Ministry of Sport and Tourism (Poland)

Ministry of Sport and Tourism of the Republic of Poland was created on August 23, 2005 by decision of the Council of Ministers under then-Prime Minister Marek Belka.

Ministry of Sport and Tourism
Ministerstwo Sportu i Turystyki
Official governmental wall plaque
Ministerial logotype
Agency overview
Preceding agency
Headquartersul. Senatorska 14, Warsaw
Agency executive
Parent agencyCouncil of Ministers
Websitewww.msport.gov.pl
The seat of the Ministry of Sport and Tourism is today the Blanka Palace in Central Warsaw

It was renamed on July 23, 2007 when tourism was placed under ministry authority.

Ministry goals:

  • Overseeing sport clubs
  • Matters related to sport
  • Matters related to tourism

State-controlled Polska Konfederacja Sportu (Polish Sport Union) became integral part of the ministry.

List of ministers

Portrait Name Party Term of office Prime Minister

(Cabinet)

Ministers of Sport (2005–2007)
Marek Belka Nonpartisan 1 September 2005 31 October 2005 Marek Belka(Belka I, II)
Tomasz Lipiec Nonpartisan 31 October 2005 9 July 2007 Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz (Marcinkiewicz), Jarosław Kaczyński ( Kaczyński)
Jarosław Kaczyński (acting) Law and Justice 9 July 2007 23 July 2007 Jarosław Kaczyński (Kaczyński)
Ministers of Sport and Tourism (2007–2019)
Portrait Name Party Term of Office Prime Minister (Cabinet)
Elżbieta Jakubiak Law and Justice 23 July 2007 16 November 2007 Jarosław Kaczyński ( Kaczyński)
Mirosław Drzewiecki Civic Platform 16 November 2007 13 October 2009 Donald Tusk

(Tusk I)

Adam Giersz Nonpartisan 13 October 2009 18 November 2011 Donald Tusk

(Tusk I)

Joanna Mucha Civic Platform 18 November 2011 27 November 2013 Donald Tusk (Tusk II)
Andrzej Biernat Civic Platform 27 November 2013 15 June 2015 Donald Tusk (Tusk II), Ewa Kopacz (Kopacz)
Adam Korol Nonpartisan 15 June 2015 16 November 2015 Ewa Kopacz (Kopacz)
Witold Bańka Law and Justice 16 November 2015 15 November 2019 Beata Szydło (Szydło), Mateusz Morawiecki (Morawiecki)
Ministers of Sport (2019–2020)
Mateusz Morawiecki Law and Justice 15 November 2019 5 December 2019 Mateusz Morawiecki (Morawiecki II)
Danuta Dmowska Nonpartisan 5 December 2019 6 October 2020 Mateusz Morawiecki (Morawiecki II)
Ministers of Culture, National Heritage and Sport(2020–present)
Piotr Gliński Law and Justice 6 October 2020 Present Mateusz Morawiecki (Morawiecki II)
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