Ministry of Science and Higher Education (Poland)

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Ministry of Science and Higher Education

Ministerstwo Nauki i Szkolnictwa Wyższego
Official governmental wall plaque
Ministerial logotype
Agency overview
Formed	2006
Headquarters	ul. Wspólna 1/3, Warsaw
Agency executives	Przemysław Czarnek, Minister of Science and Higher Education Wojciech Maksymowicz, First Deputy Minister
Parent agency	Council of Ministers
Website	www.mnisw.gov.pl

The Ministry of Science and Higher Education (Polish: Ministerstwo Nauki i Szkolnictwa Wyższego) in Poland was opened on 5 May 2006 by the Minister of Science and Higher Education, in replacement of several parts of the Ministry of Education and Science. The Minister of Science and Higher Education administers governmental activities in science and higher education and has a budget for scientific research provided by State funds. The Rada Nauki (Science Council) acts together with the Minister, in replacement of the Komitet Badań Naukowych (Science Research Council) which was closed in 2005. The headquarters of the ministry are located at ulica Wspólna 1/3, Warsaw.

From 2020 Minister of Science and Higher Education is Przemysław Czarnek.

List of ministers[]

Ministers of Education and Science[]

	Portrait	Name	Party	Term of Office		Cabinet (Prime minister)
		Michał Seweryński	Law and Justice	31 October 2005	5 May 2006	Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz (Marcinkiewicz)
Ministers of Science and Higher Education
		Michał Seweryński	Law and Justice	5 May 2006	7 September 2007	Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz (Marcinkiewicz), Jarosław Kaczyński (Kaczyński)
		Jarosław Kaczyński	Law and Justice	7 September 2007	11 September 2007	Jarosław Kaczyński (Kaczyński)
		Michał Seweryński	Law and Justice	11 September 2007	16 November 2007	Jarosław Kaczyński (Kaczyński)
		Barbara Kudrycka	Civic Platform	16 November 2007	27 November 2013	Donald Tusk (Tusk I), (Tusk II)
		Lena Kolarska-Bobińska[1]	Civic Platform	27 November 2013[2]	16 November 2015	Donald Tusk (Tusk II) Ewa Kopacz (Kopacz)
		Jarosław Gowin	Agreement	16 November 2015	9 April 2020	Beata Szydło (Szydło) Mateusz Morawiecki (Morawiecki I), (Morawiecki II)
		vacancy		9 April 2020	16 April 2020	Mateusz Morawiecki (Morawiecki II)
		Wojciech Murdzek	Agreement	16 April 2020	19 October 2020	Mateusz Morawiecki (Morawiecki II)
Ministers of Education and Science
		Przemysław Czarnek	Law and Justice	19 October 2020	Present	Mateusz Morawiecki (Morawiecki II)

External links[]

• Official website

References[]

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