Poland's Ministry of Finance ( pl, Ministerstwo Finansów), headed by the Minister of Finance ''(Minister Finansów)'', is part of the

government of Poland The Government of Poland takes the form of a Unitary state, unitary Parliamentary republic, parliamentary Representative democracy, representative democratic republic, whereby the President of Poland, President is the head of state and the Prime ...

. Among its powers and responsibilities it drafts the national

budget A budget is a calculation play, usually but not always financial, for a defined period, often one year or a month. A budget may include anticipated sales volumes and revenues, resource quantities including time, costs and expenses, environmenta ...

, deals with

tax A tax is a compulsory financial charge or some other type of levy imposed on a taxpayer (an individual or legal entity) by a governmental organization in order to fund government spending and various public expenditures (regional, local, or n ...

es, financing of the local

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s and issues related to

public debt A country's gross government debt (also called public debt, or sovereign debt) is the financial liabilities of the government sector. Changes in government debt over time reflect primarily borrowing due to past government deficits. A deficit oc ...

. In the area of taxation, the ministry oversees a system of local and regional tax offices. A local tax office is called ''urząd skarbowy'' ("tax office"), while a higher-level office is called ''izba administracji skarbowej'' ("revenue administration regional office"). There are approximately 400 of the former throughout the country, and 16 of the latter, one in each

voivodeship A voivodeship is the area administered by a voivode (Governor) in several countries of central and eastern Europe. Voivodeships have existed since medieval times and the area of extent of voivodeship resembles that of a duchy in western medieval ...

(province). In each voivodeship there is also one "customs and tax control office" ''(urząd celno-skarbowy)''. The Ministry of Finance existed alongside the

Ministry of the Treasury The (lit. the department of the great treasury) was a division of the eighth-century Japanese government of the Imperial Court in Kyoto, instituted in the Asuka period and formalized during the Heian period. The Ministry was replaced in the Meij ...

, which was responsible mainly for the management of nationally owned assets, and the

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Headquarters

The Ministry of Finance building is located in the quarter of Świętokrzyska, Czackiego, Traugutta and

Krakowskie Przedmieście Krakowskie Przedmieście (, literally: ''Cracow Fore-town''; french: link=no, Faubourg de Cracovie), often abbreviated to Krakowskie, is one of the best known and most prestigious streets of Poland's capital Warsaw, surrounded by historic palaces ...

streets in

Warsaw Warsaw ( pl, Warszawa, ), officially the Capital City of Warsaw,, abbreviation: ''m.st. Warszawa'' is the capital and largest city of Poland. The metropolis stands on the River Vistula in east-central Poland, and its population is officia ...

It is an example of socialist realist architecture. In 2012, it was entered in the register of monuments. The building was erected in 1953-1956 for the Ministry of Treasury. It was designed by Stanisław Bieńkuński and Stanisław Rychłowski. The architecture combines the features of modernism with the canons of socialist realism style, while applying the palace assumptions of the Renaissance and Baroque period.

List of ministers

Below is a list of

Finance Minister A finance minister is an executive or cabinet position in charge of one or more of government finances, economic policy and financial regulation. A finance minister's portfolio has a large variety of names around the world, such as "treasury", " ...

s of

Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populous ...

Second Republic

* Władysław Byrka, 18.11.1918 - 16.01.1919 *

Józef Englich Joseph is a common male given name, derived from the Hebrew Yosef (יוֹסֵף). "Joseph" is used, along with "Josef", mostly in English, French and partially German languages. This spelling is also found as a variant in the languages of the mo ...

, 16.01.1919 - 04.04.1919 *

Stanisław Karpiński Stanislav and variants may refer to: People *Stanislav (given name), a Slavic given name with many spelling variations (Stanislaus, Stanislas, Stanisław, etc.) Places * Stanislav, a coastal village in Kherson, Ukraine * Stanislaus County, Cali ...

, 04.04.1919 - 31.07.1919 *

Leon Biliński Chevalier Leon de Biliński (15 June 1846 in Zalischyky, Galicia, now Ukraine – 14 June 1923 in Vienna) was a Polish-Austrian statesman of the Biliński family. He had several important political functions in the Habsburg monarchy and indep ...

