Ministry of Marine Economy (Poland)

Polish Ministry of Maritime Economy (Polish: Ministerstwo Gospodarki Morskiej) was created on May 5, 2006 during reconstruction of Prime Minister Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz government.

Ministry take an authority over some matters, previously administrated by Ministries of Agriculture, Economy and Transportation.

Ministry of Maritime Economy had an authority over:

Overseeing of civilian navy
Security of civilian navy
Protection of the maritime environment
Education of maritime crews
Overseeing government agencies responsible for maritime matters (i.e. maritime schools and courts)
Fishing

Creation of the ministry was often criticized. Many people say that this was created by political reason, to establish another ministry for coalition party of ruled Law and Justice - League of Polish Families,^[1] because there is no need to creation separate ministry.

Abolition of the Ministry

In the new government of Donald Tusk there are no Ministry of Maritime Economy, which was abolished and their competences were transferred for other Ministries.

List of ministers

Rafał Wiechecki (LPR), May 5, 2006 - August 13, 2007 (left his post after LPR withdrawn from coalition)
Marek Gróbarczyk (No party), August 13, 2007 - November 16, 2007

References

↑ Polityka, February 17, 2007

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