Ministry of National Defence (Poland)

Ministry of National Defence of the Polish Republic
Ministerstwo Obrony Narodowej Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej
Official governmental wall plaque
Ministerial logotype
Agency overview
Headquarters	ul. Klonowa 1, Warsaw
Agency executive	Tomasz Siemoniak, Minister of National Defence
Parent agency	Council of Ministers
Website
www.mon.gov.pl

Ministry of National Defence (Ministerstwo Obrony Narodowej) is the office of government in Poland under the Minister of Defence. During the Second Polish Republic and World War II it was called the Ministry of Military Affairs. Ministry budget for 2008 is 23.7 billion zlotys (11 billion dollars)

Contents 1 Ministers 1.1 2nd Republic 1.2 World War II 1.3 People's Poland 1.4 3rd Republic 2 See also 3 External links

Ministers

List of Ministers of National Defence of the Republic of Poland/Ministers of Military Affairs (pl. Ministrowie Obrony Narodowej/Ministrowie Spraw Wojskowych). The current minister is Tomasz Siemoniak.

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)
• marsz. 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 (1985–1990)

3rd Republic

• 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 (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

See also

• Ministries of Poland
• Wydawnictwo MON

External links

• Home site

Ministers of National Defence of Poland Piotr Kołodziejczyk • Jan Parys • Janusz Onyszkiewicz • Piotr Kołodziejczyk • Zbigniew Okoński • Stanisław Dobrzański • Janusz Onyszkiewicz • Bronisław Komorowski • Jerzy Szmajdziński • Radosław Sikorski • Aleksander Szczygło • Bogdan Klich • Tomasz Siemoniak

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