, 31.07.1919 - 9.12.1919 *

Władysław Grabski Władysław Dominik Grabski (; 7 July 1874 – 1 March 1938) was a Polish National Democratic politician, economist and historian. He was the main author of the currency reform in the Second Polish Republic and served as Prime Minister of Poland ...

, 13.12.1919 - 26.11.1920 *

Jan Kanty Steczkowski Jan Kanty Steczkowski (; 16 October 1862, Dąbrowa Tarnowska – 3 September 1929, Kraków) was a Polish economist, solicitor and politician. Steczkowski served as Minister of Finance of Poland in the government of Jan Kucharzewski. On 4 April ...

, 26.11.1920 - 18.09.1921 *

Bolesław Markowski Boleslav or Bolesław may refer to: In people: * Boleslaw (given name) In geography: *Bolesław, Dąbrowa County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland *Bolesław, Olkusz County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland *Bolesław, Silesian Voivodeship, Pol ...

, 19.09.1921 - 26.09.1921 *

Jerzy Michalski Jerzy Michalski (9 April 1924 in Warsaw – 26 February 2007 in Warsaw) was a Polish historian, specializing in the 18th and 19th centuries. He was a professor of the Institutenof History at the Polish Academy of Sciences The Polish Academy of ...

, 26.09.1921 - 02.06.1922 *

Zygmunt Jastrzębski Zygmunt, Zigmunt, Zigmund and spelling variations thereof are masculine given names and occasionally surnames. People so named include: Given name Medieval period * Sigismund I the Old (1467–1548), Zygmunt I Stary in Polish, King of Poland and Gr ...

, 28.06.1922 - 02.01.1923 *

, 09.01.1923 - 13.01.1923 *

, 13.01.1923 - 01.07.1923 *

Hubert Linde Hubert is a Germanic masculine given name, from ''hug'' "mind" and ''beraht'' "bright". It also occurs as a surname. Saint Hubertus or Hubert (c. 656 – 30 May 727) is the patron saint of hunters, mathematicians, opticians, and metalworkers. ...

, 01.07.1923 - 30.08.1923 *

Władysław Kucharski Władysław is a Polish given male name, cognate with Vladislav. The feminine form is Władysława, archaic forms are Włodzisław (male) and Włodzisława (female), and Wladislaw is a variation. These names may refer to: Famous people Mononym * W ...

, 01.09.1923 - 14.12.1923 *

, 19.12.1923 - 14.11.1925 *

Jerzy Zdziechowski Jerzy Zdziechowski (27 August 1880 – 25 April 1975) was a Polish politician, economist and economical activist, author of economical works. Zdziechowski was born in Rozdół, Podolia Governorate. During the years of 1917 and 1918 he was one of ...

, 20.11.1925 - 15.05.1926 *

Gabriel Czechowicz Gabriel Czechowicz (1876-1938) was a Polish lawyer, economist and politician. He was the Polish Treasury Minister from 1926 to 1929. Accused of misuse of government funds, Czechowicz was the only Polish politician of the interwar period that fa ...

, 15.05.1926 - 04.06.1926 *

Czesław Klarner Czesław, ( cz, Česlav, be, italic=yes, Časłaŭ; Česłaŭ, lt, Česlovas) is an old given name derived from the Slavic elements ''ča'' (to await) and ''slava'' (glory). Feminine form: Czesława/Česlava. The name may refer to: * Ceslaus, ...

, 08.06.1926 - 30.09.1926 *

, 02.10.1926 - 08.03.1929 *

Ignacy Matuszewski Ignacy Hugo Stanisław Matuszewski (born September 10, 1891, in Warsaw, died on August 3, 1946, in New York City) was a Polish politician, publicist, diplomat, Minister of Finance of the Second Polish Republic, colonel, infantry officer and int ...

, 14.04.1929 - 26.05.1931 *

Jan Piłsudski Jan Piłsudski (15 January 1876 – 21 December 1950), was a Polish politician and younger brother of Marshal Józef Piłsudski. Like his famous brother, Piłsudski was born in Zalavas ( pl, Zułów), Lithuania, in what was then the Russian Emp ...

, 27.05.1931 - 05.09.1932 * Władysław Marian Zawadzki, 05.09.1932 - 28.02.1935 *

Eugeniusz Kwiatkowski Eugeniusz Kwiatkowski (30 December 1888, Kraków – 22 August 1974, Kraków) was a Polish politician and economist, Deputy Prime Minister of Poland, government minister and manager of the Second Polish Republic. Biography He studied at the pr ...

