Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Poland
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Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Poland is one of the ministries of Poland
. Each Minister of Justice since 1990 has been also Attorney General of the Republic of 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...
. Each Minister of Justice since 1990 has been also Attorney General of the Republic of Poland.
Ministers of Justice (1989-present)
| No. | Name | Term of Offices | Party | Served under |
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| 1 | Aleksander Bentkowski | September 12, 1989 - December 14, 1990 | United People's Party United People's Party (Poland) The United People's Party was an agrarian political party in the People's Republic of Poland. It was formed on 27 November 1949 from the merger of the communist Stronnictwo Ludowe party with remnants of the independent People's Party of Stanisław Mikołajczyk .ZSL became - as intended from its very... /Polish People's Party |
Tadeusz Mazowiecki Tadeusz Mazowiecki Tadeusz Mazowiecki is a Polish author, journalist, philanthropist and Christian-democratic politician, formerly one of the leaders of the Solidarity movement, and the first non-communist prime minister in Central and Eastern Europe after World War II.-Biography:Mazowiecki comes from a Polish... |
| 2 | Wiesław Chrzanowski | January 12, 1991 - November 25, 1991 | Christian National Union | Jan Krzysztof Bielecki Jan Krzysztof Bielecki Jan Krzysztof Bielecki is a Polish centre politician. He served as Prime Minister of Poland for most of 1991. He is a member of Civic Platform. Chairman of the Council of the Polish Institute of International Affairs.... |
| Andrzej Marcinkowski Andrzej Marcinkowski Andrzej Marcinkowski was a Polish lawyer and politician. He served as the acting Polish Minister of Justice from November 25, 1991 until December 5, 1991 within the government of Prime Minister Jan Krzysztof Bielecki... (acting) |
November 25, 1991 - December 5, 1991 | None | Jan Krzysztof Bielecki Jan Krzysztof Bielecki Jan Krzysztof Bielecki is a Polish centre politician. He served as Prime Minister of Poland for most of 1991. He is a member of Civic Platform. Chairman of the Council of the Polish Institute of International Affairs.... |
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| 3 | Zbigniew Dyka | December 23, 1991 - March 17, 1993 | Christian National Union | Jan Olszewski Jan Olszewski Jan Ferdynand Olszewski is a Polish lawyer and political figure. He is best known for serving as Prime Minister of the Republic of Poland from 1991 to 1992.... , Waldemar Pawlak Waldemar Pawlak Waldemar Pawlak is a Polish politician. He twice served as Prime Minister of Poland, briefly in 1992 and again from 1993 to 1995. Since November 2007, he has been Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Economy. Pawlak is the only person who held the office of Prime Minister twice during the... , Hanna Suchocka Hanna Suchocka Hanna Suchocka is a Polish political figure. She served as the prime minister of Poland between 11 July 1992 and 26 October 1993 under the presidency of Lech Wałęsa. She is the first woman to hold this post in Poland and 19th in the world.Suchocka is a specialist in Constitutional Law... |
| 4 | Jan Piątkowski | March 17, 1993 - October 26, 1993 | Christian National Union | Hanna Suchocka Hanna Suchocka Hanna Suchocka is a Polish political figure. She served as the prime minister of Poland between 11 July 1992 and 26 October 1993 under the presidency of Lech Wałęsa. She is the first woman to hold this post in Poland and 19th in the world.Suchocka is a specialist in Constitutional Law... |
| 5 | Włodzimierz Cimoszewicz | October 26, 1993 - March 6, 1995 | Social Democracy of the Republic of Poland Social Democracy of the Republic of Poland Social Democracy of the Republic of Poland was a social-democratic political party in Poland created in 1990, shortly after the Revolutions of 1989. The party was one of two successor parties to the Polish United Workers Party, the other being the Social Democratic Union. SdRP was the leading... |
Waldemar Pawlak Waldemar Pawlak Waldemar Pawlak is a Polish politician. He twice served as Prime Minister of Poland, briefly in 1992 and again from 1993 to 1995. Since November 2007, he has been Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Economy. Pawlak is the only person who held the office of Prime Minister twice during the... |
