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Ministry of National Defence
Ministerstwo Obrony Narodowej
Polish Governmental and Diplomatic Plaque
Official governmental wall plaque
Polish Ministry of National Defence
Ministerial logotype
Agency overview
Headquarters ul. Klonowa 1, Warsaw
Agency executive
  • Tomasz Siemoniak, Minister of National Defence
  • First Deputy Minister
Parent agency Council of Ministers
Website www.mon.gov.pl
MON, Warszawa 2

The Ministry of National Defence's seat on Klonowa Street in Warsaw's government district.

MON, Warszawa

The main gate to the Ministry of National Defence complex on Klonowa Street.

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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[]

World War II[]

People's Poland[]

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[]

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