Ministry of Transport, Construction and Marine Economy (Poland) explained

Agency Name:Ministry of Transport, Construction and Maritime Economy
Nativename:Ministerstwo Transportu, Budownictwa i Gospodarki Morskiej
Seal:Polish Governmental and Diplomatic Plaque.svg
Formed:21 November 2011
Preceding1:Ministry of Infrastructure
Dissolved:27 November 2013
Superseding:Ministry of Infrastructure and Development
Headquarters:ul. Tytusa Chałubińskiego 4/6, Warsaw
ul. Wspólna 2/4, Warsaw
Parent Agency:Council of Ministers
Website:www.transport.gov.pl

Ministry of Transport, Construction and Maritime Economy (Polish: Ministerstwo Transportu, Budownictwa i Gospodarki Morskiej) was formed on 21 November 2011, from transformation of Ministry of Infrastructure.

The ministry was concerned with various aspects of transport in Poland, as well as construction and maritime economy.

The department was merged with the Ministry of Regional Development in November 2013 under Prime Minister Donald Tusk, creating the Ministry of Infrastructure and Development.[1]

The ministry supervises:

Dissolved in 2013.[2]

Headquarters

The building of the Ministry of Communication is a modernist office building at 4/6 Tytusa Chałubińskiego Street in Warsaw, erected between 1929 and 1931, designed by Rudolf Świerczyński.

In the years 1948-1950 the complex of buildings was significantly expanded according to the design of Bohdan Pniewski. The high-rise part can be considered as the first skyscraper built in Warsaw, and probably in the whole country after World War II.

In the period 1945-2000 the Polish State Railways were also managed from this building.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Poland: Elżbieta Bieńkowska will be Minister of Infrastructure and Development. Transportet.eu. 1 December 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20131203183224/http://transportet.eu/8157/elzbieta-bienkowska-will-be-minister-of-infrastructure-and-development/. 3 December 2013. dead.
  2. Web site: Rozporządzenie Rady Ministrów z dnia 27 listopada 2013 r. w sprawie utworzenia Ministerstwa Infrastruktury i Rozwoju oraz zniesienia Ministerstwa Transportu, Budownictwa i Gospodarki Morskiej . Regulation of the Council of Ministers of November 27, 2013 on the establishment of the Ministry of Infrastructure and Development and the abolition of the Ministry of Transport, Construction and Marine Economy . 2024-07-09 . isap.sejm.gov.pl . pl.