| 6 | Jerzy Jaskiernia | March 7, 1995 - February 7, 1996 | Social Democracy of the Republic of Poland Social Democracy of the Republic of Poland Social Democracy of the Republic of Poland was a social-democratic political party in Poland created in 1990, shortly after the Revolutions of 1989. The party was one of two successor parties to the Polish United Workers Party, the other being the Social Democratic Union. SdRP was the leading... |
Józef Oleksy Józef Oleksy Józef Oleksy is a post-communist Polish politician, former chairman of Democratic Left Alliance .... |
| 7 | Leszek Kubicki | February 15, 1996 - October 31, 1997 | None | Włodzimierz Cimoszewicz |
| 8 | Hanna Suchocka Hanna Suchocka Hanna Suchocka is a Polish political figure. She served as the prime minister of Poland between 11 July 1992 and 26 October 1993 under the presidency of Lech Wałęsa. She is the first woman to hold this post in Poland and 19th in the world.Suchocka is a specialist in Constitutional Law... |
October 31, 1997 - June 8, 2000 | Freedom Union Freedom Union (Poland) The Freedom Union was a liberal democratic party in Poland. It was founded on March 20, 1994 out of the merger of the Democratic Union and the Liberal Democratic Congress . Both of these parties had roots in the Solidarity trade union movement. It represented European democratic and liberal... |
Jerzy Buzek Jerzy Buzek Jerzy Karol Buzek is a Polish engineer, academic lecturer and politician who was the ninth post-Cold War Prime Minister of Poland from 1997 to 2001... |
| Jerzy Buzek Jerzy Buzek Jerzy Karol Buzek is a Polish engineer, academic lecturer and politician who was the ninth post-Cold War Prime Minister of Poland from 1997 to 2001... (acting) |
June 8, 2000 - June 12, 2000 | Solidarity Electoral Action Solidarity Electoral Action Solidarity Electoral Action was a political party coalition in Poland. Since 1997 its official name has been Akcja Wyborcza Solidarność Prawicy or Solidarity Electoral Action of the Right... |
Jerzy Buzek Jerzy Buzek Jerzy Karol Buzek is a Polish engineer, academic lecturer and politician who was the ninth post-Cold War Prime Minister of Poland from 1997 to 2001... |
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| 9 | Lech Kaczyński Lech Kaczynski Lech Aleksander Kaczyński was Polish lawyer and politician who served as the President of Poland from 2005 until 2010 and as Mayor of Warsaw from 2002 until 22 December 2005. Before he became a president, he was also a member of the party Prawo i Sprawiedliwość... |
June 12, 2000 - July 4, 2001 | Law and Justice Law and Justice Law and Justice , abbreviated to PiS, is a right-wing, conservative political party in Poland. With 147 seats in the Sejm and 38 in the Senate, it is the second-largest party in the Polish parliament.... |
Jerzy Buzek Jerzy Buzek Jerzy Karol Buzek is a Polish engineer, academic lecturer and politician who was the ninth post-Cold War Prime Minister of Poland from 1997 to 2001... |
| 10 | Stanisław Iwanicki | July 4, 2001 - October 19, 2001 | Solidarity Electoral Action Solidarity Electoral Action Solidarity Electoral Action was a political party coalition in Poland. Since 1997 its official name has been Akcja Wyborcza Solidarność Prawicy or Solidarity Electoral Action of the Right... |
Jerzy Buzek Jerzy Buzek Jerzy Karol Buzek is a Polish engineer, academic lecturer and politician who was the ninth post-Cold War Prime Minister of Poland from 1997 to 2001... |
| 11 | Barbara Piwnik | October 19, 2001 - July 6, 2002 | None | Leszek Miller Leszek Miller Leszek Cezary Miller is a Polish central-left-wing politician, leader of the Democratic Left Alliance , Prime Minister of the government of the Republic of Poland in 2001-2004.-Childhood and youth:... |
| 12 | Grzegorz Kurczuk Grzegorz Kurczuk Grzegorz Kurczuk is a Polish politician. He was elected to Sejm on September 25, 2005 getting 9683 votes in 6 Lublin district, candidating from Democratic Left Alliance list.He was also a member of Senate 1993-1997, Sejm 1997-2001, and Sejm 2001-2005.... |
July 6, 2002 - May 2, 2004 | Democratic Left Alliance Democratic Left Alliance Democratic Left Alliance is a social-democratic political party in Poland. Formed in 1991 as a coalition of centre-left parties, it was formally established as a single party on 15 April 1999. It is currently the third largest opposition party in Poland.... |
Leszek Miller Leszek Miller Leszek Cezary Miller is a Polish central-left-wing politician, leader of the Democratic Left Alliance , Prime Minister of the government of the Republic of Poland in 2001-2004.-Childhood and youth:... |
