Ministry of State Treasury of the Republic of Poland (or just Ministry of (the) Treasury according to its own English webpage) was formed to administer issues related to

State Treasury A treasury is either *A government department related to finance and taxation, a finance ministry. *A place or location where treasure, such as currency or precious items are kept. These can be state or royal property, church treasure or in p ...

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 ...

. The formation of the ministry occurred in 1996 during the

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. It was dissolved in 2017. The ministry traces its history the

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(Ministerstwo Przekształceń Własnościowych), established around 1990 to oversee

privatization Privatization (also privatisation in British English) can mean several different things, most commonly referring to moving something from the public sector into the private sector. It is also sometimes used as a synonym for deregulation when ...

of the

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, which before 1990 was significantly controlled and owned by the communist government of the

People's Republic of Poland 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 ...

. In modern Poland, the Ministry of State Treasury of the Republic of Poland is separate from the

Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Poland Poland's Ministry of Finance ( pl, Ministerstwo Finansów), headed by the Minister of Finance ''(Minister Finansów)'', is part of the government of Poland. Among its powers and responsibilities it drafts the national budget, deals with taxes, f ...

. However, until 1950, the modern Polish Ministry of Finance functioned under the name of the Ministry of State Treasury. In 1950, the Ministry of State Treasury was liquidated and a new Ministry of Finance was created. In 1996 the Ministry of State Treasury was recreated, in a limited scope compared to its old namesake, and now exists alongside of the Ministry of Finance. The last minister was

Dawid Jackiewicz Dawid Bohdan Jackiewicz (born 18 March 1973 in Wrocław) is a Polish politician, and the former Minister of State Treasury (2015–2016). In 1998, he graduated with a degree in political science from the University of Wrocław. He was elected t ...

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Ministry of State Treasury of the Republic of Poland

Ministry's English webpage

Poland, State Treasury

Ministries established in 1996 Finance in Poland {{Poland-gov-stub

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