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class="infobox-subheader">Ministerstwo Obrony Narodowej</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Ministerstwo_Obrony_Narodowej_logo_2022.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Ministerstwo_Obrony_Narodowej_logo_2022.png/200px-Ministerstwo_Obrony_Narodowej_logo_2022.png" decoding="async" width="200" height="70" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Ministerstwo_Obrony_Narodowej_logo_2022.png/300px-Ministerstwo_Obrony_Narodowej_logo_2022.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Ministerstwo_Obrony_Narodowej_logo_2022.png/400px-Ministerstwo_Obrony_Narodowej_logo_2022.png 2x" data-file-width="1229" data-file-height="432" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a 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overview</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Formed</th><td class="infobox-data">November 30, 1942<span class="noprint">; 81 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">1942-11-30</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Preceding Ministry</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li style="text-indent: -1em; padding-left: 1em;">Ministry of Military Affairs</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Jurisdiction</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Politics_of_Poland" title="Politics of Poland">Government of Poland</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Headquarters</th><td 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Klonowa 1, <a href="/wiki/Warsaw" title="Warsaw">Warsaw</a><br /><span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Ministry_of_National_Defence_(Poland)&params=52_12_44_N_21_1_33_E_type:landmark"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">52°12′44″N</span> <span class="longitude">21°1′33″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">52.21222°N 21.02583°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">52.21222; 21.02583</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Annual budget</th><td class="infobox-data">140 billion <a href="/wiki/Polish_z%C5%82oty" title="Polish złoty">zł</a> (2022)<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Minister responsible</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li style="text-indent: -1em; padding-left: 1em;"><a href="/wiki/W%C5%82adys%C5%82aw_Kosiniak-Kamysz" title="Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz">Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.gov.pl/web/national-defence">www<wbr />.gov<wbr />.pl<wbr />/web<wbr />/national-defence</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Logo_of_the_Ministry_of_National_Defence_of_Poland,_from_a_gift_presented_by_Polish_Defense_Minister_Wladyslaw_Kosiniak-Kamysz_during_his_visit_to_Arlington_National_Cemetery,_Arlington,_Virginia_on_August_29,_2024_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/Logo_of_the_Ministry_of_National_Defence_of_Poland%2C_from_a_gift_presented_by_Polish_Defense_Minister_Wladyslaw_Kosiniak-Kamysz_during_his_visit_to_Arlington_National_Cemetery%2C_Arlington%2C_Virginia_on_August_29%2C_2024_%28cropped%29.jpg/262px-thumbnail.jpg" decoding="async" width="262" height="262" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/Logo_of_the_Ministry_of_National_Defence_of_Poland%2C_from_a_gift_presented_by_Polish_Defense_Minister_Wladyslaw_Kosiniak-Kamysz_during_his_visit_to_Arlington_National_Cemetery%2C_Arlington%2C_Virginia_on_August_29%2C_2024_%28cropped%29.jpg/393px-thumbnail.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/Logo_of_the_Ministry_of_National_Defence_of_Poland%2C_from_a_gift_presented_by_Polish_Defense_Minister_Wladyslaw_Kosiniak-Kamysz_during_his_visit_to_Arlington_National_Cemetery%2C_Arlington%2C_Virginia_on_August_29%2C_2024_%28cropped%29.jpg/524px-thumbnail.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2335" data-file-height="2334" /></a><figcaption>Logo of the Ministry of National Defence of Poland, from a gift presented by Polish Defense Minister Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz during his visit to Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia on August 29, 2024 </figcaption></figure> <p>The <b>Ministry of National Defence</b> (<a href="/wiki/Polish_language" title="Polish language">Polish</a>: <i>Ministerstwo Obrony Narodowej</i> <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="pl-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/Polish" title="Help:IPA/Polish">[mi.