Ministry of Culture and National Heritage (Poland)
| Ministerstwo Kultury i Dziedzictwa Narodowego | |
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Official governmental wall plaque | |
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Ministerial Logotype | |
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| Headquarters | ul. Krakowskie Przedmieście 15/17, Warsaw |
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| Parent agency | Council of Ministers |
| Website | www.mkidn.gov.pl |
The Potocki Palace in central Warsaw houses the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage
Seat of the Ministry - the main palace building
Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland (Polish: Ministerstwo Kultury i Dziedzictwa Narodowego) was formed on 31 October 2005, from transformation of Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Poland.
The ministry is concerned with various aspects of Polish culture.
The ministry can trace its history to 1944.
The current minister is Piotr Gliński.
List of ministers
Ministers of Culture and Art (1989-1999)
| No. | Name | Term of Offices | Party | Served under |
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| 1 | Izabella Cywińska | 12 September 1989 - 14 December 1990 | None | Tadeusz Mazowiecki |
| 2 | Marek Rostworowski | 12 January 1991 - 5 December 1991 | None | Jan Krzysztof Bielecki |
| 3 | Andrzej Siciński | 23 December 1991 - 5 June 1992 | None | Jan Olszewski |
| Piotr Łukasiewicz (acting) | 11 July 1992 - 17 February 1993 | None | Hanna Suchocka | |
| 4 | Jerzy Góral | 17 February 1993 - 26 October 1993 | United Christian Nationals | Hanna Suchocka |
| 5 | Kazimierz Dejmek | 26 October 1993 - 26 January 1996 | None | Waldemar Pawlak, Józef Oleksy |
| 6 | Zdzisław Podkański | 15 February 1996 - 31 October 1997 | Polish People's Party | Włodzimierz Cimoszewicz |
| 7 | Joanna Wnuk-Nazarowa | 31 October 1997 - 26 March 1998 | Freedom Union | Jerzy Buzek |
| 8 | Andrzej Zakrzewski | 26 March 1998 - 19 October 1999 | Conservative People's Party | Jerzy Buzek |
Ministers of Culture and National Heritage (1999-2001)
| No. | Name | Term of Offices | Party | Served under |
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| 1 | Andrzej Zakrzewski | 19 October 1999 - 10 February 2000 | Conservative People's Party | Jerzy Buzek |
| 2 | Kazimierz Michał Ujazdowski | 16 March 2000 - 12 July 2001 | Conservative People's Party | Jerzy Buzek |
| 3 | Andrzej Zieliński | 12 July 2001 - 19 October 2001 | None | Jerzy Buzek |
Ministers of Culture (2001-2005)
| No. | Name | Term of Offices | Party | Served under |
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| 1 | Andrzej Celiński | 19 October 2001 - 6 July 2002 | Democratic Left Alliance | Leszek Miller |
| 2 | Waldemar Dąbrowski | 6 July 2002 - 31 October 2005 | None | Leszek Miller, Marek Belka |
Ministers of Culture and National Heritage (2005-present)
| No. | Name | Term of Offices | Party | Served under |
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| 1 | Kazimierz Michał Ujazdowski | 31 October 2005 - 7 September 2007 | Law and Justice | Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz, Jarosław Kaczyński |
| Jarosław Kaczyński (acting) | 7 September 2007 - 12 September 2007 | Law and Justice | Jarosław Kaczyński | |
| 2 | Kazimierz Michał Ujazdowski | 12 September 2007 - 16 November 2007 | Law and Justice | Jarosław Kaczyński |
| 3 | Bogdan Zdrojewski | 16 November 2007 – 17 June 2014 | Civic Platform | Donald Tusk |
| 4 | Małgorzata Omilanowska | 17 June 2014 – 16 November 2015 | None | Donald Tusk, Ewa Kopacz |
| 5 | Piotr Gliński | 16 November 2015 – present | Law and Justice | Beata Szydło |
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