Ministry of National Education (Poland)
The Ministry of National Education is a ministerial department of the government of Poland, established on 1 January 2024 after being separated from the Ministry of Education and Science. The ministry's prerogatives include setting educational standards and youth activities. It does not oversee higher education, which falls under Ministry of Science and Higher Education. The two were created in May 2006 by splitting the Ministry of Education and Science. In January 2021, the two were merged, only to be separated again in 2024.
The ministry, established in 1944, succeeded the pre-war Ministry of Religious Affairs and Public Education.
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Headquarters
The seat of the ministry is the former building of the Ministry of Religious Affairs and Public Education in Warsaw. The building was constructed in the years 1925-1930 according to the design of Zdzisław Mączeński.List of ministers
Ministers of Education
- Stanisław Skrzeszewski 31 December 1944 – 28 June 1945
- Czesław Wycech 28 June 1945 – 5 February 1947
- Stanisław Skrzeszewski February 1947 – 7 July 1950
- Witold Jarosiński 7 July 1950 – 4 August 1956
- Feliks Baranowski 11 September 1956 – 13 November 1956
- Władysław Bieńkowski 13 November 1956 – 27 October 1959
- Wacław Tułodziecki 27 October 1959 – 11 November 1966
Ministers of Education and Higher Education
- Henryk Jabłoński 11 November 1966 – 28 March 1972
Ministers of Education and Behavior
- Jerzy Kuberski 29 March 1972 – 8 February 1979
- Józef Tejchma 8 February 1979 – 2 April 1980
- Krzysztof Kruszewski 3 April 1980 – 12 February 1981
- Bolesław Faron 12 February 1981 – 6 November 1985
- Joanna Michałowska-Gumowska 12 November 1985 – 23 October 1987
Ministers of National Education
- Henryk Bednarski 23 October 1987 – 14 October 1988
- Jacek Fisiak 14 October 1988 – 1 August 1989
- Henryk Samsonowicz 12 September 1989 – 14 December 1990
- Robert Głębocki 12 January 1991 – 5 December 1991
- Andrzej Stelmachowski 23 December 1991 – 5 June 1992
- Zdobysław Flisowski 11 July 1992 – 26 October 1993
- Aleksander Łuczak 26 October 1993 – 1 March 1995
- Ryszard Czarny 4 March 1995 – 26 January 1996
- Jerzy Wiatr 15 February 1996 – 17 October 1997
- Mirosław Handke 31 October 1997 – 20 July 2000
- Edmund Wittbrodt 20 July 2000 – 19 October 2001
Ministers of National Education and Sport
- Krystyna Łybacka 19 October 2001 – 2 May 2004
- Mirosław Sawicki 2 May 2004 – 1 September 2005
Ministers of National Education
- Mirosław Sawicki 1 September 2005 – 31 October 2005
Ministers of Education and Science
- Michał Seweryński 31 October 2005 – 5 May 2006
Ministers of National Education
- Roman Giertych 5 May 2006 – 13 August 2007
- Ryszard Legutko 13 August 2007 – 16 November 2007
- Katarzyna Hall 16 November 2007 – 18 November 2011
- Krystyna Szumilas 18 November 2011 – 27 November 2013
- Joanna Kluzik-Rostkowska 27 November 2013 - 16 November 2015
- Anna Zalewska 16 November 2015 – 4 June 2019
- Dariusz Piontkowski 4 June 2019 – 19 October 2020
- Przemysław Czarnek 19 October 2020 – January 1, 2021
Ministers of Education and Science
- Przemysław Czarnek 19 October 2020 - 27 November 2023
- Krzysztof Szczucki 27 November 2023 - 13 December 2023
Ministers of National Education
- Barbara Nowacka 13 December 2023 – present