracki 23 June 1931 – 9 May 1933
- Bronisław Pieracki 10 May 1933 – 13 May 1934
- Bronisław Pieracki 15 May 1934 – 15 June 1934
- Leon Kozłowski 16 June 1934 – 28 June 1934
- Marian Zyndram-Kościałkowski 28 June 1934 – 28 March 1935
- Marian Zyndram-Kościałkowski 28 March 1935 – 12 October 1935
- Władysław Raczkiewicz 13 October 1935 – 15 May 1936
- Felicjan Sławoj-Składkowski 16 May 1936 – 30 September 1939
Ministers of Public Security
- Stanisław Radkiewicz 31 December 1944 - 7 December 1954
Ministers of Internal Affairs of People's Republic of Poland
- Władysław Wicha 7 December 1954 – 12 December 1964
- Mieczysław Moczar 12 December 1964 – 15 July 1968
- Kazimierz Świtała 15 July 1968 – 13 February 1971
- Franciszek Szlachcic 13 February 1971 – 22 December 1971
- Wiesław Ociepka 22 December 1971 – 28 February 1973
- Stanisław Kowalczyk 22 March 1973 – 8 October 1980
- Mirosław Milewski 8 October 1980 – 31 July 1981
- Czesław Kiszczak 31 July 1981 – 6 July 1990
Ministers of Internal Affairs of Third Polish Republic
- Krzysztof Kozłowski 6 July 1990 – 14 December 1990
- Henryk Majewski 12 January 1991 – 5 December 1991
- Antoni Macierewicz 23 December 1991 – 5 June 1992
- Andrzej Milczanowski 11 July 1992 – 22 December 1995
- Jerzy Konieczny 29 December 1995 – 26 January 1996
- Zbigniew Siemiątkowski 15 February 1996 – 4 February 1997
Office reestabished
- Jacek Cichocki 18 November 2011 – 25 February 2013
- Bartłomiej Sienkiewicz 25 February 2013 - 22 September 2014
- Teresa Piotrowska 22 September 2014 - 16 November 2015
Ministers of Internal Affairs and Administration of Third Polish Republic
- Leszek Miller 1 January 1997 – 17 October 1997
- Janusz Tomaszewski 31 October 1997 – 3 September 1999
- Marek Biernacki 7 October 1999 – 19 October 2001
- Krzysztof Janik 19 October 2001 – 21 January 2004
- Józef Oleksy 21 January 2004 – 21 April 2004
- Jerzy Szmajdziński 21 April 2004 – 2 May 2004
- Ryszard Kalisz 2 May 2004 – 31 October 2005
- Ludwik Dorn 31 October 2005 – 7 February 2007,
- Janusz Kaczmarek 8 February 2007 – 8 August 2007
- Władysław Stasiak 8 August 2007 – 16 November 2007
- Grzegorz Schetyna 16 November 2007 – 13 October 2009
- Jerzy Miller 14 October 2009 – 17 November 2011
Office reestabished
- Mariusz Błaszczak 16 November 2015 – 9 January 2018
- Joachim Brudziński 9 January 2018 – 4 June 2019
- Elżbieta Witek 4 June 2019 – 9 August 2019
- Mariusz Kamiński since 14 August 2019