, 12.10.1935 - 17.09.1939 *

Henryk Leon Strasburger Henryk Leon Strasburger (27 May 1887 – 2 May 1951) was a Polish economist, general commissioner in the Free City of Danzig (now Gdańsk) and delegate to the League of Nations. He was also a member of the Polish government in exile during Wor ...

, (1939–1942,

Polish government in exile The Polish government-in-exile, officially known as the Government of the Republic of Poland in exile ( pl, Rząd Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej na uchodźstwie), was the government in exile of Poland formed in the aftermath of the Invasion of Pola ...

) Source:

Polish People's Republic The Polish People's Republic ( pl, Polska Rzeczpospolita Ludowa, PRL) was a country in Central Europe that existed from 1947 to 1989 as the predecessor of the modern Republic of Poland. With a population of approximately 37.9 million nea ...
(1947–1989)

* Konstanty Dąbrowski, 07.03.1950 - 20.11.1952 * Tadeusz Ditrich, 21.11.1952 - 28.07.1960 *

Jerzy Albrecht Jerzy is the Polish version of the masculine given name George. The most common nickname for Jerzy is Jurek (), which may also be used as an official first name. Occasionally the nickname Jerzyk may be used, which means "swift" in Polish. People ...

, 16.11.1960 - 15.07.1968 * Stanisław Majewski, 15.07.1968 - 30.06.1969 * Józef Trendota, 01.07.1969 - 22.12.1971 *

Stefan Jędrychowski Stefan Jędrychowski (19 May 1910 – 26 May 1996) was a Polish communist politician, economist and journalist, who served as deputy prime minister, foreign minister and finance minister in Poland. Early life and education Born in Warsaw on 19 ...

, 22.12.1971 - 21.11.1974 *

Henryk Kisiel Henryk may refer to: * Henryk (given name) * Henryk, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, a village in south-central Poland * Henryk Glacier, an Antarctic glacier See also * Henryk Batuta hoax, an internet hoax * Henrykian articles The Henrician Article ...

, 21.11.1974 - 24.08.1980 * Marian Krzak, 24.08.1980 - 10.10.1982 *

Stanisław Nieckarz Stanislav and variants may refer to: People * Stanislav (given name), a Slavic given name with many spelling variations (Stanislaus, Stanislas, Stanisław, etc.) Places * Stanislav, a coastal village in Kherson, Ukraine * Stanislaus County, C ...

, 09.10.1982 - 17.07.1986 * Bazyli Samojlik, 17.07.1986 - 13.10.1988 *

Andrzej Wróblewski Andrzej Wróblewski (15 June 1927 - 23 March 1957) was a Polish Figurative art, figurative painter who died in a mountaineering accident in 1957 when he was only 29. He is recognized by many as one of Poland's most prominent artists in the early p ...

, 14.10.1988 - 12.09.1989 Source:

Third Republic (since 1989)

Leszek Balcerowicz Leszek Henryk Balcerowicz (pronounced ; born 19 January 1947) is a Polish economist, statesman, and Professor at Warsaw School of Economics. He served as Chairman of the National Bank of Poland (2001–2007) and twice as Deputy Prime Minister of ...

(12 September 1989 – 5 December 1991) * Karol Lutkowski (23 December 1991 – 26 February 1992) *

Andrzej Olechowski Andrzej Marian Olechowski (; born 9 September 1947) is a Polish politician. He was one of the co-founders of liberal conservative party Civic Platform in 2001 with Maciej Płażyński and Donald Tusk. He served as Minister of Finance (1992) in th ...

(26 February 1992 – 5 June 1992) *

Jerzy Osiatyński Jerzy Osiatyński (2 November 1941 – 4 February 2022) was a Polish politician. A member of the Democratic Union, he served in the Sejm from 1989 to 2001 and was Minister of Finance from 1992 to 1993. Osiatyński died in Warsaw Warsaw ...

(11 July 1992 – 26 October 1993) *

Marek Borowski Marek Stefan Borowski (; born 4 January 1946 in Warsaw, Poland) is a Polish left-wing politician. He led the Democratic Left Alliance (SLD) for a time and was Speaker of the Sejm (the lower, more powerful, house of Poland's parliament) from 200 ...

