Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (Poland) explained

Agency Name:Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development
Nativename:Ministerstwo Rolnictwa i Rozwoju Wsi
Headquarters:ul. Wspólna 30, Warsaw
Chief1 Name:Czesław Siekierski
Chief1 Position:Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development
Chief2 Position:First Deputy Minister
Parent Agency:Council of Ministers
Website:www.minrol.gov.pl

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development of the Republic of Poland (Polish: Ministerstwo Rolnictwa i Rozwoju Wsi) was formed in October 1999 from the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Economy of Poland; the ministry can trace its history to 1944.

The Ministry's 1999 incarnation was brought about because development of rural regions was Poland's greatest political, economic, and social challenge that was uncontested by both coalition and opposition politicians.[1]

The ministry is concerned with various aspects of Polish agriculture and improving rural areas.

Since 2023, the minister has been Czesław Siekierski.

List of ministers

Ministers of Agriculture and Food Economy (1989–1999)

PortraitNamePartyTerm of OfficePrime Minister(Cabinet)
Czesław JanickiUnited People's Party/Polish People's Party12 September 19896 July 1990Tadeusz Mazowiecki(Mazowiecki)
Janusz BylińskiPolish People's Party - People's Agreement14 September 199012 January 1991Tadeusz Mazowiecki(Mazowiecki)
Adam TańskiNonpartisan12 January 199123 December 1991Jan Krzysztof Bielecki (Bielecki)
Gabriel JanowskiPolish People's Party - People's Agreement23 December 19918 April 1993Jan Olszewski (Olszewski)Hanna Suchocka (Suchocka

Waldemar Pawlak (Pawlak I)

Janusz Byliński (acting)Conservative People's Party8 April 199312 July 1993Hanna Suchocka (Suchocka)
Jacek Janiszewski (acting)People's Christian Party12 July 199318 October 1993Hanna Suchocka (Suchocka)
Andrzej ŚmietankoPolish People's Party26 October 19936 March 1995Waldemar Pawlak (Pawlak II)
Roman JagielińskiPolish People's Party7 March 199510 April 1997Józef Oleksy (Oleksy)Włodzimierz Cimoszewicz (Cimoszewicz)
Jarosław KalinowskiPolish People's Party25 April 199731 October 1997Włodzimierz Cimoszewicz (Cimoszewicz)
Jacek JaniszewskiConservative People's Party31 October 199726 March 1999Jerzy Buzek (Buzek)
Artur BalazsConservative People's Party26 March 199919 October 1999Jerzy Buzek (Buzek)
Ministers of Agriculture and Rural Development (1999–present)
Artur BalazsConservative People's Party19 October 199919 October 2001Jerzy Buzek (Buzek)
Jarosław KalinowskiPolish People's Party19 October 20013 March 2003Leszek Miller (Miller)
Adam TańskiNonpartisan3 March 20032 July 2003Leszek Miller (Miller)
Wojciech OlejniczakDemocratic Left Alliance2 July 200331 May 2005Leszek Miller (Miller)Marek Belka (Belka I, Belka II)
Józef Jerzy PilarczykDemocratic Left Alliance31 May 200531 October 2005Marek Belka (Belka II)
Krzysztof JurgielLaw and Justice31 October 20055 May 2006Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz (Marcinkiewicz)
Andrzej LepperSelf-Defense of the Republic of Poland5 May 200622 September 2006Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz (Marcinkiewicz)Jarosław Kaczyński (Kaczyński
Jarosław Kaczyński (acting)Law and Justice22 September 200616 October 2006Jarosław Kaczyński (Kaczyński
Andrzej LepperSelf-Defense of the Republic of Poland16 October 20069 July 2007Jarosław Kaczyński (Kaczyński
Jarosław Kaczyński (acting)Law and Justice9 July 200731 July 2007Jarosław Kaczyński (Kaczyński
Wojciech MojzesowiczLaw and Justice31 July 200716 November 2007Jarosław Kaczyński (Kaczyński
Marek SawickiPolish People's Party16 November 200726 July 2012Donald Tusk (Tusk I, Tusk II)
Donald Tusk (acting)Civic Platform26 July 201231 July 2012Donald Tusk (Tusk II)
Stanisław KalembaPolish People's Party31 July 201217 March 2014Donald Tusk (Tusk II)
Marek SawickiPolish People's Party17 March 201416 November 2015Donald Tusk (Tusk II), Ewa Kopacz (Kopacz)
Krzysztof JurgielLaw and Justice16 November 201519 June 2018Beata Szydło (Szydło), Mateusz Morawiecki (Morawiecki)
Jan Krzysztof ArdanowskiLaw and Justice20 June 20186 October 2020Mateusz Morawiecki (Morawiecki, Morawiecki II)
Grzegorz PudaLaw and Justice6 October 202026 October 2021Mateusz Morawiecki (Morawiecki II)
Henryk KowalczykLaw and Justice26 October 20216 April 2023Mateusz Morawiecki (Morawiecki II)
Robert TelusLaw and Justice6 April 2023 27 November 2023Mateusz Morawiecki (Morawiecki II)
Anna GembickaLaw and Justice27 November 202313 DecemberMateusz Morawiecki(Morawiecki III)
Czesław SiekierskiPolish People's Party13 DecemberPresentDonald Tusk(Tusk III)

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.ce-review.org/99/11/best11_hermann.html Hermann, Rudolf "Ready for the Chop" Central Europe Review, Vol 1, No 11, 6 September 1999