The Ministry of Infrastructure () is a ministry within government of

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currently responsible for

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, water and maritime resources and exploatation. Incumbent Minister of Infrastructure is Dariusz Klimczak since 13 December 2023. Ministry headquarters are located at 4/6 Chałubińskiego Street in

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History

* 1919–1924 – Ministry of Railways * 1924–1926 – Ministry of Railways * 1926–1939 – Ministry of Communications * 1944 – Center for Communication, Post and Telegraph * 1944–1945 – Communication Center * 1945–1951 –

Ministry of Communications A Communications Ministry or Department of Communications is a ministry or other government agency charged with communication. Communications responsibilities include regulating telecommunications, postal services, broadcasting and print media. The ...

* 1951–1957 – Ministry of Railways * 1957 – Ministry of Road and Air Transport * 1957–1958 –

* 1957–1987 –

* 1987–1989 – Ministry of Transport, Shipping and Communications * 1989–2001 – Ministry of Transport and Maritime Economy * * The ministry was originally created under the premiership of

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in October 2001, yet was abolished in 2005 under the

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government of Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz, reorganized as the Ministry of Transport and Construction (2005–2006) and later by the

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(2006–2007). Following the 2007 election of

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under

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, the ministry was again reorganized into the Ministry of Infrastructure. * * Following the reelection of Tusk in the 2011 parliamentary elections, the

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moved to abolish the Infrastructure Ministry on 21 November 2011.
Sejm It was replaced by the Ministry of Transport, Construction and Marine Economy (Poland), Ministry of Transport, Construction and Maritime Economy, and the Ministry of Administration and Digitization. * * * 2001–2005 – Ministry of Infrastructure * 2005–2006 – Ministry of Transport and Construction * 2006–2007 –

* 2007–2011 – Ministry of Infrastructure * 2011–2013 – Ministry of Transport, Construction and Marine Economy (Poland), Ministry of Transport, Construction and Maritime Economy * 2013–2015 – Ministry of Infrastructure and Development * 2015–2018 – Ministry of Infrastructure and Construction

Headquarters

The building of the Ministry of Communication is a modernist office building at 4/6 Tytusa Chałubińskiego Street in Warsaw, erected between 1929 and 1931, designed by Rudolf Świerczyński. In the years 1948–1950 the complex of buildings was significantly expanded according to the design of Bohdan Pniewski. The high-rise part can be considered as the first skyscraper built in Warsaw, and probably in the whole country after World War II. In the period 1945–2000 the Polish State Railways were also managed from this building.

List of ministers

References

External links

Ministry of Infrastructure

Ministry of Infrastructure

Infrastructure Infrastructure is the set of facilities and systems that serve a country, city, or other area, and encompasses the services and facilities necessary for its economy, households and firms to function. Infrastructure is composed of public and pri ...

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