The ministry of national education ( pl, Ministerstwo Edukacji Narodowej, MEN) was a ministerial department of the

government of Poland The Government of Poland takes the form of a unitary parliamentary representative democratic republic, whereby the President is the head of state and the Prime Minister is the head of government. However, its form of government has also been iden ...

. The ministry's prerogatives included setting educational standards and youth activities. It did not oversee

higher education Higher education is tertiary education leading to award of an academic degree. Higher education, also called post-secondary education, third-level or tertiary education, is an optional final stage of formal learning that occurs after completi ...

, which fell under

ministry of science and higher education {{Unreferenced, date=March 2019, bot=noref (GreenC bot) A Ministry of Higher Education is a government department that focuses on the provision or regulation of institutions of higher education. In some countries these exist as ministries compounde ...

. The two were created in May 2006 by splitting the . In January 2021 the two were merged back.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)
/ref> 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 Stanisław Skrzeszewski (April 27, 1901 in Nowy Sącz — December 20, 1978 in Warsaw) was a Polish communist politician, educator and prominent statesman of the Polish People's Republic. Biography Born in to the family of a train conductor, Skr ...

( PPR) 31 December 1944 – 28 June 1945 ( PKWN) *

Czesław Wycech Czesław Wycech (1899–1977) was a Polish activist, politician and historian. He was a member of the Polish peasant's parties: the Polish People's Party "Wyzwolenie", the People's Party, the Polish People's Party, and the United People's Pa ...

( ZSL) 28 June 1945 – 5 February 1947 *

(

PZPR The Polish United Workers' Party ( pl, Polska Zjednoczona Partia Robotnicza; ), commonly abbreviated to PZPR, was the communist party which ruled the Polish People's Republic as a one-party state from 1948 to 1989. The PZPR had led two other lega ...

) February 1947 – 7 July 1950 * Witold Jarosiński (

) 7 July 1950 – 4 August 1956 *

Feliks Baranowski Feliks is a variant spelling of the given name Felix, used in Poland and the Baltic states, as well as in the transliteration of the name Felix from Russian. Feliks may refer to: * Feliks Ankerstein (1897–1955), Polish Army major and intellig ...

(

) 11 September 1956 – 13 November 1956 *

Władysław Bieńkowski 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� ...

(

) 13 November 1956 – 27 October 1959 *

Wacław Tułodziecki Wacław is a Polish masculine given name. It is a borrowing of cz, Václav, Latinized as Wenceslaus. For etymology and cognates in other languages, see Wenceslaus. It may refer to: * Wacław Leszczyński * Wacław of Szamotuły * Wacław Hańs ...

(

) 27 October 1959 – 11 November 1966

Ministers of Education and Higher Education

Henryk Jabłoński Henryk Jan Jabłoński (; 27 December 1909 – 27 January 2003) was a Polish historian and politician. After 1948, he became a politician of the ruling Polish United Workers' Party, as well as a historian and professor at Warsaw University. He s ...

(

) 11 November 1966 – 28 March 1972

Ministers of Education and Behavior

* Jerzy Kuberski (

) 29 March 1972 – 8 February 1979 *

Józef Tejchma Józef Tejchma (14 July 1927 – 13 December 2021) was a Polish communist politician. A member of the Polish United Workers' Party, he served in the Sejm from 1957 to 1980 and was Deputy Prime Minister A deputy prime minister or vice prime minis ...

(

) 8 February 1979 – 2 April 1980 *

Krzysztof Kruszewski Krzysztof () is a Polish given name, equivalent to English '' Christopher''. The name became popular in the 15th century. Its diminutive forms include Krzyś, Krzysiek, and Krzysio; augmentative – Krzychu Individuals named Krzysztof may choose ...

(

) 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 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 The Henryk Batuta hoax was a hoax perpetrated on the Polish ...

(

) 23 October 1987 – 14 October 1988 *

Jacek Fisiak Jacek is a Polish given name of Greek origin related Hyacinth, through the archaic form of ''Jacenty''. Its closely related equivalents are: Jacinto (Spanish and Portuguese), Giacinto (Italian), Jácint ( Hungarian) and Jacint ( Catalan, shortened ...

(

) 14 October 1988 – 1 August 1989 *

Henryk Samsonowicz Henryk Bohdan Samsonowicz (23 January 1930 – 28 May 2021) was a Polish historian specializing in medieval Poland, prolific writer, and professor of the University of Warsaw. In 1989–1990, he was the minister of education in the government of ...

( NSZZ Solidarność) 12 September 1989 – 14 December 1990 *

Robert Głębocki The name Robert is an ancient Germanic given name, from Proto-Germanic "fame" and "bright" (''Hrōþiberhtaz''). Compare Old Dutch ''Robrecht'' and Old High German ''Hrodebert'' (a compound of '' Hruod'' ( non, Hróðr) "fame, glory, honou ...