ɲisˈtɛr.stfɔ<span class="wrap"> </span>ɔˈbrɔ.nɘ<span class="wrap"> </span>na.rɔˈdɔ.vɛj]</a></span><i>, MON</i> <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="pl-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/Polish" title="Help:IPA/Polish">[ˈmɔn]</a></span> <span class="noprint"><span class="ext-phonos"><span data-nosnippet="" id="ooui-php-1" class="ext-phonos-PhonosButton noexcerpt ext-phonos-PhonosButton-emptylabel oo-ui-widget oo-ui-widget-enabled oo-ui-buttonElement oo-ui-buttonElement-frameless oo-ui-iconElement oo-ui-buttonWidget" data-ooui="{"_":"mw.Phonos.PhonosButton","href":"\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/transcoded\/b\/b6\/Pl-MON.ogg\/Pl-MON.ogg.mp3","rel":["nofollow"],"framed":false,"icon":"volumeUp","data":{"ipa":"","text":"","lang":"en","wikibase":"","file":"Pl-MON.ogg"},"classes":["ext-phonos-PhonosButton","noexcerpt","ext-phonos-PhonosButton-emptylabel"]}"><a role="button" tabindex="0" href="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/b6/Pl-MON.ogg/Pl-MON.ogg.mp3" rel="nofollow" aria-label="Play audio" title="Play audio" class="oo-ui-buttonElement-button"><span class="oo-ui-iconElement-icon oo-ui-icon-volumeUp"></span><span class="oo-ui-labelElement-label"></span><span class="oo-ui-indicatorElement-indicator oo-ui-indicatorElement-noIndicator"></span></a></span><sup class="ext-phonos-attribution noexcerpt navigation-not-searchable"><a href="/wiki/File:Pl-MON.ogg" title="File:Pl-MON.ogg">ⓘ</a></sup></span></span>) is a <a href="/wiki/Government_of_Poland" class="mw-redirect" title="Government of Poland">office of government</a> in <a href="/wiki/Poland" title="Poland">Poland</a> headed by the Minister of National Defence. It is responsible for the organisation and management of the <a href="/wiki/Polish_Armed_Forces" title="Polish Armed Forces">Polish Armed Forces</a>. During the <a href="/wiki/Second_Polish_Republic" title="Second Polish Republic">Second Polish Republic</a> and <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a> it was called the <b>Ministry of Military Affairs</b> (<i>Ministerstwo Spraw Wojskowych</i>). Ministry budget for 2022 was 140 billion <a href="/wiki/Polish_z%C5%82oty" title="Polish złoty">PLN</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ministry_of_National_Defence_(Poland)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The beginning of the Ministry of Defence's operations is connected with the 1775 establishment of the Military Department within the <a href="/wiki/Permanent_Council" title="Permanent Council">Permanent Council</a>. In 1789, the Military Commission of the <a href="/wiki/Polish%E2%80%93Lithuanian_Commonwealth" title="Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth">Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth</a> was established, and from the <a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_3_May_1791" title="Constitution of 3 May 1791">Constitution of 3 May 1791</a> was under the <a href="/wiki/Guardians_of_the_Laws" title="Guardians of the Laws">Guardians of the Laws</a>. Between 1793-94, the department was restored in the Supreme National Council. When <a href="/wiki/Warsaw" title="Warsaw">Warsaw</a> became part of the <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Prussia" title="Kingdom of Prussia">Kingdom of Prussia</a> after the <a href="/wiki/Third_Partition_of_Poland" title="Third Partition of Poland">Third Partition of Poland</a> in 1795), the Prussian Ministry of War headquarters was moved into the local <a href="/wiki/Copper-Roof_Palace" title="Copper-Roof Palace">Copper-Roof Palace</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-wiezowce_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wiezowce-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Another War Ministry was established in the <a href="/wiki/Duchy_of_Warsaw" title="Duchy of Warsaw">Duchy of Warsaw</a>. After the establishment of the <a href="/wiki/Stanis%C5%82aw_Ma%C5%82achowski" title="Stanisław Małachowski">Stanisław Małachowski</a> government on 5 October 1807, the War Directorate became the Minister of War. </p><p>From 1807 to 1810, the number of ministry officials increased from a dozen to over one hundred. The ministry's activities ceased on 4 May 1813. In 1814, the Military Organizing Committee was established in <a href="/wiki/Paris" title="Paris">Paris</a> to regulate the military affairs of the <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Poland" title="Kingdom of Poland">Kingdom of Poland</a> in 1815.<sup id="cite_ref-kp_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kp-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After the <a href="/wiki/November_Uprising" title="November Uprising">November Uprising</a> and the introduction of the <a href="/wiki/Organic_Statute_of_the_Kingdom_of_Poland" title="Organic Statute of the Kingdom of Poland">Organic Statute of the Kingdom of Poland</a> in the early 1830s, the distinctiveness of the Polish defence establishment from the Ministry of War of the <a href="/wiki/Russian_Empire" title="Russian Empire">Russian Empire</a> ceased to exist. On 30 January 1917, the <a href="/wiki/Provisional_Council_of_State" title="Provisional Council of State">Provisional Council of State</a> created an acting military commission, which was to deal with Polish military matters until a war office was organised. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:MON,_Warszawa.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/MON%2C_Warszawa.jpg/220px-MON%2C_Warszawa.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/MON%2C_Warszawa.jpg/330px-MON%2C_Warszawa.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/MON%2C_Warszawa.jpg/440px-MON%2C_Warszawa.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2048" data-file-height="1536" /></a><figcaption>The main gate to the Ministry of National Defence complex on Klonowa Street.