Ministry of National Defence (Poland)
| Ministerstwo Obrony Narodowej | |
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| Headquarters | ul. Klonowa 1, Warsaw 52°12′44″N 21°1′33″E / 52.21222°N 21.02583°E |
| Annual budget | 35.9 billion PLN (2016)[1] |
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| Parent department | Council of Ministers |
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| Website | mon |
Ministry of National Defense (Polish: Ministerstwo Obrony Narodowej) is the office of government in Poland under the Minister of National Defense. During the Second Polish Republic and World War II it was called the Ministry of Military Affairs. Ministry budget for 2016 is 35.9 billion PLN (9.7 billion USD).
Ministers
List of Ministers of National Defense / Ministers of Military Affairs (pl. Ministrowie Obrony Narodowej / Ministrowie Spraw Wojskowych). The current Minister of ND is Antoni Macierewicz.
2nd Republic
- gen. bryg. Edward Rydz-Śmigły (1918)
- p.o. gen. dyw. Jan Wroczyński (1918–1919)
- gen. dyw. Józef Leśniewski (1919–1920)
- gen. dyw. Kazimierz Sosnkowski (1921–1923)
- p.o. gen. dyw. Aleksander Osiński (1923)
- gen. dyw. Władysław Sikorski (1924–1925)
- gen. broni Lucjan Żeligowski (1925–1926)
- gen. dyw. Juliusz Tadeusz Tarnawa-Malczewski (1926)
- Pierwszy Marszałek Polski Józef Piłsudski (1926–1935)
- gen. dyw. Tadeusz Kasprzycki (1935–1939)
World War II
- gen. broni Władysław Sikorski (1939–1943)
- gen. dyw. Marian Kukiel (1943–1944)
People's Poland
- Marsz. Polski Michał Żymierski (1945–1952)
- Marsz. Polski Konstanty Rokossowski (1952–1957)
- Marsz. Polski Marian Spychalski (1957–1968)
- gen. armii Wojciech Jaruzelski (1968–1985)
- gen. armii Florian Siwicki (1985–1989)
3rd Republic
- gen. armii Florian Siwicki (1989-1990)
- wiceadm. Piotr Kołodziejczyk (1990–1991)
- Jan Parys (December 23, 1991–1992)
- p.o. Romuald Szeremietiew (1992)
- Janusz Onyszkiewicz (1992–1993)
- Piotr Kołodziejczyk (1993–1994)
- p.o. Jerzy Milewski (1994–1995)
- Zbigniew Okoński (1995)
- Stanisław Dobrzański (1996–1997)
- Janusz Onyszkiewicz (1997–2000)
- Bronisław Komorowski (2000–2001)
- Jerzy Szmajdziński (October 19, 2001 – October 31, 2005)
- Radosław Sikorski (October 31, 2005 – February 7, 2007)
- Aleksander Szczygło (February 7, 2007 – November 16, 2007 excluding 7–9 October 2007 )
- Jarosław Kaczyński (7–9 October 2007 as Prime Minister and Minister of ND)
- Bogdan Klich (November 16, 2007 – July 29, 2011)
- Tomasz Siemoniak (2 August 2011 – 12 November 2015)
- Antoni Macierewicz (16 November 2015 – )
See also
References
- ^ "BASIC INFORMATION ON THE MoND BUDGET FOR 2016" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-05-11.
External links
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