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Ministry of the Interior and Administration of The Republic of Poland
Ministerstwo Spraw Wewnętrznych i Administracji
Ministerstwo Spraw Wewnętrznych i Administracji logo 2022.png
Ministerial logotype
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The seat of the ministry on Stefan Batory Street, Warsaw
Agency overview
Headquarters ul. Stefana Batorego 5, Warsaw
52°12′40″N 21°01′00″E / 52.21111°N 21.01667°E / 52.21111; 21.01667
Agency executive
  • Tomasz Siemoniak, Minister of the Interior and Administration
Parent agency Council of Ministers
Website gov.pl/mswia

Ministry of the Interior and Administration (Polish: Ministerstwo Spraw Wewnętrznych i Administracji) is 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). It was recreated in late 2015.

History and function

The ministry was 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, The ministry was responsible for the following:

  • The general interior security of the country, with respect to criminal acts or natural catastrophes
    • including the major law-enforcement forces (see law enforcement in Poland)
    • Civil defence
      • the State Fire Brigade (Straż Pożarna)
      • Search and rescue and the oversight of ambulance services
  • the granting of identity documents (Polish passports, identity cards) and driving licenses through the network of voivodeships
  • relations between the central government and local governments (except in the case of regional development, which is undertaken by the Ministry of Regional Development
  • logistics and organization of political elections, at the national and voivodeship levels (but the results of the elections are overseen by the Supreme Court of Poland)
  • regulation of immigration and preventing illegal immigration
  • integration and registration of legal immigrants

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 before it was split in 2011 was Jerzy Miller.

List of ministers

Second Polish Republic (1918–1939)

Minister Term of office Party Prime minister
Minister of Internal Affairs
Stanisław Thugutt1.jpg Stanisław Thugutt
17 November 1918 16 January 1919 PSL "Wyzwolenie" Jędrzej Moraczewski
Stanisław Wojciechowski. Fotografia portretowa..jpg Stanisław Wojciechowski
16 January 1919 9 June 1920 Independent Ignacy Paderewski
Leopold Skulski
Józef Kuczyński.png Józef Kuczyński
Chief executive
23 June 1920 24 July 1920 Independent Władysław Grabski
L Skulski (cropped).jpg Leopold Skulski
24 July 1920 28 June 1921 National People's Union Wincenty Witos
Władysław Raczkiewicz 1930.jpg Władysław Raczkiewicz
28 June 1921 13 September 1921 Independent
Stanisław Downarowicz.jpg Stanisław Downarowicz
19 September 1921 5 March 1922 Independent Antoni Ponikowski
Antoni Kamieński.jpg Antoni Kamieński
10 March 1922 11 December 1922 Independent
Artur Śliwiński
Julian Nowak
L.Darowski.jpg Ludwik Darowski
Chief executive
11 December 1922 14 December 1922 Independent
Sikorski prime minister.jpg Władysław Sikorski
16 December 1922 26 May 1923 Independent Himself
Kiernik 1930.jpg Władysław Kiernik
28 May 1923 15 December 1923 PSL "Piast" Wincenty Witos
Władysław Sołtan.jpg Władysław Sołtan
19 December 1923 21 March 1924 Independent Władysław Grabski
Zygmunt Hübner portrait (cropped).jpg Zygmunt Hübner
21 March 1924 17 November 1924 Independent
Cyryl Ratajski.jpg Cyryl Ratajski
17 November 1924 14 (15) June 1925 ?
Władysław Raczkiewicz 1930.jpg Władysław Raczkiewicz
14 (20) June 1925 5 May 1926 Independent
Aleksander Skrzyński
Smólski (cropped).jpg Stefan Smólski
10 May 1926 15 May 1926 Polish Christian
Democratic Party
Wincenty Witos
Kazimierz Młodzianowski (cropped).jpg Kazimierz Młodzianowski
15 May 1926 30 September 1926 Independent Kazimierz Bartel
FSSkladkowski (HistoriaPolski str.247).jpg Felicjan Sławoj Składkowski
2 October 1926 7 December 1929 Independent Józef Piłsudski
Kazimierz Bartel
Kazimierz Świtalski
Henryk Józewski (cropped).jpg Henryk Józewski
29 December 1929 3 June 1930 Independent Kazimierz Bartel
Walery Sławek
FSSkladkowski (HistoriaPolski str.247).jpg Felicjan Sławoj Składkowski
3 June 1930 22 June 1931 Independent
Józef Piłsudski
Walery Sławek
Aleksander Prystor
Pieracki Kalendarz.jpg Bronisław Pieracki
22 June 1931 15 June 1934 Independent
(BBWR)
Janusz Jędrzejewicz
Leon Kozłowski
Leon Kozłowski (prime minister) (1) (cropped).jpg Leon Kozłowski
16 June 1934 28 June 1934 Independent
(BBWR)
Zyndram Koscialkowski.jpg Marian Zyndram-Kościałkowski
28 June 1934 12 October 1935 Independent
(BBWR)
Walery Sławek
Władysław Raczkiewicz 1930.jpg Władysław Raczkiewicz
13 October 1935 15 May 1936 Independent
(BBWR)
Marian Zyndram-Kościałkowski
FSSkladkowski (HistoriaPolski str.247).jpg Felicjan Sławoj Składkowski
16 May 1936 30 September 1939 Independent Himself

Comunist era (1944–1989)

