| Ministerstwo Obrony Narodowej | |
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| Headquarters | ul. Klonowa 1, Warsaw |
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| Parent agency | Council of Ministers |
| Website | www.mon.gov.pl |
The Ministry of National Defence's seat on Klonowa Street in Warsaw's government district.
The main gate to the Ministry of National Defence complex on Klonowa Street.
The Ministry of National Defence as seen from Belwederska Street.
Ministerstwo Obrony Narodowej (Ministry of National Defence) is the office of government in Poland under the Minister of National Defence. During the Second Polish Republic and World War II it was called the Ministry of Military Affairs. Ministry budget for 2008 is 23.7 billion zlotys (11 billion USD)
Ministers[]
List of Ministers of National Defence / Ministers of Military Affairs (pl. Ministrowie Obrony Narodowej / Ministrowie Spraw Wojskowych). The current Minister of ND is Tomasz Siemoniak.
2nd Republic[]
- gen. bryg. Edward Rydz-Śmigły (1918)
- p.o. gen. dyw. Jan Wroczyński (1918–1919)
- gen. dyw. Józef Leśniewski (1919–1920)
- gen. dyw. Kazimierz Sosnkowski (1921–1923)
- p.o. gen. dyw. Aleksander Osiński - (1923)
- gen. dyw. Władysław Sikorski (1924–1925)
- gen. broni Lucjan Żeligowski (1925–1926)
- gen. dyw. Juliusz Tadeusz Tarnawa-Malczewski (1926)
- marsz. Polski Józef Piłsudski (1926–1935)
- gen. dyw. Tadeusz Kasprzycki (1935–1939)
World War II[]
- gen. broni Władysław Sikorski (1939–1943)
- gen. dyw. Marian Kukiel (1943–1944)
People's Poland[]
- Marsz. Polski Michał Żymierski (1945–1952)
- Marsz. Polski Konstanty Rokossowski (1952–1957)
- Marsz. Polski Marian Spychalski (1957–1968)
- gen. armii Wojciech Jaruzelski (1968–1985)
- gen. armii Florian Siwicki (1985–1989)
3rd Republic[]
- gen. armii Florian Siwicki (1989-1990)
- wiceadm. Piotr Kołodziejczyk (1990–1991)
- Jan Parys (December 23, 1991 – 1992)
- p.o. Romuald Szeremietiew (1992)
- Janusz Onyszkiewicz (1992–1993)
- Piotr Kołodziejczyk (1993–1994)
- p.o. Jerzy Milewski (1994–1995)
- Zbigniew Okoński (1995)
- Stanisław Dobrzański (1996–1997)
- Janusz Onyszkiewicz (1997–2000)
- Bronisław Komorowski (2000–2001)
- Jerzy Szmajdziński (2001 - October 31, 2005)
- Radosław Sikorski (October 31, 2005 - February 7, 2007)
- Aleksander Szczygło (February 7, 2007 - November 16, 2007 excluding 7–9 October 2007 )
- Jarosław Kaczyński 7–9 October 2007 as Prime Minister and Minister of ND
- Bogdan Klich (November 16, 2007 - July 29, 2011)
- Tomasz Siemoniak
See also[]
- Ministries of Poland
- Wydawnictwo MON
External links[]
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The original article can be found at Ministry of National Defence (Poland) and the edit history here.