The National School of Public Administration (Polish: ''Krajowa Szkoła Administracji Publicznej'', abbreviated as KSAP) was established in 1990 by the

Tadeusz Mazowiecki Tadeusz Mazowiecki (; 18 April 1927 – 28 October 2013) was a Polish author, journalist, philanthropist and Christian-democratic politician, formerly one of the leaders of the Solidarity movement, and the first non-communist Polish prime min ...

government. An inspiration for its founders was the French

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. The aim of the school is to train civil servants for the public administration of the Republic of Poland. The school is located in Warsaw. KSAP Wawelska

Training at the school lasts from 18 to 20 months. The programme is focused on the following learning paths: law and administration; economics and public finance; the European Union and foreign policy; management and soft skills development. Students do two internships in Poland and one abroad (usually in the European Union country).

History

The National School of Public Administration was established on 30 May 1990 by a resolution of the Polish

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. As in the

, every students’ year chooses their respective name and is called a "promotion". In September 2017, the twenty-ninth promotion began its training at the school. Since 2014 there have been 30–40 students finishing their education at the school each year. Most graduates work in Polish ministries. A founder and long-time director of the school was lawyer Prof. Maria Gintowt-Jankowicz. From 2012 to 2016, Jan Pastwa, a former Ambassador of Poland to the Czech Republic and KSAP graduate, was KSAP director. Current Minister of Foreign Affairs of Poland

Jacek Czaputowicz Jacek Krzysztof Czaputowicz (born 30 May 1956 in Warsaw, Poland) is a Polish politician and academic who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs of Poland from 9 January 2018 to 20 August 2020. Education In the years 1980-1983 Czaputowicz studied ...

was director of the school from 2008 to 2012. The school was the first establishment of its kind in a former Communist country. KSAP cooperates with public administration schools in other countries, providing partners in Ukraine, Afghanistan, or Myanmar) with training and workshops.

Alumni

There have been over 1100 graduates of KSAP so far. The best-known alumnus of the School is

Elżbieta Bieńkowska Elżbieta Ewa Bieńkowska (; ''née'' Moycho; born on 4 February 1964 in Katowice) is a Polish politician who served as Poland's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Regional Development and Transport before being nominated as European Commission ...

, the

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for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs, who formerly served as Minister for Infrastructure and Development of Poland, as well as Deputy Prime Minister in the Donald Tusk cabinet. Other alumni are

Mariusz Błaszczak Mariusz Błaszczak (born 19 September 1969, in Legionowo) is a Polish politician, historian, and local government representative. Since 9 January 2018, Blaszczak has been the Minister of National Defence of Poland. On 22 June 2022 Presiden ...

, a current Minister of Defence,

Władysław Stasiak Władysław Augustyn Stasiak (15 March 1966 – 10 April 2010) was a senior official and politician of the Republic of Poland. Biography Władysław Stasiak was born in Wrocław. He made history studies in Wrocław University, and got the N ...

, a former Minister of Interior and Administration in

Jarosław Kaczyński Cabinet Jarosław (; uk, Ярослав, Yaroslav, ; yi, יאַרעסלאָוו, Yareslov; german: Jaroslau) is a town in south-eastern Poland, with 38,970 inhabitants, as of 30 June 2014. Situated in the Subcarpathian Voivodeship (since 1999), previ ...

Robert Kupiecki Robert Kupiecki (born 5 September 1967 in Warsaw) is a Polish diplomat and former Deputy Minister of National Defence. Education Kupiecki received a master's degree from the Faculty of History at the University of Warsaw, and a PhD in politica ...

, a former Deputy Minister of National Defence and former Polish ambassador in the United States,

Waldemar Dubaniowski Waldemar Jan Dubaniowski (born 23 February 1964 in Warsaw) is a Polish government official and diplomat; currently serving as an ambassador of Poland to Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, and Myanmar; a former member of the National Broadcasting Council; ...

, a former member of the National Broadcasting Council, a former secretary of state and a Polish ambassador in Thailand. There exists an alumni association: the Association of KSAP Graduates (Stowarzyszenie Absolwentów KSAP).

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