Ministry of Economy (Poland)

Ministry of Economy

Ministerstwo Gospodarki
Official governmental wall plaque
Ministerial logotype
Agency overview
Headquarters	Pl. Trzech Krzyży 15/17, Warsaw
Agency executive	Janusz Piechociński, Minister for Economy First Deputy Minister
Parent agency	Council of Ministers
Website	www.mg.gov.pl

Ministry of Economy of the Republic of Poland

Ministry of Economy of the Republic of Poland (Polish: Ministerstwo Gospodarki) was a ministry dealing with economy of Republic of Poland.

Created in 1997 from reforms and mergers of other ministries, it has gone through several name changes and has recently been downsized, with issues related to work being split to Ministry of Labour and Social Policy and regional issues split to Ministry of Regional Development. In 2007 the bureau of tourism was moved to Ministry of Sport.

The last minister was Janusz Piechociński. In late 2015 it was merged into the new Ministry of Development.

List of ministers

Ministers for Economy (1997–2003)

No.	Name	Term of Offices	Party	Served under
1	Wiesław Kaczmarek	February 4, 1997 – October 31, 1997	Social Democracy of the Republic of Poland	Włodzimierz Cimoszewicz
2	Janusz Steinhoff	October 31, 1997 – October 19, 2001	Solidarity Electoral Action	Jerzy Buzek
3	Jacek Piechota	October 19, 2001 – January 7, 2003	Democratic Left Alliance	Leszek Miller

Ministers for Economy, Labour and Social Policy (2003–2004)

No.	Name	Term of Offices	Party	Served under
1	Jerzy Hausner	January 7, 2003 – May 2, 2004	Democratic Left Alliance	Leszek Miller

Ministers for Economy and Labour (2004–2005)

No.	Name	Term of Offices	Party	Served under
1	Jerzy Hausner	May 2, 2004 – March 31, 2005	Democratic Left Alliance	Marek Belka
2	Jacek Piechota	March 31, 2005 – October 31, 2005	Democratic Left Alliance	Marek Belka

Ministers for Economy (2005–present)

No.	Name	Term of Offices	Party	Served under
1	Piotr Woźniak	October 31, 2005 – September 7, 2007	None	Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz, Jarosław Kaczyński
	Jarosław Kaczyński (acting)	September 7, 2007 – September 11, 2007	Law and Justice	Jarosław Kaczyński
2	Piotr Woźniak	September 11, 2007 – November 16, 2007	None	Jarosław Kaczyński
3	Waldemar Pawlak	November 16, 2007 – November 27, 2012	Polish People's Party	Donald Tusk
4	Janusz Piechociński	December 6, 2012 – present	Polish People's Party	Donald Tusk, Ewa Kopacz

External links

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