</figcaption></figure> <p>On 2 November 1918, the commission was transformed into the Ministry of Military Affairs, based at the <a href="/wiki/Copper-Roof_Palace" title="Copper-Roof Palace">Copper-Roof Palace</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-caw_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-caw-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During the London emigration of Polish power during World War II, on November 30, 1942, the name of the Ministry of Military Affairs was changed to the Ministry of National Defence. In 1944, under the <a href="/wiki/Polish_Committee_of_National_Liberation" title="Polish Committee of National Liberation">Polish Committee of National Liberation</a> under the <a href="/wiki/Communism" title="Communism">communists</a> controlled a National Defence Centre to manage the war front. After the war, the <a href="/wiki/Provisional_Government_of_National_Unity" title="Provisional Government of National Unity">Provisional Government of National Unity</a> (TRJN) reestablished the Military Affairs Ministry, which would be replaced by the Ministry of National Defence in 1979 and was under the <a href="/wiki/Polish_People%27s_Army" title="Polish People's Army">Polish People's Army</a> (LWP) in the <a href="/wiki/People%27s_Republic_of_Poland" class="mw-redirect" title="People's Republic of Poland">People's Republic of Poland</a>. The ministry would be transferred from the LWP to the Polish Army in 1990. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Organizational_structure">Organizational structure</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ministry_of_National_Defence_(Poland)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Organizational structure"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The ministry includes political departments, Cabinet of the Minister and the following organizational units including units P1-P8 forming <a href="/wiki/Polish_General_Staff" title="Polish General Staff">Polish General Staff</a>:<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>Operational Centre</li> <li>Administrative Department</li> <li>Budget Department</li> <li>Department of Education, Culture and Heritage</li> <li>Department of Infrastructure</li> <li>Personnel Department</li> <li>Department of Control</li> <li>Department of Cyber Security</li> <li>Department of Protection of Classified Information</li> <li>Department of International Security Policy</li> <li>Armaments Policy Department</li> <li>Law Department</li> <li>Department of Social Affairs</li> <li>Department of Strategy and Defence Planning</li> <li>Department of Military Education</li> <li>Department of Military Health Service</li> <li>Department of Military Foreign Affairs</li> <li>Office of the General Director</li> <li>Office of the Minister of National Defence</li> <li>Offset Contracts Office</li> <li>Management Board of the Organization and Additions (P1)</li> <li>Management of Intelligence and Reconnaissance Intelligence (P2)</li> <li>Armed Forces Planning and Training Management Board (P3/P7)</li> <li>Logistics Management (P4)</li> <li>Management Board of Armed Forces Development Planning and Programming (P5)</li> <li>Management and Command Board (P6)</li> <li>Material Planning Board (P8)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_Information_Services_(Poland)" title="Military Information Services (Poland)">Military Information Services</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Internal_Military_Service" title="Internal Military Service">Internal Military Service</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_Intelligence" class="mw-redirect" title="Military Intelligence">Military Intelligence</a> Service</li></ul> <p>Units subordinate to the MON: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Armed_Forces_General_Command_(Poland)" title="Armed Forces General Command (Poland)">Armed Forces General Command</a></li> <li>Operational Command</li> <li>Support Command</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_Gendarmerie_(Poland)" title="Military Gendarmerie (Poland)">Military Gendarmerie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Territorial_Defence_Force_(Poland)" title="Territorial Defence Force (Poland)">Territorial Defence Force</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Warsaw_Garrison_Command" title="Warsaw Garrison Command">Warsaw Garrison Command</a></li> <li>National Centre for Kryptologii</li> <li>Provincial Military Headquarters</li> <li>Centre of Monitoring and Analysis</li> <li>Inspectorate of Armaments</li> <li>Innovative Defence Technology</li> <li>Inspectorate of Military Fires</li> <li>Military Centre for Standardization, Quality and Codification</li> <li>Military Centre of Metrology</li> <li>National Military Representative to <a href="/wiki/NATO" title="NATO">NATO</a></li> <li>Internal Audit for the Energy Sector</li> <li>Military Technical Supervision</li> <li>Military Studies of Teaching Foreign Languages</li> <li>Central Military-Medical Commission</li> <li>Military Pension Offices</li> <li>House of the Retired Military Personnel (<a href="/wiki/Warsaw" title="Warsaw">Warsaw</a>)</li> <li>Registration Office of the Polish Army</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Ministers">Ministers</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ministry_of_National_Defence_(Poland)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Ministers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dt><a