Ministry of Interior (Poland)

History and function

• The general interior security of the country, with respect to criminal acts or natural catastrophes
• * including the major law-enforcement agencies
• ** the Polish National Police - safety and public order protection
• State borders' protection, regulation of migration policy and preventing illegal immigration
• * the Polish Border Guard
• Civil defence and crisis management
• * the State Fire Service
• * Search and rescue and the oversight of ambulance services
• the granting of identity documents and driving licenses through the network of voivodeships
• relations between the central government and local governments
• integration and registration of legal immigrants
• civil registry functions: marital status registration, change of names or surnames

Ministers of the Interior (since 1989)

Other officeholders

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 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 October 1935
• Władysław Raczkiewicz 13 October 1935 – 15 May 1936
• Felicjan Sławoj-Składkowski 16 May 1936 – 30 September 1939

  Ministers of Public Security

• Stanisław Radkiewicz 31 December 1944 - 7 December 1954

  Ministers of Internal Affairs of People's Republic of Poland

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