Ministry of Family, Labour and Social Policy explained

Agency Name:Ministry of Family, Labour and Social Policy
Nativename:Ministerstwo Rodziny, Pracy i Polityki Społecznej
Formed:16 November 2015
Headquarters:ul. Nowogrodzka 1/3/5, Warsaw
Chief1 Name:Agnieszka Dziemianowicz-Bąk
Chief1 Position:Minister of Family, Labour and Social Policy
Parent Agency:Council of Ministers
Website:www.mpips.gov.pl

Ministry of Family, Labour and Social Policy of the Republic of Poland was formed in 2005 to administer issues related to labour and social policy of Poland. It was named Ministry of Labour and Social Policy until late 2015 when it was renamed to Ministry of Family, Labour and Social Policy.

The ministry was formed from the former and short-lived Ministry of Social Affairs (created from 2004) and still existing, but reduced Ministry of Economy. From the Ministry of Economy, the new ministry acquired the competences in the fields of employment and combating unemployment, relations and conditions of labor, labor-related benefits, and trade union relations. The social policy part of the ministry gives it competences over the issues of family issues, and social benefits and welfare.

The ministry supervises the Zakład Ubezpieczeń Społecznych.

Since December 2023 the current Minister of Labour and Social Policy is Agnieszka Dziemianowicz-Bąk

List of ministers

Term of Office!Prime Minister (cabinet)
Elżbieta RafalskaPIS16 November 20154 June 2019Beata Szydło (Szydło), Mateusz Morawiecki (Morawiecki)
Bożena Borys-SzopaPIS4 June 201915 November 2019Mateusz Morawiecki (Morawiecki)
Marlena MalągPIS15 November 201927 November 2023Mateusz Morawiecki (Morawiecki II)
Independent27 November 202313 December 2023Mateusz Morawiecki (Morawiecki III)
Agnieszka Dziemianowicz-BąkNL13 December 2023PresentDonald Tusk (Tusk III)

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