National Security Bureau ( pl, Biuro Bezpieczeństwa Narodowego, BBN) is a Polish government agency executing the tasks given by the

President of the Republic of Poland The president of Poland ( pl, Prezydent RP), officially the president of the Republic of Poland ( pl, Prezydent Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej), is the head of state of Poland. Their rights and obligations are determined in the Constitution of Polan ...

regarding national security. The Bureau serves as the organizational support to the

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. The Chief of the National Security Bureau ( pl, Szef Biura Bezpieczeństwa Narodowego) answers to the President. Shortly after the creation of NSB (1991) it was a part of

Office of the President of the Republic of Poland The Chancellery of the President of the Republic of Poland ( pl, Kancelaria Prezydenta Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej), instituted in 1989, is a governmental institution composed of the immediate staff of the President of Poland that assists and is gove ...

in place of the Ministry of State for the National Security, which it succeeded.

Heads of the National Security Bureau

Jerzy Milewski 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 ...

– from 8 February 1991 until 13 June 1994 * Henryk Goryszewski – from 14 June 1994 until 22 December 1995 * Jerzy Milewski – from 3 January 1996 until 10 February 1997 *

Marek Siwiec Marek Maciej Siwiec (born 13 March 1955 in Piekary Slaskie) is a Polish politician and journalist. Biography Marek Maciej Siwiec studied physics at the AGH University of Science and Technology AGH University of Science and Technology in Kra ...

– from 19 February 1997 until 17 June 2004 *

Major General Major general (abbreviated MG, maj. gen. and similar) is a military rank used in many countries. It is derived from the older rank of sergeant major general. The disappearance of the "sergeant" in the title explains the apparent confusion of a ...

Tadeusz Bałachowicz – from 18 June 2004 until 28 February 2005 (in charge of the Bureau as the Deputy Head of the Bureau) *

Jerzy Bahr Jerzy Artur Bahr (23 April 1944 – 25 July 2016) was a Polish diplomat. Life Bahr graduated from sociology at the Jagiellonian University (1967). In 1974, he began his diplomatic career at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. From 1992 to 1994 he ...

– from 1 March 2005 until 22 December 2005 * Fleet Admiral Ryszard Łukasik – from 23 December 2005 until 12 January 2006 (in charge of the Bureau as the Deputy Head of the Bureau) * Andrzej Urbański – from 13 January 2006 until 24 August 2006 (acting head of the Bureau) *

Władysław Stasiak Władysław Augustyn Stasiak (15 March 1966 – 10 April 2010) was a senior official and politician of the Republic of Poland. Biography Władysław Stasiak was born in Wrocław. He made history studies in Wrocław University, and got the N ...

– from 24 August 2006 until 8 August 2007 *

Roman Polko – from 9 August 2007 until 15 November 2007 (in charge of the Bureau as the Deputy Head of the Bureau) * Władysław Stasiak - from 16 November 2007 until 15 January 2009 *

Aleksander Szczygło Aleksander Marek Szczygło (27 October 1963 – 10 April 2010) was a Polish politician. He was first elected to Polish parliament Sejm in 2001 and subsequently reelected on 25 September 2005 with 19,006 votes in 35th electoral district (Olsztyn ...

- from 15 January 2009 until 10 April 2010 * Stanisław Koziej - from 10 April 2010 until 6 August 2015 *

Paweł Soloch Paweł Krzysztof Soloch (born 3 February 1962, Szczecin) is a Polish politician and official. Since August 2023 he represents Poland as the Ambassador to Romania. Prior to that, he was the Head of the National Security Bureau (2015–2022). L ...

- from 7 August 2015 until 10 October 2022 * Jacek Siewiera - from 11 October 2022

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