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

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

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, which fell under ministry of science and higher education. 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 ( PPR) 31 December 1944 – 28 June 1945 ( PKWN) * Czesław Wycech ( ZSL) 28 June 1945 – 5 February 1947 * Stanisław Skrzeszewski (

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 leg ...

) 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 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 Hańsk ...

(

) 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 ...

(

) 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 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 to ...

(

) 3 April 1980 – 12 February 1981 *

Bolesław Faron 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 ...

(

) 12 February 1981 – 6 November 1985 *

Joanna Michałowska-Gumowska Joanna is a feminine given name deriving from from he, יוֹחָנָה, translit=Yôḥānāh, lit=God is gracious. Variants in English include Joan, Joann, Joanne, and Johanna. Other forms of the name in English are Jan, Jane, Janet, Jani ...

(

) 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 Andrzej Stelmachowski (, 28 January 1925, Poznań – 6 April 2009, Warsaw) was a Polish academic and politician. Life Stelmachowski was a member of Armia Krajowa, the Polish resistance during Second World War. A lawyer, professor of University of ...

(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 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 (

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 ( 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 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) 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 (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 Joanna Grażyna Kluzik-Rostkowska (born 14 December 1963) is a Polish politician and member of the Sejm for Civic Platform. She was elected for Law and Justice in 2007, but led a breakaway group in 2010 to form the more liberal Poland Comes Fir ...

( 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 t ...

( 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

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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