(26 October 1993 – 8 February 1994) *

Grzegorz Kołodko Grzegorz Witold Kołodko (pronounced ; born 28 January 1949 in Tczew, Poland) is a distinguished professor of economics. A key architect of Polish economic reforms. He is the author of New Pragmatism original paradigmatic and heterodox theory of ...

(28 April 1994 – 4 February 1997) *

Marek Belka Marek Marian Belka (; born 9 January 1952 in Lódź) is a Polish professor of economics and politician who has served as Prime Minister of Poland and Finance Minister of Poland in two governments. He is a former Director of the International Mo ...

(4 February 1997 – 17 October 1997) *

(31 October 1997 – 8 June 2000) * Jarosław Bauc (8 June 2000 – 28 August 2001) *

Halina Wasilewska-Trenkner Halina Weronika Wasilewska-Trenkner (26 April 1942 – 15 November 2017)See in Polish: http://wiadomosci.dziennik.pl/wydarzenia/artykuly/562644,nie-zyje-byla-minister-finansow-halina-wasilewska-trenkner.html Retrieved 23 January 2018 was a Polis ...

(28 August 2001 – 19 October 2001) *

(19 October 2001 – 6 July 2002) *

(6 July 2002 – 16 June 2003) *

Andrzej Raczko Andrzej is the Polish form of the given name Andrew. Notable individuals with the given name Andrzej * Andrzej Bartkowiak (born 1950), Polish film director and cinematographer * Andrzej Bobola, S.J. (1591–1657), Polish saint, missionary and ...

(16 June 2003 – 21 July 2004) * Mirosław Gronicki (21 July 2004 – 31 October 2005) * Teresa Lubińska (31 October 2005 – 7 January 2006) *

Zyta Gilowska Zyta Janina Gilowska (7 July 1949 – 5 April 2016) was a Polish economist, academic, and politician. Early life and education Gilowska was born in Nowe Miasto Lubawskie on 7 July 1949. In 1972, she graduated with a degree in economics from Wa ...

(7 January 2006 – 24 June 2006) * Paweł Wojciechowski (24 June 2006 – 10 July 2006) *

Stanisław Kluza Stanisław Kluza (, born 2 June 1972 in Warsaw) is a Polish economist who, from 14 July to 22 September 2006, was the Finance Minister in the cabinet of Jarosław Kaczyński. He is the successor of Paweł Wojciechowski, who lasted only two weeks ...

(14 July 2006 - 22 September 2006) *

(22 September 2006 - 16 November 2007) *

Jan Vincent-Rostowski Jan Anthony Vincent-Rostowski, also known as Jacek Rostowski (; born 30 April 1951, London), is a Polish-British economist and politician who served as Minister of Finance and Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Poland. He was a candidate ...

(16 November 2007 – 27 November 2013) *

Mateusz Szczurek Mateusz Szczurek (born 11 August 1975 in Warsaw, Poland) is a Polish economist and politician. He was the Polish Minister of Finance in the governments of successive prime ministers Donald Tusk and Ewa Kopacz from 2013 to 2015. Education Szczurek ...

(27 November 2013 – 16 November 2015) *

Paweł Szałamacha Paweł Włodzimierz Szałamacha (born 24 January 1969, in Gorzów Wielkopolski, Poland) is a Polish politician, member of the National Bank of Poland Management Board, and a former Minister of Finance. He was a deputy minister at the Ministry of ...

(16 November 2015 – 28 September 2016) *

Mateusz Morawiecki Mateusz Jakub Morawiecki (; born 20 June 1968) is a Polish economist, historian and politician who has served as prime minister of Poland since 2017. A member of Law and Justice (PiS), he previously served in the cabinet of prime minister Beata ...

(28 September 2016 – 9 January 2018) * Teresa Czerwińska (9 January 2018 – 4 June 2019) * Marian Banaś (4 June 2019 – 30 August 2019) *

(30 August 2019 – 20 September 2019) *

Jerzy Kwieciński Jerzy is the Polish version of the masculine given name George. The most common nickname for Jerzy is Jurek (), which may also be used as an official first name. Occasionally the nickname Jerzyk may be used, which means "swift" in Polish. People ...

(20 September 2019 - 15 November 2019) * Tadeusz Kościński (15 November 2019 - 9 February 2022) *

(acting since 9 February 2022) Source:

References

External links

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