The ministries of Poland are the various departments performing functions implemented by the

Polish government The Government of Poland takes the form of a unitary parliamentary representative democratic republic, whereby the President is the head of state and the Prime Minister is the head of government. However, its form of government has also been id ...

. Each ministry is headed by a governmental minister selected by the

Prime Minister A prime minister, premier or chief of cabinet is the head of the cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system. Under those systems, a prime minister i ...

, who sits in the collective executive

Council of Ministers A council is a group of people who come together to consult, deliberate, or make decisions. A council may function as a legislature, especially at a town, city or county/ shire level, but most legislative bodies at the state/provincial or nati ...

. The current competences and regulations of the ministries were established under a series of central administrative reforms carried out by prime ministers

Józef Oleksy Józef Oleksy (; 22 June 1946 – 9 January 2015) was a Polish left-wing politician, former chairman of the Democratic Left Alliance (''Sojusz Lewicy Demokratycznej'', SLD). Early life and education In his youth he lived in Nowy Sącz, and wa ...

and

Włodzimierz Cimoszewicz Włodzimierz Cimoszewicz (, born 13 September 1950) is a Polish left-wing politician who served as Prime Minister of Poland for a year from 7 February 1996 to 31 October 1997, after being defeated in the Parliamentary elections by the Solidarity ...

between 1996 and 1997. Under legal regulations, the cabinet can create, combine, or dissolve ministries, with the

determining the scope and responsibilities of ministers. The number and range of ministries has varied throughout the past. As of 2015, seventeen codified ministries exist within the government. The following departments discharge executive functions under the

Cabinet of Ewa Kopacz Cabinet of Ewa Kopacz was the government of Poland from 22 September 2014 to 16 November 2015. It was appointed by President Bronisław Komorowski on 22 September 2014, and passed a vote of confidence in Sejm on 1 October 2014. Led by Ewa Kopac ...

Current ministries

# Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development #

Ministry of Culture and National Heritage Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland ( pl, Ministerstwo Kultury i Dziedzictwa Narodowego) is a governmental administration office concerned with various aspects of Polish culture. It was formed on 31 October 20 ...

Ministry of Digital Affairs The Ministry of Digital Affairs (Polish: ''Ministerstwo Cyfryzacji'') was a ministry of the Polish government founded in December 2015 and dissolved in October 2020. Split from the Ministry of Administration and Digitization, the Ministry was re ...

Ministry of Energy A Ministry of Energy or Department of Energy is a government department in some countries that typically oversees the production of fuel and electricity; in the United States, however, it manages nuclear weapons development and conducts energy-rel ...

# Ministry of Environment # Ministry of Family, Labour and Social Policy #

Ministry of Finance A ministry of finance is a part of the government in most countries that is responsible for matters related to the finance. Lists of current ministries of finance Named "Ministry" * Ministry of Finance (Afghanistan) * Ministry of Finance and Ec ...

# Ministry of Foreign Affairs # Ministry of Health # Ministry of Infrastructure # Ministry of Interior and Administration #

Ministry of Justice A Ministry of Justice is a common type of government department that serves as a justice ministry. Lists of current ministries of justice Named "Ministry" * Ministry of Justice (Abkhazia) * Ministry of Justice (Afghanistan) * Ministry of Just ...

# Ministry of Marine Economy and Inland Navigation #

Ministry of National Defence {{unsourced, date=February 2021 A ministry of defence or defense (see spelling differences), also known as a department of defence or defense, is an often-used name for the part of a government responsible for matters of defence, found in states ...

# Ministry of National Education #

Ministry of Science and Higher Education {{Unreferenced, date=March 2019, bot=noref (GreenC bot) A Ministry of Higher Education is a government department that focuses on the provision or regulation of institutions of higher education. In some countries these exist as ministries compounde ...

# Ministry of Sport and Tourism # Ministry of Entrepreneurship and Technology #

Ministry of Investment and Economic Development The Ministry of Investment and Economic Development ( pl, Ministerstwo Inwestycji i Rozwoju) was an agency of the government of Poland. The ministry was headquartered in Warsaw Warsaw ( pl, Warszawa, ), officially the Capital City of Warsa ...

Ministry of State Assets The Ministry of State Property, sometimes translated as the Ministry of State Domains, (russian: Министерство государственных имуществ (МГИ), ''Ministerstvo gosudarstvennykh imushestv (MGI)'') was the minis ...

Outside departments

Chancellery of the Prime Minister of Poland The Chancellery of the Prime Minister of Poland (Polish: ''Kancelaria Prezesa Rady Ministrów''), or KPRM, is the executive office for the Prime Minister of Poland. Created under the administrative reorganization reforms by the government of Włod ...