( 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 Aleksander Piotr Łuczak (10 September 1943 – 15 March 2023) was a Polish historian and politician. A member of the Polish People's Party The Polish People's Party ( pl, Polskie Stronnictwo Ludowe, PSL) is an agrarian political party in ...

( PSL) 26 October 1993 – 1 March 1995 * Ryszard Czarny ( SdRP) 4 March 1995 – 26 January 1996 *

Jerzy Wiatr Jerzy Józef Wiatr (born 17 September 1931 in Warsaw) is a Polish sociologist, political scientist and politician. Professor of the University of Warsaw, Chairman of the European School of Law and Administration rector of a private tertiary educat ...

( SdRP) 15 February 1996 – 17 October 1997 *

Mirosław Handke Mirosław Handke (19 March 1946 – 22 April 2021) was a Polish chemist and politician, who served as Minister of Education from 1997 to 2000. Early life Mirosław Handke was born on 19 March 1946 in Leszno Leszno (german: Lissa, 1800� ...

(

Solidarity Electoral Action Solidarity Electoral Action ( pl, Akcja Wyborcza Solidarność, AWS) was a political coalition in Poland from 1996 to 2001. From 1997 to 2001, its official name was ''Akcja Wyborcza Solidarność Prawicy'' (AWSP) or Electoral Action Solidarity ...

) 31 October 1997 – 20 July 2000 *

Edmund Wittbrodt Edmund is a masculine given name or surname in the English language. The name is derived from the Old English elements ''ēad'', meaning "prosperity" or "riches", and ''mund'', meaning "protector". Persons named Edmund include: People Kings and ...

(

) 20 July 2000 – 19 October 2001

Ministers of National Education and Sport

Krystyna Łybacka Krystyna Maria Łybacka (; 10 February 1946 – 20 April 2020) was a Polish political figure who served in the country's national Parliament (Sejm), since 1991 to 2014 and from October 2001 to May 2004, and was a member of the cabinet, with the ...

( SLD) 19 October 2001 – 2 May 2004 *

Mirosław Sawicki Mirosław may refer to: People * Mirosław (given name), a Polish given name of Slavic origin Places * Gmina Mirosławiec, an urban-rural gmina in Wałcz County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland * Mirosławice (disambiguation), several plac ...

(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 Michał Seweryński (born 1 July 1939 in Łódź) is a professor of the University of Łódź. Doctor honoris causa of the University of Lyon 3. Expert on Polish and international labour law. The author of about 130 scientific publications and r ...

(

PiS Pis ( oc, Pis) is a commune in the Gers department in southwestern France. Geography Localisation Hydrography The river Auroue forms most of the commune's eastern border. Population See also *Communes of the Gers department The fol ...

) 31 October 2005 – 5 May 2006

Ministers of National Education

Roman Giertych Roman Jacek Giertych (; born 27 February 1971 in Śrem, Poland) is a Polish politician and lawyer; he was Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Education until August 2007. He was a member of the Sejm (the lower house of the Polish parliament) f ...

( LPR) 5 May 2006 – 13 August 2007 *

Ryszard Legutko Ryszard Antoni Legutko (), (born 24 December 1949), is a Polish philosopher and politician, and professor of philosophy at the Jagiellonian University in Kraków, specializing in ancient philosophy and political theory. Biography Under communis ...

(no party) 13 August 2007 – 16 November 2007 *

Katarzyna Hall Katarzyna Hall (née Kończa) (), (born 15 March 1957 in Gdańsk Gdańsk ( , also ; ; csb, Gduńsk;Stefan Ramułt, ''Słownik języka pomorskiego, czyli kaszubskiego'', Kraków 1893, Gdańsk 2003, ISBN 83-87408-64-6. , Johann Georg Theodo ...

(no party) 16 November 2007 – 18 November 2011 *

Krystyna Szumilas Krystyna Maria Szumilas (born 28 June 1956 in Knurów) is a Polish politician. She was elected to the Sejm on 25 September 2005 getting 16,105 votes in 29 Gliwice district as a candidate from the Civic Platform Civic Platform ( pl, Platforma ...

( PO) 18 November 2011 – 27 November 2013 *

Joanna Kluzik-Rostkowska Joanna Grażyna Kluzik-Rostkowska (born 14 December 1963) is a Polish people, Polish politician and member of the Sejm of the Republic of Poland, Sejm for Civic Platform. She was elected for Law and Justice 2007 Polish parliamentary election, in 2 ...

( PO) 27 November 2013 - 16 November 2015 *

Anna Zalewska Anna Elżbieta Zalewska (née Gąsior; born 6 July 1965) is a Polish politician, and former Minister of National Education, serving 2015 to 2019. Since 2007, Zalewska has been a Member of the Sejm and she has worked there until a transition to th ...

(

) 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 (PiS) since 2020

References

External links

* http://www.men.gov.pl/ {{DEFAULTSORT:Ministry Of National Education Of The Republic Of Poland Poland, National Education

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