href="/wiki/Second_Polish_Republic" title="Second Polish Republic">Second Polish Republic</a></dt></dl> <ul><li>Brigadier general <a href="/wiki/Edward_Rydz-%C5%9Amig%C5%82y" title="Edward Rydz-Śmigły">Edward Rydz-Śmigły</a> (1918)</li> <li>(acting) Major general <a href="/w/index.php?title=Jan_Wroczy%C5%84ski&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Jan Wroczyński (page does not exist)">Jan Wroczyński</a> (1918–1919)</li> <li>Major general <a href="/w/index.php?title=J%C3%B3zef_Le%C5%9Bniewski&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Józef Leśniewski (page does not exist)">Józef Leśniewski</a> (1919–1920)</li> <li>Major general <a href="/wiki/Kazimierz_Sosnkowski" title="Kazimierz Sosnkowski">Kazimierz Sosnkowski</a> (1921–1923)</li> <li>(acting) Major general <a href="/w/index.php?title=Aleksander_Osi%C5%84ski&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Aleksander Osiński (page does not exist)">Aleksander Osiński</a> (1923)</li> <li>Major general <a href="/wiki/W%C5%82adys%C5%82aw_Sikorski" title="Władysław Sikorski">Władysław Sikorski</a> (1924–1925)</li> <li>Lieutenant general <a href="/wiki/Lucjan_%C5%BBeligowski" title="Lucjan Żeligowski">Lucjan Żeligowski</a> (1925–1926)</li> <li>Major general <a href="/w/index.php?title=Juliusz_Tadeusz_Tarnawa-Malczewski&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Juliusz Tadeusz Tarnawa-Malczewski (page does not exist)">Juliusz Tadeusz Tarnawa-Malczewski</a> (1926)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marshal_of_Poland" title="Marshal of Poland">Marshal of Poland</a> <a href="/wiki/J%C3%B3zef_Pi%C5%82sudski" title="Józef Piłsudski">Józef Piłsudski</a> (1926–1935)</li> <li>Major general <a href="/wiki/Tadeusz_Kasprzycki" title="Tadeusz Kasprzycki">Tadeusz Kasprzycki</a> (1935–1939)</li></ul> <dl><dt><a href="/wiki/Polish_government-in-exile" title="Polish government-in-exile">Polish government-in-exile</a></dt></dl> <ul><li>Lieutenant general <a href="/wiki/W%C5%82adys%C5%82aw_Sikorski" title="Władysław Sikorski">Władysław Sikorski</a> (1939–1942)</li> <li>Major general <a href="/wiki/Marian_Kukiel" title="Marian Kukiel">Marian Kukiel</a> (1942–1944)</li></ul> <dl><dt>Republic of Poland / <a href="/wiki/People%27s_Republic_of_Poland" class="mw-redirect" title="People's Republic of Poland">People's Republic of Poland</a></dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Marshal_of_Poland" title="Marshal of Poland">Marshal of Poland</a> <a href="/wiki/Micha%C5%82_Rola-%C5%BBymierski" title="Michał Rola-Żymierski">Michał Rola-Żymierski</a> (1945–1949)</li> <li>Marshal of Poland/<a href="/wiki/Marshal_of_the_Soviet_Union" title="Marshal of the Soviet Union">Marshal of the Soviet Union</a> <a href="/wiki/Konstantin_Rokossovsky" title="Konstantin Rokossovsky">Konstantin Rokossovsky</a> (1949–1956)</li> <li>Marshal of Poland <a href="/wiki/Marian_Spychalski" title="Marian Spychalski">Marian Spychalski</a> (1956–1968)</li> <li>Army General <a href="/wiki/Wojciech_Jaruzelski" title="Wojciech Jaruzelski">Wojciech Jaruzelski</a> (1968–1983)</li> <li>Army General <a href="/wiki/Florian_Siwicki" title="Florian Siwicki">Florian Siwicki</a> (1983–1989)</li></ul> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:POL_Flaga_MON.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/POL_Flaga_MON.svg/220px-POL_Flaga_MON.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="138" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/POL_Flaga_MON.svg/330px-POL_Flaga_MON.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/POL_Flaga_MON.svg/440px-POL_Flaga_MON.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1000" /></a><figcaption>Flag of the Polish Minister of National Defence</figcaption></figure> <dl><dt><a href="/wiki/Third_Polish_Republic" class="mw-redirect" title="Third Polish Republic">Third Polish Republic</a></dt></dl> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2">Portrait </th> <th>Name<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(Birth–Death)</span> </th> <th>Party </th> <th colspan="2">Term of Office </th> <th><a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Poland" title="Prime Minister of Poland">Prime Minister</a> </th> <th>(Cabinet) </th></tr> <tr> <th style="background:#DCDCDC;"> </th> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Siwicki.Florian.07.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Siwicki.Florian.07.JPG/60px-Siwicki.Florian.07.JPG" decoding="async" width="60" height="87" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Siwicki.Florian.07.JPG/90px-Siwicki.Florian.07.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Siwicki.Florian.07.JPG/120px-Siwicki.Florian.07.JPG 2x" data-file-width="875" data-file-height="1272" /></a></span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">Army General</span><div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><a href="/wiki/Florian_Siwicki" title="Florian Siwicki">Florian Siwicki</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1925–2013)</span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independent</a> </td> <td>12 September 1989 </td> <td>6 July 1990 </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Tadeusz_Mazowiecki" title="Tadeusz Mazowiecki">Tadeusz Mazowiecki</a> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Cabinet_of_Tadeusz_Mazowiecki" title="Cabinet of Tadeusz Mazowiecki">Mazowiecki</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="2" style="background:#DCDCDC;"> </th> <td rowspan="2"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Herb_Polski.