Ministry of National Education (Poland)

The Ministry of National Education (Polish: Ministerstwo Edukacji Narodowej, MEN) is a ministerial department of the government of Poland. The ministry's prerogatives include setting educational standards and youth activities. Its functions do not include higher education, which falls under Ministry of Science and Higher Education.

Ministry of National Education
Ministerstwo Edukacji Narodowej
Official governmental wall plaque
Ministerial logotype

Seat of the ministry
Agency overview
Preceding agency
HeadquartersAl. J. Ch. Szucha 25, Warsaw
Agency executive
Parent agencyCouncil of Ministers
Websitewww.men.gov.pl
Inside the ministry's main courtyard

The current Minister of National Education is Przemysław Czarnek.

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) February 1947 - 7 July 1950
  • Witold Jarosiński (PZPR) 7 July 1950 - 4 August 1956
  • Feliks Baranowski (PZPR) 11 September 1956 - 13 November 1956
  • Władysław Bieńkowski (PZPR) 13 November 1956- 27 October 1959
  • Wacław Tułodziecki (PZPR) 27 October 1959 - 11 November 1966

Ministers of Education and Higher Education

  • Henryk Jabłoński (PZPR) 11 November 1966 - 28 March 1972

Ministers of Education and Behavior

  • Jerzy Kuberski (PZPR) 29 March 1972 - 8 February 1979
  • Józef Tejchma (PZPR) 8 February 1979 - 2 April 1980
  • Krzysztof Kruszewski (PZPR) 3 April 1980 - 12 February 1981
  • Bolesław Faron (PZPR) 12 February 1981 - 6 November 1985
  • Joanna Michałowska-Gumowska (PZPR) 12 November 1985 - 23 October 1987

Ministers of National Education

  • Henryk Bednarski (PZPR) 23 October 1987 - 14 October 1988
  • Jacek Fisiak (PZPR) 14 October 1988 – 1 August 1989
  • Henryk Samsonowicz (NSZZ Solidarność) 12 September 1989 – 14 December 1990
  • Robert Głębocki (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 (PSL) 26 October 1993 – 1 March 1995
  • Ryszard Czarny (SdRP)) 4 March 1995 – 26 January 1996
  • Jerzy Wiatr (SdRP)) 15 February 1996 – 17 October 1997
  • Mirosław Handke (Solidarity Electoral Action) 31 October 1997 – 20 July 2000
  • Edmund Wittbrodt (Solidarity Electoral Action) 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

Ministers of National Education

Ministers of Education and Science

See also

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