| 13 | Marek Sadowski | May 2, 2004 - September 6, 2004 | None | Marek Belka Marek Belka Marek Marian Belka is a Polish professor of Economics, a former Prime Minister and Finance Minister of Poland, former Director of the International Monetary Fund's European Department and current Head of National Bank of Poland.- Biography :... |
| 14 | Andrzej Kalwas | September 6, 2004 - October 31, 2005 | None | Marek Belka Marek Belka Marek Marian Belka is a Polish professor of Economics, a former Prime Minister and Finance Minister of Poland, former Director of the International Monetary Fund's European Department and current Head of National Bank of Poland.- Biography :... |
| 15 | Zbigniew Ziobro Zbigniew Ziobro Zbigniew Tadeusz Ziobro is a Polish politician, since October 2005 until November 2007 Minister of Justice and Public Prosecutor General. He was elected to the Sejm on September 25, 2005 in the 13th Kraków district, running on the Prawo i Sprawiedliwość list... |
October 31, 2005 - September 7, 2007 | Law and Justice Law and Justice Law and Justice , abbreviated to PiS, is a right-wing, conservative political party in Poland. With 147 seats in the Sejm and 38 in the Senate, it is the second-largest party in the Polish parliament.... |
Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz is a Polish conservative politician who served as Prime Minister of Poland from October 31, 2005 to July 14, 2006... , Jarosław Kaczyński |
| Jarosław Kaczyński (acting) | September 7, 2007 - September 11, 2007 | Law and Justice Law and Justice Law and Justice , abbreviated to PiS, is a right-wing, conservative political party in Poland. With 147 seats in the Sejm and 38 in the Senate, it is the second-largest party in the Polish parliament.... |
Jarosław Kaczyński | |
| 16 | Zbigniew Ziobro Zbigniew Ziobro Zbigniew Tadeusz Ziobro is a Polish politician, since October 2005 until November 2007 Minister of Justice and Public Prosecutor General. He was elected to the Sejm on September 25, 2005 in the 13th Kraków district, running on the Prawo i Sprawiedliwość list... |
September 11, 2007 - November 16, 2007 | Law and Justice Law and Justice Law and Justice , abbreviated to PiS, is a right-wing, conservative political party in Poland. With 147 seats in the Sejm and 38 in the Senate, it is the second-largest party in the Polish parliament.... |
Jarosław Kaczyński |
| 17 | Zbigniew Ćwiąkalski Zbigniew Cwiakalski Zbigniew Ćwiąkalski is a Polish politician, former Minister of Justice and Public Prosecutor General of Poland. He is a qualified lawyer and adwokat, associate professor of law at the Jagiellonian University From 1972 to 1981 he was a member of Polish United Workers' Party on Jagiellonian... |
November 16, 2007 - January 21, 2009 | None | Donald Tusk Donald Tusk Donald Franciszek Tusk is a Polish politician who has been Prime Minister of Poland since 2007. He was a co-founder and is chairman of the Civic Platform party.... |
| 18 | Andrzej Czuma Andrzej Czuma Andrzej Czuma is a Polish politician, lawyer and historian, an activist of the Polish anti-Communist opposition in the Polish People's Republic. Oppressed and imprisoned by the Communist authorities. In the 1980s he left for the USA where he became an activist in the community of Polish expats.... |
January 23, 2009 - October 13, 2009 | Civic Platform Civic Platform Civic Platform , abbreviated to PO, is a centre-right, liberal conservative political party in Poland. It has been the major coalition partner in Poland's government since the 2007 general election, with party leader Donald Tusk as Prime Minister of Poland and Bronisław Komorowski as President... |
Donald Tusk Donald Tusk Donald Franciszek Tusk is a Polish politician who has been Prime Minister of Poland since 2007. He was a co-founder and is chairman of the Civic Platform party.... |
| 19 | Krzysztof Kwiatkowski Krzysztof Kwiatkowski Krzysztof Kwiatkowski is a Polish politician, Minister of Justice of Poland in Cabinet of Donald Tusk. He is also a member of Senate . He did not die in that one plane crash.- External links :* *... |
October 14, 2009 – present | Civic Platform Civic Platform Civic Platform , abbreviated to PO, is a centre-right, liberal conservative political party in Poland. It has been the major coalition partner in Poland's government since the 2007 general election, with party leader Donald Tusk as Prime Minister of Poland and Bronisław Komorowski as President... |
Donald Tusk Donald Tusk Donald Franciszek Tusk is a Polish politician who has been Prime Minister of Poland since 2007. He was a co-founder and is chairman of the Civic Platform party.... |