| Military Gendarmerie Żandarmeria Wojskowa | |
|---|---|
| Abbreviation | ŻW |
 Logo of the Military Gendarmerie | |
| Agency overview | |
| Formed | 1990 |
| Preceding agency | Internal Military Service |
| Annual budget | 228 062 000 PLN |
| Legal personality | Governmental: Government agency |
| Jurisdictional structure | |
| General nature |
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| Operational structure | |
| Headquarters | Warszawa |
| Sworn members | 4500 |
| Agency executive | Mirosław Rozmus, Brigadier General |
| Parent agency | Ministerstwo Obrony Narodowej |
| Facilities | |
| Stations | 45 |
| Website | |
| http://www.zw.wp.mil.pl/ | |
The Żandarmeria Wojskowa abbreviated ŻW (English: Military Gendarmerie) is a military provost, law enforcement agency formation created in 1990 in Poland, independent part of the Siły Zbrojne Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej.
History[]
Polish military police traces its history to the communist era Military Internal Service (Polish: Wojskowa Służba Wewnętrzna), World War II-era Service for Protection of the Uprising (Polish: Wojskowa Służba Ochrony Powstania), interwar-era military police in the Second Polish Republic, formations of the January and November Uprising, Duchy of Warsaw and finally, some officials of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, first created in early 17th century.
In December 2011 the Żandarmeria Wojskowa has made application to the European Gendarmerie Force to become a full member state.[1]
Structure[]
The ŻW 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 (3 X 2006 – 1 I 2008)
- gen. bryg. Marek Witczak (2 I 2008 - 17 XII 2010)
- gen. bryg. Mirosław Rozmus (od 17 XII 2010)
See also[]
External links[]
- (Polish) Official pages
References[]
The original article can be found at Military Gendarmerie (Poland) and the edit history here.