Ministry of National Defence of the Republic of Poland
Encyclopedia
Ministry of National Defence (Ministerstwo Obrony Narodowej) is the office of government in Poland
under the Minister of Defence. During the Second Polish Republic
and World War II
it was called the Ministry of Military Affairs. Ministry budget for 2008 is 23.7 billion zlotys (11 billion dollars)
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
under the Minister of Defence. During the Second Polish Republic
Second Polish Republic
The Second Polish Republic, Second Commonwealth of Poland or interwar Poland refers to Poland between the two world wars; a period in Polish history in which Poland was restored as an independent state. Officially known as the Republic of Poland or the Commonwealth of Poland , the Polish state was...
and World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
it was called the Ministry of Military Affairs. Ministry budget for 2008 is 23.7 billion zlotys (11 billion dollars)
Ministers
List of Ministers of National Defence of the Republic of Poland/Ministers of Military Affairs (pl. Ministrowie Obrony Narodowej/Ministrowie Spraw Wojskowych). The current minister is Tomasz Siemoniak.2nd Republic
- gen. bryg. Edward Rydz-Śmigły (1918)
- p.o. gen. dyw. Jan Wroczyński (1918–1919)
- gen. dyw. Józef Leśniewski (1919–1920)
- gen. dyw. Kazimierz SosnkowskiKazimierz SosnkowskiKazimierz Sosnkowski was a Polish independence fighter, politician and Polish Army general.-Life:Sosnkowski served successively as founder and first commander of Związek Walki Czynnej , chief of staff of the 1st Brigade of the Polish Legions, Polish minister of military affairs, vice-president of...
(1921–1923) - p.o. gen. dyw. Aleksander Osiński - (1923)
- gen. dyw. Władysław Sikorski (1924–1925)
- gen. broni Lucjan ŻeligowskiLucjan ZeligowskiLucjan Żeligowski , was a Polish general, and veteran of World War I, the Polish-Soviet War and World War II. He is mostly remembered for his role in Żeligowski's Mutiny and as head of a short-lived Republic of Central Lithuania.-Biography:...
(1925–1926) - gen. dyw. Juliusz Tadeusz Tarnawa-Malczewski (1926)
- marsz. Polski Józef Piłsudski (1926–1935)
- gen. dyw. Tadeusz KasprzyckiTadeusz KasprzyckiTadeusz Kasprzycki was a member of the Polish Legions in First World War, general of the Polish Army from 1929 and Minister of Military Affairs of Poland from 1935 to 1939....
(1935–1939)
World War II
- gen. broni Władysław Sikorski (1939–1943)
- gen. dyw. Marian KukielMarian KukielMarian Włodzimierz Kukiel pseudonym: Marek Kąkol, Stach Zawierucha was a Polish general, historian, social and political activist....
(1943–1944)
People's Poland
- marsz. Polski Michał Żymierski (1945–1952)
- marsz. Polski Konstanty Rokossowski (1952–1957)
- marsz. Polski Marian SpychalskiMarian SpychalskiMarian "Marek" Spychalski was a Polish architect, military commander, and communist politician.Born to a working-class family in Łódź, he graduated from the Faculty of Architecture at the Warsaw University of Technology in 1931...
(1957–1968) - gen. armii Wojciech JaruzelskiWojciech JaruzelskiWojciech Witold Jaruzelski is a retired Polish military officer and Communist politician. He was the last Communist leader of Poland from 1981 to 1989, Prime Minister from 1981 to 1985 and the country's head of state from 1985 to 1990. He was also the last commander-in-chief of the Polish People's...
(1968–1985) - gen. armii Florian SiwickiFlorian SiwickiFlorian Siwicki is a Polish military officer, diplomat and a communist politician, as well as a General of the Polish Army . Throughout his career he held a number of posts, including military attaché in China, commanding officer of the 2nd Polish Army during the invasion of Czechoslovakia in...
(1985–1990)
3rd Republic
- wiceadm. Piotr Kołodziejczyk (1990–1991)
- Jan Parys (December 23, 1991–1992)
- p.o. Romuald Szeremietiew (1992)
- Janusz OnyszkiewiczJanusz OnyszkiewiczJanusz Adam Onyszkiewicz is a Polish mathematician, alpinist, politician and was a vice-president of the European Parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee from January 2007 until mid-2009.-Biographical note:...
(1992–1993) - Piotr Kołodziejczyk (1993–1994)
- p.o. Jerzy Milewski (1994–1995)
- Zbigniew Okoński (1995)
- Stanisław Dobrzański (1996–1997)
- Janusz OnyszkiewiczJanusz OnyszkiewiczJanusz Adam Onyszkiewicz is a Polish mathematician, alpinist, politician and was a vice-president of the European Parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee from January 2007 until mid-2009.-Biographical note:...
(1997–2000) - Bronisław Komorowski (2000–2001)
- Jerzy SzmajdzińskiJerzy SzmajdzinskiJerzy Andrzej Szmajdziński was a Polish politician who was a Vice-Marshal of Polish Sejm and previously served as Minister of Defence. He was a candidate for President of Poland in the 2010 election....
(2001 - October 31, 2005) - Radosław Sikorski (October 31, 2005 - February 7, 2007)
- Aleksander Szczygło (February 7, 2007 - November 16, 2007 excluding 7–9 October 2007 )
- Jarosław Kaczyński 7–9 October 2007 as Prime Minister and Minister of ND
- Bogdan KlichBogdan KlichBogdan Adam Klich was a Polish politician and Minister of National Defence of Poland. Bogdan Klich was interned in 1981 during the martial law set by the communist regime...
(November 16, 2007 - July 29, 2011) - Tomasz Siemoniak