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Herb_Polski.svg/60px-Herb_Polski.svg.png" decoding="async" width="60" height="71" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Herb_Polski.svg/90px-Herb_Polski.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Herb_Polski.svg/120px-Herb_Polski.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="3158" data-file-height="3716" /></a></span> </td> <td rowspan="2"><span style="font-size:85%;">Vice Admiral</span><div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><a href="/wiki/Piotr_Ko%C5%82odziejczyk" title="Piotr Kołodziejczyk">Piotr Kołodziejczyk</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1939–2019)</span> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independent</a> </td> <td>6 July 1990 </td> <td>4 January 1991 </td></tr> <tr> <td>4 January 1991 </td> <td>23 December 1991 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jan_Krzysztof_Bielecki" title="Jan Krzysztof Bielecki">Jan Krzysztof Bielecki</a> </td> <td>Bielecki </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background:#DCDCDC;"> </th> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Jan_Parys.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Jan_Parys.JPG/60px-Jan_Parys.JPG" decoding="async" width="60" height="60" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Jan_Parys.JPG/90px-Jan_Parys.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Jan_Parys.JPG/120px-Jan_Parys.JPG 2x" data-file-width="719" data-file-height="719" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jan_Parys" title="Jan Parys">Jan Parys</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1950)</span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independent</a> </td> <td>23 December 1991 </td> <td>23 May 1992 </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Jan_Olszewski" title="Jan Olszewski">Jan Olszewski</a> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Cabinet_of_Jan_Olszewski" title="Cabinet of Jan Olszewski">Olszewski</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background:#DCDCDC;"> </th> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Romuald_Szeremietiew_Sejm_2015.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Romuald_Szeremietiew_Sejm_2015.JPG/60px-Romuald_Szeremietiew_Sejm_2015.JPG" decoding="async" width="60" height="92" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Romuald_Szeremietiew_Sejm_2015.JPG/90px-Romuald_Szeremietiew_Sejm_2015.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Romuald_Szeremietiew_Sejm_2015.JPG/120px-Romuald_Szeremietiew_Sejm_2015.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2909" data-file-height="4466" /></a></span> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Romuald_Szeremietiew" title="Romuald Szeremietiew">Romuald Szeremietiew</a></i><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1945)</span><div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><span style="font-size:85%;"><i>acting</i></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independent</a> </td> <td><i>23 May 1992</i> </td> <td><i>5 June 1992</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background:#DB812E;"> </th> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Janusz_Onyszkiewicz.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Janusz_Onyszkiewicz.jpg/60px-Janusz_Onyszkiewicz.jpg" decoding="async" width="60" height="71" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Janusz_Onyszkiewicz.jpg/90px-Janusz_Onyszkiewicz.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Janusz_Onyszkiewicz.jpg/120px-Janusz_Onyszkiewicz.jpg 2x" data-file-width="768" data-file-height="915" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Janusz_Onyszkiewicz" title="Janusz Onyszkiewicz">Janusz Onyszkiewicz</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1937)</span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Union_(Poland)" title="Democratic Union (Poland)">UD</a> </td> <td>11 July 1992 </td> <td>25 October 1993 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hanna_Suchocka" title="Hanna Suchocka">Hanna Suchocka</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Cabinet_of_Hanna_Suchocka" title="Cabinet of Hanna Suchocka">Suchocka</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background:#DCDCDC;"> </th> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Herb_Polski.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Herb_Polski.svg/60px-Herb_Polski.svg.png" decoding="async" width="60" height="71" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Herb_Polski.svg/90px-Herb_Polski.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Herb_Polski.svg/120px-Herb_Polski.