Ministry of National Education (Poland)
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.[1] In January 2021 the two were merged back.[2]
| Ministerstwo Edukacji Narodowej | |
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 Ministerial logotype | |
 Seat of the ministry | |
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| Headquarters | Al. J. Ch. Szucha 25, Warsaw |
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| Parent agency | Council of Ministers |
| Website | www.men.gov.pl |
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
- Stanisław Skrzeszewski (PPR) 31 December 1944 – 28 June 1945 (PKWN)
- Czesław Wycech (ZSL) 28 June 1945 – 5 February 1947
- Stanisław Skrzeszewski (PZPR) February 1947 – 7 July 1950
- Witold Jarosiński (PZPR) 7 July 1950 – 4 August 1956
- Feliks Baranowski (PZPR) 11 September 1956 – 13 November 1956
- Władysław Bieńkowski (PZPR) 13 November 1956 – 27 October 1959
- Wacław Tułodziecki (PZPR) 27 October 1959 – 11 November 1966
Ministers of Education and Higher Education
- Henryk Jabłoński (PZPR) 11 November 1966 – 28 March 1972
Ministers of Education and Behavior
Ministers of National Education
- Henryk Bednarski (PZPR) 23 October 1987 – 14 October 1988
- Jacek Fisiak (PZPR) 14 October 1988 – 1 August 1989
- Henryk Samsonowicz (NSZZ Solidarność) 12 September 1989 – 14 December 1990
- Robert Głębocki (KLD) 12 January 1991 – 5 December 1991
- Andrzej Stelmachowski (no party) 23 December 1991 – 5 June 1992
- Zdobysław Flisowski (no party) 11 July 1992 – 26 October 1993
- Aleksander Łuczak (PSL) 26 October 1993 – 1 March 1995
- Ryszard Czarny (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
- Edmund Wittbrodt (Solidarity Electoral Action) 20 July 2000 – 19 October 2001
Ministers of National Education and Sport
- Krystyna Łybacka (SLD) 19 October 2001 – 2 May 2004
- Mirosław Sawicki (no party) 2 May 2004 – 1 September 2005
Ministers of National Education
- Mirosław Sawicki (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
References
- Rozporządzenie Rady Ministrów z dnia 5 maja 2006 r. w sprawie utworzenia Ministerstwa Edukacji Narodowej oraz zniesienia Ministerstwa Edukacji i Nauki (Dz.U. z 2006 r. nr 76, poz. 532)
- Rozporządzenie Rady Ministrów z dnia 17 grudnia 2020 r. w sprawie utworzenia Ministerstwa Edukacji i Nauki oraz zniesienia Ministerstwa Edukacji Narodowej i Ministerstwa Nauki i Szkolnictwa Wyższego (Dz.U. z 2020 r. poz. 2334)
External links
- (in Polish) http://www.men.gov.pl/