Minister Term of office Party Prime minister
Minister of Public Security
Stanisław Radkiewicz (cropped).jpg Stanisław Radkiewicz
21 July 1944 7 December 1954 Polish United
Workers' Party
Osóbka-Morawski
(PKWN, RTRP, TRJN)
Cyrankiewicz
Bierut
Cyrankiewicz
Minister of Internal Affairs
No image avalible Władysław Wicha
7 December 1954 12 December 1964 Polish United
Workers' Party
Cyrankiewicz
Mieczysław Moczar.jpg Mieczysław Moczar
12 December 1964 15 July 1968
Kazimierz Świtała.jpg Kazimierz Świtała
15 July 1968 13 February 1971
Jaroszewicz
Franciszek Szlachcic.jpg Franciszek Szlachcic
13 February 1971 22 December 1971
No image avalible Wiesław Ociepka
22 December 1971 28 February 1973
Stanisław Kowalczyk.jpg Stanisław Kowalczyk
22 March 1973 8 October 1980
Babiuch
Pińkowski
Acting
Pińkowski
Miroslaw Milewski PZPR.jpg Mirosław Milewski
8 October 1980 31 July 1981
Jaruzelski
Czeslaw Kiszczak.jpg Czesław Kiszczak
31 July 1981 6 July 1990
Messner
Rakowski
Himself
Mazowiecki

Republic of Poland (after 1989)

Minister Term of office Party Cabinet
Minister of Interior
2008.06.22. Krzysztof Kozlowski Fot Mariusz Kubik 02.JPG Krzysztof Kozłowski
6 July 1990 12 January 1991 Democratic Union Mazowiecki
No image avalible Henryk Majewski
12 January 1991 23 December 1991 Independent Bielecki
Antoni Macierewicz Sejm 2014.JPG Antoni Macierewicz
23 December 1991 20 June 1992 Christian National Union Olszewski
No image avalible Andrzej Milczanowski
11 July 1992 22 December 1995 Independent Suchocka
Pawlak
Oleksy
No image avalible Jerzy Konieczny
29 December 1995 7 February 1996 Independent
No image avalible Zbigniew Siemiątkowski
7 February 1996 31 December 1996 Democratic Left Alliance Cimoszewicz
Minister of Interior and Administration
Leszek Miller Sejm 2015 02.JPG Leszek Miller
1 January 1997 31 October 1997 Democratic Left Alliance Cimoszewicz
No image avalible Janusz Tomaszewski
31 October 1997 3 September 1999 Social Movement Buzek
Marek Biernacki 2015.JPG Marek Biernacki
7 October 1999 19 October 2001 Social Movement
Krzysztof Janik 2013 (cropped).jpg Krzysztof Janik
19 October 2001 21 January 2004 Democratic Left Alliance Miller
Józef Oleksy 2004.jpg Józef Oleksy
21 January 2004 21 April 2004 Democratic Left Alliance
Jerzy Szmajdzinski.jpg Jerzy Szmajdziński
Acting
21 April 2004 2 May 2004 Democratic Left Alliance
Ryszard Kalisz 2013 (cropped).jpg Ryszard Kalisz
2 May 2004 31 October 2005 Democratic Left Alliance Belka I
Belka II
Ludwik Dorn Sejm 2014(cropped).JPG Ludwik Dorn
31 October 2005 7 February 2007 Law and Justice Marcinkiewicz
Kaczyński
Janusz Kaczmarek 03.jpg Janusz Kaczmarek
8 February 2007 7 August 2007 Independent
Władysław Stasiak (cropped).jpg Władysław Stasiak
8 August 2007 16 November 2007 Independent
Grzegorz Schetyna Sejm 2019.jpg Grzegorz Schetyna
16 November 2007 13 October 2009 Civic Platform Tusk I
Jerzy Miller - wojewoda.jpg Jerzy Miller
14 October 2009 18 November 2011 Independent
Minister of Interior
Przedstawienie kandydatów na ministrów w rządzie Ewy Kopacz (15104035247) (cropped).jpg Jacek Cichocki
18 November 2011 25 February 2013 Independent Tusk II
Bartłomiej Sienkiewicz 2013 (cropped).jpg Bartłomiej Sienkiewicz
25 February 2013 22 September 2014 Independent
Teresa Piotrowska.jpg Teresa Piotrowska
22 September 2014 16 November 2015 Civic Platform Kopacz
Minister of Interior and Administration
Mariusz Błaszczak portret.jpg Mariusz Błaszczak
16 November 2015 9 January 2018 Law and Justice Szydło
Morawiecki I
Joachim Brudziński 2018 (cropped).jpg Joachim Brudziński
9 January 2018 4 June 2019 Law and Justice
Elżbieta Witek.jpg Elżbieta Witek
4 June 2019 9 August 2019 Law and Justice
Mariusz Kamiński (50064216943) (cropped).jpg Mariusz Kamiński
9 August 2019 27 November 2023 Law and Justice
Morawiecki II
Paweł Szefernaker 2018 (cropped).jpg Paweł Szefernaker
27 November 2023 13 December 2023 Law and Justice Morawiecki III
Marcin Kierwiński KPRM 2.jpg Marcin Kierwiński
13 December 2023 13 May 2024 Civic Platform Tusk III
Tomasz Siemoniak Sejm 2016.JPG Tomasz Siemoniak
13 May 2024 Incumbent Civic Platform
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