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="3158" data-file-height="3716" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Piotr_Ko%C5%82odziejczyk" title="Piotr Kołodziejczyk">Piotr Kołodziejczyk</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1939–2019)</span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independent</a> </td> <td>26 October 1993 </td> <td>10 November 1994 </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Waldemar_Pawlak" title="Waldemar Pawlak">Waldemar Pawlak</a> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Second_Cabinet_of_Waldemar_Pawlak" title="Second Cabinet of Waldemar Pawlak">Pawlak II</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background:#DCDCDC;"> </th> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Herb_Polski.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Herb_Polski.svg/60px-Herb_Polski.svg.png" decoding="async" width="60" height="71" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Herb_Polski.svg/90px-Herb_Polski.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Herb_Polski.svg/120px-Herb_Polski.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="3158" data-file-height="3716" /></a></span> </td> <td><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jerzy_Milewski&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Jerzy Milewski (page does not exist)">Jerzy Milewski</a></i><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1935–1997)</span><div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><span style="font-size:85%;"><i>acting</i></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent</a> </td> <td><i>10 November 1994</i> </td> <td><i>7 March 1995</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background:#DCDCDC;"> </th> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Herb_Polski.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Herb_Polski.svg/60px-Herb_Polski.svg.png" decoding="async" width="60" height="71" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Herb_Polski.svg/90px-Herb_Polski.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Herb_Polski.svg/120px-Herb_Polski.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="3158" data-file-height="3716" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Zbigniew_Oko%C5%84ski" title="Zbigniew Okoński">Zbigniew Okoński</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1949)</span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independent</a> </td> <td>7 March 1995 </td> <td>22 December 1995 </td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/J%C3%B3zef_Oleksy" title="Józef Oleksy">Józef Oleksy</a> </td> <td rowspan="3">Oleksy </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background:#DCDCDC;"> </th> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Herb_Polski.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Herb_Polski.svg/60px-Herb_Polski.svg.png" decoding="async" width="60" height="71" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Herb_Polski.svg/90px-Herb_Polski.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Herb_Polski.svg/120px-Herb_Polski.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="3158" data-file-height="3716" /></a></span> </td> <td><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Andrzej_Karkoszka&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Andrzej Karkoszka (page does not exist)">Andrzej Karkoszka</a></i><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1945)</span><div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><span style="font-size:85%;"><i>acting</i></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independent</a> </td> <td><i>22 December 1995</i> </td> <td><i>5 January 1996</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="2" style="background:#1BB100;"> </th> <td rowspan="2"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Herb_Polski.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Herb_Polski.svg/60px-Herb_Polski.svg.png" decoding="async" width="60" height="71" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Herb_Polski.svg/90px-Herb_Polski.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Herb_Polski.svg/120px-Herb_Polski.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="3158" data-file-height="3716" /></a></span> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stanis%C5%82aw_Dobrza%C5%84ski&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Stanisław Dobrzański (page does not exist)">Stanisław Dobrzański</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1949)</span> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Polish_People%27s_Party" title="Polish People's Party">PSL</a> </td> <td>5 January 1996 </td> <td>7 February 1996 </td></tr> <tr> <td>7 February 1996 </td> <td>31 October 1997 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/W%C5%82odzimierz_Cimoszewicz" title="Włodzimierz Cimoszewicz">Włodzimierz Cimoszewicz</a> </td> <td>Cimoszewicz </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background:#2666AE;"> </th> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Janusz_Onyszkiewicz.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Janusz_Onyszkiewicz.jpg/60px-Janusz_Onyszkiewicz.jpg" decoding="async" width="60" height="71" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Janusz_Onyszkiewicz.jpg/90px-Janusz_Onyszkiewicz.