Ministry of Interior and Administration of the Republic of Poland

Ministry of Internal Affairs and Administration ( _pl. Ministerstwo Spraw Wewnętrznych i Administracji) is an administration structure contrilling main administration and security branches of the Polish government. Current Minister is Grzegorz Schetyna.

It was founded in 1918 as Ministry of Internal Affairs ("Ministerstwo Spraw Wewnętrznych"). In 1996 during a reform of the Polish government the administration branch was merged into in and it was renamed to its current name (on 24 December).

List of ministers

Ministers of Internal Affairs of the Second Republic of Poland

*Stanisław Thugutt 17 November 1918 – 16 January 1919
*Stanisław Wojciechowski 16 January 1919 – 9 December 1919
*Stanisław Wojciechowski 13 December 1919 – 9 June 1920
*Józef Kuczyński (kierownik) 23 June 1920 – 24 July 1920
*Leopold Skulski 24 July 1920 – 28 June 1921
*Władysław Raczkiewicz 28 June 1921 – 13 September 1921
*Stanisław Downarowicz 19 September 1921 – 5 March 1922
*Antoni Kamieński 10 March 1922 – 6 June 1922
*Antoni Kamieński 28 June 1922 – 31 July 1922
*Antoni Kamieński 31 July 1922 – 16 December 1922
*Władysław Sikorski 16 December 1922 – 26 May 1923
*Władysław Kiernik 28 May 1923 – 15 December 1923
*Władysław Sołtan 17 December 1923 – 21 March 1924
*Zygmunt Hubner 21 March 1924 – 17 November 1924
*Cyryl Ratajski 17 November 1924 – 14 June 1925
*Władysław Raczkiewicz 15 June 1925 – 13 November 1925
*Władysław Raczkiewicz 20 November 1925 – 5 May 1926
*Stefan Smólski 10 May 1926 – 15 May 1926
*Kazimierz Młodzianowski 15 May 1926 – 8 June 1926
*Kazimierz Młodzianowski 8 June 1926 – 24 November 1926
*Kazimierz Młodzianowski 27 September 1926 – 30 September 1926
*Felicjan Sławoj-Składkowski 2 October 1926 – 27 June 1928
*Felicjan Sławoj-Składkowski 27 June 1928 – 13 April 1929
*Felicjan Sławoj-Składkowski 14 April 1929 – 29 December 1929
*Henryk Józewski 29 December 1929 – 17 March 1930
*Henryk Józewski 29 March 1930 – 3 June 1930
*Felicjan Sławoj-Składkowski 3 June 1930 – 23 August 1930
*Felicjan Sławoj-Składkowski 25 August 1930 – 4 December 1930
*Felicjan Sławoj-Składkowski 4 December 1930 – 26 May 1931
*Felicjan Sławoj-Składkowski 27 May 1931 – 23 June 1931
*Bronisław Pieracki 23 June 1931 – 9 May 1933
*Bronisław Pieracki 10 May 1933 – 13 May 1934
*Bronisław Pieracki 15 May 1934 – 15 June 1934
*Leon Kozłowski 16 June 1934 – 28 June 1934
*Marian Zyndram-Kościałkowski 28 June 1934 – 28 March 1935
*Marian Zyndram-Kościałkowski 28 March 1935 – 12 October1935
*Władysław Raczkiewicz 13 October 1935 – 15 May 1936
*Felicjan Sławoj-Składkowski 16 May 1936 – 30 September 1939

Ministers of Public Security

* Stanisław Radkiewicz (PPR) 31 December 1944 - 7 December 1954

Ministers of Internal Affairs of People's Republic of Poland

* Władysław Wicha (PZPR) 7 December 1954 - 12 December 1964
* Mieczysław Moczar (PZPR) 12 December 1964 - 15 July 1968
* Kazimierz Świtała (PZPR) 15 July 1968 - 13 February 1971
* Franciszek Szlachcic (PZPR) 13 February 1971 - 22 December 1971
* Wiesław Ociepka (PZPR) 22 December 1971 - 28 February 1973
* Stanisław Kowalczyk (PZPR) 22 March 1973 - 8 October 1980
* Mirosław Milewski (PZPR) 8 October 1980 - 31 July 1981
* Czesław Kiszczak (PZPR) 31 July 1981 - 6 July 1990

Ministers of Internal Affairs of Third Polish Republic

* Krzysztof Kozłowski (non-partisan) 6 July 1990 - 14 December 1990
* Henryk Majewski (non-partisan) 12 January 1991 - 5 December 1991
* Antoni Macierewicz 23 December 1991 - 5 June 1992
* Andrzej Milczanowski 11 July 1992 - 22 December 1995
* Jerzy Konieczny 29 December 1995 - 26 January 1996
* Zbigniew Siemiątkowski (SLD) 15 February 1996 - 4 February 1997

Ministers of Internal Affairs and Administration of Third Polish Republic

* Leszek Miller (SLD) 1 January 1997 - 17 October 1997
* Janusz Tomaszewski (AWS) 31 October 1997 - 3 September 1999
* Marek Biernacki (AWS) 7 October 1999 - 19 October 2001
* Krzysztof Janik (SLD) 19 October 2001 - 21 January 2004
* Józef Oleksy (SLD) 21 January 2004 - 21 April 2004
* Jerzy Szmajdziński (SLD) 21 April 2004 - 2 May 2004
* Ryszard Kalisz (SLD) 2 May 2004 - 31 October 2005
* Ludwik Dorn (PiS) 31 October 2005 - 7 February 2007,
* Janusz Kaczmarek ("independent") 8 February 2007 - 8 August 2007
* Władysław Stasiak ("independent") 8 August 2007 - 16 November 2007
* Grzegorz Schetyna ("Platforma Obywatelska"} 16 November 2007 - "Present