The Military Gendarmerie is a military provost formation created in 1990 in Poland

Poland

Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...

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History

Polish military police traces its history to the communist era Military Internal Service

Internal Military Service

Wojskowa Służba Wewnętrzna - or WSW, Military Internal Service, it was a military counterintelligence, military police, and secret police Service during the years of 1957-1990 in the Polish People's Republic or PRL.- Background :...

 (Polish: Wojskowa Służba Wewnętrzna), World War II

World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...

-era Service for Protection of the Uprising (Polish: Wojskowa Służba Ochrony Powstania), interwar-era military police in the Second Polish Republic

Second Polish Republic

The Second Polish Republic, Second Commonwealth of Poland or interwar Poland refers to Poland between the two world wars; a period in Polish history in which Poland was restored as an independent state. Officially known as the Republic of Poland or the Commonwealth of Poland , the Polish state was...

, formations of the January

January Uprising

The January Uprising was an uprising in the former Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth against the Russian Empire...

 and November Uprising

November Uprising

The November Uprising , Polish–Russian War 1830–31 also known as the Cadet Revolution, was an armed rebellion in the heartland of partitioned Poland against the Russian Empire. The uprising began on 29 November 1830 in Warsaw when the young Polish officers from the local Army of the Congress...

, Duchy of Warsaw

Duchy of Warsaw

The Duchy of Warsaw was a Polish state established by Napoleon I in 1807 from the Polish lands ceded by the Kingdom of Prussia under the terms of the Treaties of Tilsit. The duchy was held in personal union by one of Napoleon's allies, King Frederick Augustus I of Saxony...

 and finally, some officials of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, first created in early 17th century.

Structure

The Polish military police is organized into:

• Headquarters
• 3 special units
• 10 units
• 2 departments
• 45 regional stations

Commanders

The current commander is brigadier general Mirosław Rozmus.

• gen. bryg. Jerzy Jarosz (1 IX 1990 – 20 II 1992)
• płk dypl. Henryk Piątkowski (11 III 1992 – 1 IV 1993)
• gen. bryg. Alfons Kupis (1 IV 1993 – 24 VII 2000)
• gen. dyw. Jerzy Słowiński (1 VIII 2000 – 30 VII 2003)
• gen. dyw. Bogusław Pacek (31 VII 2003 – 3 X 2006)
• gen. dyw. Jan Żukowski
  Jan Żukowski
  Jan Żukowski is a Polish sprint canoer who competed in the early 1970s. He was eliminated in the semifinals of the C-2 1000 m event at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich.-References:*...
  
   (3 X 2006 – 1 I 2008)
• gen. bryg. Marek Witczak (2 I 2008 - 17 XII 2010)
• gen. bryg. Mirosław Rozmus (od 17 XII 2010)

External links

Official pages Żandarmeria Wojskowa