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Janusz_Onyszkiewicz.jpg/120px-Janusz_Onyszkiewicz.jpg 2x" data-file-width="768" data-file-height="915" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Janusz_Onyszkiewicz" title="Janusz Onyszkiewicz">Janusz Onyszkiewicz</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1937)</span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Freedom_Union_(Poland)" title="Freedom Union (Poland)">UW</a> </td> <td>31 October 1997 </td> <td>16 June 2000 </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Jerzy_Buzek" title="Jerzy Buzek">Jerzy Buzek</a> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Cabinet_of_Jerzy_Buzek" title="Cabinet of Jerzy Buzek">Buzek</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background:#4B61D1;"> </th> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Bronis%C5%82aw_Komorowski_(2).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Bronis%C5%82aw_Komorowski_%282%29.jpg/60px-Bronis%C5%82aw_Komorowski_%282%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="60" height="82" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Bronis%C5%82aw_Komorowski_%282%29.jpg/90px-Bronis%C5%82aw_Komorowski_%282%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Bronis%C5%82aw_Komorowski_%282%29.jpg/120px-Bronis%C5%82aw_Komorowski_%282%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="603" data-file-height="829" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bronis%C5%82aw_Komorowski" title="Bronisław Komorowski">Bronisław Komorowski</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1952)</span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Conservative_People%27s_Party_(Poland)" title="Conservative People's Party (Poland)">SKL</a> </td> <td>16 June 2000 </td> <td>19 October 2001 </td></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="3" style="background:#E2001A;"> </th> <td rowspan="3"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Jerzy_Szmajdzinski.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Jerzy_Szmajdzinski.jpg/60px-Jerzy_Szmajdzinski.jpg" decoding="async" width="60" height="75" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Jerzy_Szmajdzinski.jpg/90px-Jerzy_Szmajdzinski.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Jerzy_Szmajdzinski.jpg/120px-Jerzy_Szmajdzinski.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2400" data-file-height="3000" /></a></span> </td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Jerzy_Szmajdzi%C5%84ski" title="Jerzy Szmajdziński">Jerzy Szmajdziński</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1952–2010)</span> </td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Left_Alliance_(Poland)" title="Democratic Left Alliance (Poland)">SLD</a> </td> <td>19 October 2001 </td> <td>2 May 2004 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Leszek_Miller" title="Leszek Miller">Leszek Miller</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Cabinet_of_Leszek_Miller" title="Cabinet of Leszek Miller">Miller</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2 May 2004 </td> <td>11 June 2004 </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Marek_Belka" title="Marek Belka">Marek Belka</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/First_Cabinet_of_Marek_Belka" title="First Cabinet of Marek Belka">Belka I</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>11 June 2004 </td> <td>31 October 2005 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Second_Cabinet_of_Marek_Belka" title="Second Cabinet of Marek Belka">Belka II</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="2" style="background:#263778;"> </th> <td rowspan="2"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Min._Rados%C5%82aw_Sikorski_2024_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/Min._Rados%C5%82aw_Sikorski_2024_%28cropped%29.jpg/60px-Min._Rados%C5%82aw_Sikorski_2024_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="60" height="83" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/Min._Rados%C5%82aw_Sikorski_2024_%28cropped%29.jpg/90px-Min._Rados%C5%82aw_Sikorski_2024_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/Min._Rados%C5%82aw_Sikorski_2024_%28cropped%29.jpg/120px-Min._Rados%C5%82aw_Sikorski_2024_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1014" data-file-height="1396" /></a></span> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Rados%C5%82aw_Sikorski" title="Radosław Sikorski">Radosław Sikorski</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1963)</span> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Law_and_Justice_(Poland)" class="mw-redirect" title="Law and Justice (Poland)">PiS</a> </td> <td>31 October 2005 </td> <td>14 July 2006 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kazimierz_Marcinkiewicz" title="Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz">Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Cabinet_of_Kazimierz_Marcinkiewicz" title="Cabinet of Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz">Marcinkiewicz</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>14 July 2006 </td> <td>7 February 2007 </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Jaros%C5%82aw_Kaczy%C5%84ski" title="Jarosław Kaczyński">Jarosław Kaczyński</a> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Cabinet_of_Jaros%C5%82aw_Kaczy%C5%84ski" title="Cabinet of Jarosław Kaczyński">Kaczyński</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background:#263778;"> </th> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Aleksander_Szczyg%C5%82o_2008.