Ministry of Interior and Administration (Poland)

Ministry of the Interior and Administration of The Republic of Poland
Ministerstwo Spraw Wewnętrznych i Administracji

Official governmental wall plaque
Agency overview
Headquarters ul. Stefana Batorego 5, Warsaw
Agency executive
Parent agency Council of Ministers
Website www.mswia.gov.pl
The seat of the ministry on Stefan Batory Street, Warsaw.

Ministry of the Interior and Administration (Polish: Ministerstwo Spraw Wewnętrznych i Administracji) was 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 (Minister: Jacek Cichocki) and Ministry of Administration and Digitization (Minister: Michał Boni)

History and function

The ministry was originally founded in 1918 as the Ministry of Internal Affairs (Ministerstwo Spraw Wewnętrznych). 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 (on 24 December).

That was one of the most important governmental cabinet positions in Poland,[1] The ministry was responsible for the following:

While the ministry of the Interior supervises police forces, it does not supervise criminal enquiries; criminal enquiries are conducted under the supervision of the judiciary.

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 was Jerzy Miller.

List of ministers

Ministers of Internal Affairs of the Second Republic of Poland

Ministers of Public Security

Ministers of Internal Affairs of People's Republic of Poland

Ministers of Internal Affairs of Third Polish Republic

Ministers of Internal Affairs and Administration of Third Polish Republic

References

  1. It is equivalent to the Interior Ministry of other countries, the Home Office of the United Kingdom, or similar to a combination of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and Homeland Security (United States).
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