(''Kancelaria Prezesa Rady Ministrów'') - the Chancellery is not considered a ministry of the government, though it retains a seat within the cabinet.

Former ministries (disbanded or merged)

* Ministry of Administration and Digitization (''Ministerstwo Administracji i Cyfryzacji'') * Ministry of Communication (''Ministerstwo Łączności'') * Ministry of Cooperation with Political Organizations and Associations (''Ministerstwo ds. Współpracy z Organizacjami Politycznymi i Stowarzyszeniami'') *

Ministry of Culture Ministry of Culture may refer to: *Ministry of Tourism, Cultural Affairs, Youth and Sports (Albania) * Ministry of Culture (Algeria) *Ministry of Culture (Argentina) *Minister for the Arts (Australia) *Ministry of Culture (Azerbaijan) * Ministry of ...

(''Ministerstwo Kultury'') * Ministry of Economic Co-operation with Foreign Countries (''Ministerstwo Współpracy Gospodarczej z Zagranicą'') * Ministry of Education and Science (''Ministerstwo Edukacji i Nauki'') * Ministry of Economy (''Ministerstwo Gospodarki'') *

Ministry of Economy and Labor Ministry of Economy and Labour ( pl, Ministerstwo Gospodarki i Pracy) is a Polish abolished government administration office in charge of economy, labor, regional development, tourism. The Ministry was established by the Regulation of the Council o ...

(''Ministerstwo Gospodarki i Pracy'') *

Ministry of Economy, Labor and Social Policy Ministry of Economy, Labour and Social Policy is a Polish abolished government administration office serving the minister in charge of economy, labor, regional development, tourism, social security. The Ministry was established by the decree of th ...

(''Ministerstwo Gospodarki, Pracy i Polityki Społecznej'') * Minister of European Affairs (''Minister ds. Europejskich'') * Ministry of Public Security (''Ministerstwo Bezpieczeństwa Publicznego''; 1945–1954) * Ministry of Industry and Commerce (''Ministerstwo Przemysłu i Handlu'') * Ministry of Infrastructure (''Ministerstwo Infrastruktury'') * Ministry of Infrastructure and Development (''Ministerstwo Infrastruktury i Rozwoju'') *

Ministry of Interior An interior ministry (sometimes called a ministry of internal affairs or ministry of home affairs) is a government department that is responsible for internal affairs. Lists of current ministries of internal affairs Named "ministry" * Ministry ...

(''Ministerstwo Spraw Wewnętrznych'') * Ministry of Labour and Social Policy (''Ministerstwo Pracy i Polityki Socjalnej'') * Ministry of Ownership Transformations (''Ministerstwo Przekształceń Własnościowych'') * Ministry of Regional Development (''Ministerstwo Rozwoju Regionalnego'') * Ministry of Regional Development and Construction (''Ministerstwo Rozwoju Regionalnego i Budownictwa'') * Ministry of Science and Computerisation (''Ministerstwo Nauki i Informatyzacji'') * Ministry of Social Policy (''Ministerstwo Polityki Społecznej'') * Ministry of Social and Civilizational Agricultural Issues (''Ministerstwo ds. Socjalnych i Cywilizacyjnych Wsi'') * Ministry of Spatial Economy and Construction (''Ministerstwo Gospodarki Przestrzennej i Budownictwa'') *

Ministry of Transport A ministry of transport or transportation is a ministry responsible for transportation within a country. It usually is administered by the ''minister for transport''. The term is also sometimes applied to the departments or other government ag ...

(''Ministerstwo Transportu'') * Ministry of Transport and Construction (''Ministerstwo Transportu i Budownictwa'') * Ministry of Transport and Marine Economy (''Ministerstwo Transportu i Gospodarki Morskiej'') * Ministry of Transport, Construction and Marine Economy (''Ministerstwo Transportu, Budownictwa i Gospodarki Morskiej'')

Outside institutions

A number of independent government institutions exist outside of the cabinet's responsibilities. * Central Statistical Office *

National Bank of Poland The Narodowy Bank Polski (; the National Bank of Poland), often abbreviated to NBP, is the central bank of Poland, founded in 1945. It controls the issuing of Poland's currency, the Polish złoty. The bank is headquartered in Warsaw, and has bra ...

* National Broadcasting Council * Office of Public Procurement * Ombudsman for Citizen Rights * Supreme Audit Office * Polish Information and Foreign Investment Agency

References

External links

* {{Ministries of the Republic of Poland