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Aleksander_Szczyg%C5%82o_2008.jpg/60px-Aleksander_Szczyg%C5%82o_2008.jpg" decoding="async" width="60" height="90" class="mw-file-element" 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height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Bogdan_Klich_Kancelaria_Senatu_2019.jpg/90px-Bogdan_Klich_Kancelaria_Senatu_2019.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Bogdan_Klich_Kancelaria_Senatu_2019.jpg/120px-Bogdan_Klich_Kancelaria_Senatu_2019.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4480" data-file-height="6720" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bogdan_Klich" title="Bogdan Klich">Bogdan Klich</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1960)</span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Civic_Platform" title="Civic Platform">PO</a> </td> <td>16 November 2007 </td> <td>2 August 2011 </td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Donald_Tusk" title="Donald Tusk">Donald Tusk</a> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/First_Cabinet_of_Donald_Tusk" title="First Cabinet of Donald Tusk">Tusk I</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="3" style="background:#F68F2D;"> </th> <td rowspan="3"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Tomasz_Siemoniak_Sejm_2016.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Tomasz_Siemoniak_Sejm_2016.JPG/60px-Tomasz_Siemoniak_Sejm_2016.JPG" decoding="async" width="60" height="78" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Tomasz_Siemoniak_Sejm_2016.JPG/90px-Tomasz_Siemoniak_Sejm_2016.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Tomasz_Siemoniak_Sejm_2016.JPG/120px-Tomasz_Siemoniak_Sejm_2016.JPG 2x" data-file-width="4055" data-file-height="5304" /></a></span> </td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Tomasz_Siemoniak" title="Tomasz Siemoniak">Tomasz Siemoniak</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1967)</span> </td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Civic_Platform" title="Civic Platform">PO</a> </td> <td>2 August 2011 </td> <td>18 November 2011 </td></tr> <tr> <td>18 November 2011 </td> <td>22 September 2014 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Second_Cabinet_of_Donald_Tusk" title="Second Cabinet of Donald Tusk">Tusk II</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>22 September 2014 </td> <td>16 November 2015 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ewa_Kopacz" title="Ewa Kopacz">Ewa Kopacz</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Cabinet_of_Ewa_Kopacz" title="Cabinet of Ewa Kopacz">Kopacz</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="2" style="background:#263778;"> </th> <td rowspan="2"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Informal_meeting_of_defence_ministers_(FAC)._Arrivals_Antoni_Macierewicz_(cropped).png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/Informal_meeting_of_defence_ministers_%28FAC%29._Arrivals_Antoni_Macierewicz_%28cropped%29.png/60px-Informal_meeting_of_defence_ministers_%28FAC%29._Arrivals_Antoni_Macierewicz_%28cropped%29.png" decoding="async" width="60" height="84" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/Informal_meeting_of_defence_ministers_%28FAC%29._Arrivals_Antoni_Macierewicz_%28cropped%29.png/90px-Informal_meeting_of_defence_ministers_%28FAC%29._Arrivals_Antoni_Macierewicz_%28cropped%29.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/Informal_meeting_of_defence_ministers_%28FAC%29._Arrivals_Antoni_Macierewicz_%28cropped%29.png/120px-Informal_meeting_of_defence_ministers_%28FAC%29._Arrivals_Antoni_Macierewicz_%28cropped%29.png 2x" data-file-width="799" data-file-height="1115" /></a></span> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Antoni_Macierewicz" title="Antoni Macierewicz">Antoni Macierewicz</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1948)</span> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Law_and_Justice_(Poland)" class="mw-redirect" title="Law and Justice (Poland)">PiS</a> </td> <td>16 November 2015 </td> <td>11 December 2017 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Beata_Szyd%C5%82o" title="Beata Szydło">Beata Szydło</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Cabinet_of_Beata_Szyd%C5%82o" title="Cabinet of Beata Szydło">Szydło</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>11 December 2017 </td> <td>9 January 2018 </td> <td rowspan="4"><a href="/wiki/Mateusz_Morawiecki" title="Mateusz Morawiecki">Mateusz Morawiecki</a> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/First_Cabinet_of_Mateusz_Morawiecki" title="First Cabinet of Mateusz Morawiecki">Morawiecki I</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="3" style="background:#263778;"> </th> <td rowspan="3"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Mariusz_B%C5%82aszczak_portret.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Mariusz_B%C5%82aszczak_portret.jpg/60px-Mariusz_B%C5%82aszczak_portret.jpg" decoding="async" width="60" height="79" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Mariusz_B%C5%82aszczak_portret.jpg/90px-Mariusz_B%C5%82aszczak_portret.jpg 1.5x, 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