Ministry of National Education (Poland)

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Ministry of National Education

Ministerstwo Edukacji Narodowej
Official governmental wall plaque
Ministerial logotype
Seat of the ministry
Agency overview
Preceding agency	Ministry of Religious Affairs and Public Education
Headquarters	Al. J. Ch. Szucha 25, Warsaw
Agency executive	Przemysław Czarnek, Minister of National Education First Deputy Minister
Parent agency	Council of Ministers
Website	www.men.gov.pl

The Ministry of National Education (Polish: Ministerstwo Edukacji Narodowej, MEN) was a ministerial department of the government of Poland. The ministry's prerogatives included setting educational standards and youth activities. It did not oversee higher education, which fell under Ministry of Science and Higher Education. The two were created in May 2006 by splitting the Ministry of Education and Science [pl].^[1] In January 2021 the two were merged back.^[2]

The ministry, established in 1944, succeeded the pre-war Ministry of Religious Affairs and Public Education.

Headquarters[]

The seat of the Ministry is the building of the Ministry of Religious Denominations and Public Enlightenment in Warsaw. The building was constructed in the years 1925-1930 according to the design of Professor Zdzisław Mączeński for the then Ministry of Religious Denominations and Public Enlightenment.

List of ministers[]

Ministers of Education[]

• (PPR) 31 December 1944 – 28 June 1945 (PKWN)
• Czesław Wycech (ZSL) 28 June 1945 – 5 February 1947
• (PZPR) February 1947 – 7 July 1950
• (PZPR) 7 July 1950 – 4 August 1956
• (PZPR) 11 September 1956 – 13 November 1956
• (PZPR) 13 November 1956 – 27 October 1959
• (PZPR) 27 October 1959 – 11 November 1966

Ministers of Education and Higher Education[]

• (PZPR) 11 November 1966 – 28 March 1972

Ministers of Education and Behavior[]

• (PZPR) 29 March 1972 – 8 February 1979
• (PZPR) 8 February 1979 – 2 April 1980
• (PZPR) 3 April 1980 – 12 February 1981
• (PZPR) 12 February 1981 – 6 November 1985
• (PZPR) 12 November 1985 – 23 October 1987

Ministers of National Education[]

• (PZPR) 23 October 1987 – 14 October 1988
• (PZPR) 14 October 1988 – 1 August 1989
• Henryk Samsonowicz () 12 September 1989 – 14 December 1990
• (KLD) 12 January 1991 – 5 December 1991
• Andrzej Stelmachowski (no party) 23 December 1991 – 5 June 1992
• (no party) 11 July 1992 – 26 October 1993
• (PSL) 26 October 1993 – 1 March 1995
• (SdRP) 4 March 1995 – 26 January 1996
• Jerzy Wiatr (SdRP) 15 February 1996 – 17 October 1997
• Mirosław Handke (Solidarity Electoral Action) 31 October 1997 – 20 July 2000
• (Solidarity Electoral Action) 20 July 2000 – 19 October 2001

Ministers of National Education and Sport[]

• Krystyna Łybacka (SLD) 19 October 2001 – 2 May 2004
• (no party) 2 May 2004 – 1 September 2005

Ministers of National Education[]

• (no party) 1 September 2005 – 31 October 2005

Ministers of Education and Science[]

• Michał Seweryński (PiS) 31 October 2005 – 5 May 2006

Ministers of National Education[]

• Roman Giertych (LPR) 5 May 2006 – 13 August 2007
• Ryszard Legutko (no party) 13 August 2007 – 16 November 2007
• Katarzyna Hall (no party) 16 November 2007 – 18 November 2011
• Krystyna Szumilas (PO) 18 November 2011 – 27 November 2013
• Joanna Kluzik-Rostkowska (PO) 27 November 2013 - 16 November 2015
• Anna Zalewska (PiS) 16 November 2015 – 4 June 2019
• Dariusz Piontkowski (PiS) 4 June 2019 – 19 October 2020
• Przemysław Czarnek 19 October 2020 – January 1, 2021

Ministers of Education and Science[]

• Przemysław Czarnek (PiS) since 2020

See also[]

• Komisja Edukacji Narodowej

References[]

External links[]

• (in Polish) http://www.men.gov.pl/