Ministry of Regional Development (Poland)

The Ministry of Regional Development (Polish: Ministerstwo Rozwoju Regionalnego) was a ministerial department within the government of Poland. The ministry was created under the premiership of Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz on 31 October 2005, having its functions devolved from the previous Ministry of Economy and Labour. The department was merged with the Ministry of Transport, Construction and Marine Economy in November 2013 under Prime Minister Donald Tusk, creating the Ministry of Infrastructure and Development.[1]

Ministry of Regional Development
Ministerstwo Rozwoju Regionalnego
Official governmental wall plaque
Ministerial logotype
Agency overview
Formed31 October 2005
Dissolved27 November 2013
Superseding agency
Headquartersul. Wspólna 2/4, Warsaw
Parent agencyCouncil of Ministers
Websitewww.mrr.gov.pl

Functions

The Ministry of Regional Development responsibilities included the coordination of policy between central and local government, drafting national strategies concerning regional economic development, and overseeing the use of European Union structural and cohesion funds.

List of ministers
Portrait Name
(Born-Died)		 Party Term of Office Prime Minister
(Cabinet)
Grażyna Gęsicka
(1951-2010)
 Law and Justice 31 October 2005 7 September 2007 Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz
(Marcinkiewicz)
Jarosław Kaczyński
(Kaczyński)
Jarosław Kaczyński (acting)
(1949-)
 Law and Justice 7 September 2007 11 September 2007 Jarosław Kaczyński
(Kaczyński)
Grażyna Gęsicka
(1951-2010)
 Law and Justice 11 September 2007 16 November 2007 Jarosław Kaczyński
(Kaczyński)
Elżbieta Bieńkowska
(1964-)
 Independent
(2007-2011)
Civic Platform
(2011-2013)		 16 November 2007 27 November 2013 Donald Tusk
(Tusk I-Tusk II)

References
  1. "Poland: Elżbieta Bieńkowska will be Minister of Infrastructure and Development". Transportet.eu. Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 1 December 2013.



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