Ministry of Culture and National Heritage (Poland) (Redirected from Ministry of Culture (Poland))

Ministry of Culture and National Heritage
Ministerstwo Kultury i Dziedzictwa Narodowego
Polish Governmental and Diplomatic Plaque.svg
Official governmental wall plaque
Ministerstwo Kultury i Dziedzictwa Narodowego logo 2022.png
Ministerial logotype
Pałac Potockich w Warszawie 2021.jpg
Ministry headquarters
Ministry overview
HeadquartersPotocki Palace, 15 Krakowskie Przedmieście Street, Warsaw
Annual budgetPLN 4.029 billion
Minister responsible
Secretaries of State responsible
  • Jarosław Sellin, Secretary of State, General Conservator of Cultural Property
  • Szymon Giżyński, Secretary of State
Ministry executives
  • Wanda Zwinogrodzka, Undersecretary of State
  • Jarosław Czuba, Director General
Parent departmentCouncil of Ministers
Websitewww.gov.pl/web/kultura
Footnotes
Leadership officials source:
Seat of the Ministry – the main palace building

The Ministry of Culture and National Heritage (Polish: Ministerstwo Kultury i Dziedzictwa Narodowego) is a ministry within Polish government led by the Minister of Culture and National Heritage responsible for national heritage preservation and Polish culture promotion. Ministry oversees state or partially state cultural institutions and implements the law regarding art and cultural property. Ministry headquarters are located at Potocki Palace, 15 Krakowskie Przedmieście Street in Warsaw. Current minister is Deputy Prime Minister, member of the Cabinet, Piotr Gliński since November 2015.

History

It was formed on 31 October 2005, from transformation of Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Poland. The ministry can trace its history back to 1918 when the Ministry of Art and Culture was established. It was suppressed in 1922 due to rationalization of public expense and structural reform of the government. It was reestablished within the temporary communist government in 1944 and has existed continuously henceforth until the merger with the Ministry of Sport in 2021.

List of ministers

Portrait Name Party Term of offices Prime minister

(cabinet)

Ministers of Culture and Art
Medard Downarowicz 1934.jpg Medard Downarowicz SNN 17 November 1918 16 January 1919 Jędrzej Moraczewski
Zenon Przesmycki, portrait.jpg Zenon Przesmycki nonpartisan 16 January 1919 9 December 1919 Ignacy Jan Paderewski
Jan Fryderyk Heudrich (cropped).jpg Jan Fryderyk Heurich nonpartisan 24 June 1920 11 August 1921 Władysław Grabski

Wincenty Witos

Rataj.jpg Maciej Rataj PSL „Piast” 11 August 1921 13 September 1921 Wincenty Witos
Antoni Ponikowski (cropped).jpg Antoni Ponikowski PSChD 19 September 1921 5 March 1922 Antoni Ponikowski
Ministers of Culture and Art in Poland under Communism (1944–89)
Wincenty Rzymowski.jpg Wincenty Rzymowski SD 21 July 1944 2 May 1945 Polish Committee of National Liberation
EdmundZalewski(1947).jpg Edmund Zalewski SL 2 May 1945 28 June 1945 Provisional Government of National Unity
Władysław Kowalski KPP (cropped).jpg Władysław Kowalski SL 28 June 1945 5 February 1947 Provisional Government of National Unity
Stefan Dybowski SL/ZSL 6 February 1947 20 November 1952 Józef Cyrankiewicz (Cyrankiewicz I)
Włodzimierz Sokorski (cropped).jpg Włodzimierz Sokorski PZPR 21 November 1952 19 April 1956 Bolesław Bierut (Bierut)
Karol School (cropped).jpg Karol Kuryluk PZPR 19 April 1956 29 April 1958 Józef Cyrankiewicz (Cyrankiewicz II)
Rusinek.jpg Kazimierz Rusinek (acting) PZPR 3 May 1958 2 July 1958 Józef Cyrankiewicz (Cyrankiewicz III)
Tadeusz Galiński PZPR 2 July 1958 12 December 1964 Józef Cyrankiewicz (Cyrankiewicz IV)
Lucjan Motyka.jpg Lucjan Motyka PZPR 12 December 1964 26 October 1971 Józef Cyrankiewicz (Cyrankiewicz V)
Czesław Wiśniewski (acting) PZPR 26 October 1971 22 December 1971 Józef Cyrankiewicz (Cyrankiewicz V)
Stanisław Wroński PZPR 22 December 1971 16 February 1974 Piotr Jaroszewicz (Jaroszewicz I)
Józef Tejchma 1973 (cropped).jpg Józef Tejchma PZPR 16 February 1974 26 January 1978 Piotr Jaroszewicz (Jaroszewicz II)
Janusz Wilhelmi (acting) PZPR 26 January 1978 16 March 1978 Piotr Jaroszewicz (Jaroszewicz II)
Jan Mietkowski PZPR 29 March 1978 4 July 1978 Piotr Jaroszewicz (Jaroszewicz II)
Zygmunt Najdowski PZPR 20 July 1978 8 October 1980 Piotr Jaroszewicz (Jaroszewicz II)
Józef Tejchma 1973 (cropped).jpg Józef Tejchma PZPR 8 October 1980 9 October 1982 Edward Babiuch (Babiuch)

Józef Pińkowski (Pińkowski)

Wojciech Jaruzelski (Jaruzelski)

Kazimierz Żygulski.jpg Kazimierz Żygulski nonpartisan 9 October 1982 29 September 1986 Wojciech Jaruzelski (Jaruzelski)

Zbigniew Messner (Messner)

Aleksander Krawczuk.jpg Aleksander Krawczuk nonpartisan 29 September 1986 1 August 1989 Zbigniew Messner (Messner)

Mieczysław Rakowski (Rakowski)

Ministers of Culture and Art (1989–1999)
Izabela Cywinska (cropped).jpg Izabella Cywińska nonpartisan 12 September 1989 12 January 1991 Tadeusz Mazowiecki (Mazowiecki)
Marek Rostworowski nonpartisan 12 January 1991 23 December 1991 Jan Krzysztof Bielecki (Bielecki)
Andrzej Sicinski (cropped).jpg Andrzej Siciński nonpartisan 23 December 1991 11 July 1992 Jan Olszewski (Olszewski)
Piotr Łukasiewicz (acting) nonpartisan 11 July 1992 17 February 1993 Hanna Suchocka (Suchocka)
Jerzy Góral Christian National Union 17 February 1993 26 October 1993 Hanna Suchocka (Suchocka)
Popiersie Kazimierz DejmekTeatr Polski w Warszawie.JPG Kazimierz Dejmek nonpartisan 26 October 1993 26 January 1996 Waldemar Pawlak (Pawlak II)

Józef Oleksy (Oleksy)

Zdzisław Podkański.jpg Zdzisław Podkański Polish People's Party 15 February 1996 31 October 1997 Włodzimierz Cimoszewicz (Cimoszewicz)
Jwnuknazarowa2.jpg Joanna Wnuk-Nazarowa Freedom Union 31 October 1997 26 March 1998 Jerzy Buzek (Buzek)
Andrzej Zakrzewski Conservative People's Party 26 March 1998 19 October 1999 Jerzy Buzek (Buzek)
Ministers of Culture and National Heritage (1999–2001)
Andrzej Zakrzewski Conservative People's Party 19 October 1999 10 February 2000 Jerzy Buzek (Buzek)
Kazimierz Michał Ujazdowski Kancelaria Senatu 2019.jpg Kazimierz Michał Ujazdowski Conservative People's Party 10 February 2000 12 July 2001 Jerzy Buzek (Buzek)
Andrzej Zieliński nonpartisan 12 July 2001 19 October 2001 Jerzy Buzek (Buzek)
Ministers of Culture (2001–2005)
Andrzej Celinski 2009.jpg Andrzej Celiński Democratic Left Alliance 19 October 2001 6 July 2002 Leszek Miller (Miller)
Waldemar Dabrowski (cropped).jpg Waldemar Dąbrowski nonpartisan 6 July 2002 31 October 2005 Leszek Miller (Miller)

Marek Belka (Belka I, Belka II)

Ministers of Culture and National Heritage (2005–Present)
Kazimierz Michał Ujazdowski Kancelaria Senatu 2019.jpg Kazimierz Michał Ujazdowski Law and Justice 31 October 2005 7 September 2007 Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz (Marcinkiewicz)

Jarosław Kaczyński (Kaczyński)

Jarosław Kaczyński 2006-09-13.jpg Jarosław Kaczyński (acting) Law and Justice 7 September 2007 12 September 2007 Jarosław Kaczyński (Kaczyński)
Kazimierz Michał Ujazdowski Kancelaria Senatu 2019.jpg Kazimierz Michał Ujazdowski Law and Justice 12 September 2007 16 November 2007 Jarosław Kaczyński (Kaczyński)
Bogdan Zdrojewski Kancelaria Senatu 2019.jpg Bogdan Zdrojewski Civic Platform 16 November 2007 14 June 2014 Donald Tusk (Tusk I, Tusk II)
Małgorzata Omilanowska.jpg Małgorzata Omilanowska nonpartisan 14 June 2014 16 November 2015 Donald Tusk (Tusk II)

Ewa Kopacz (Kopacz)

Piotr Gliński portret.jpg Piotr Gliński Law and Justice 16 November 2015 present Beata Szydło (Szydło)

Mateusz Morawiecki (Morawiecki)



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