- Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (Poland)
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Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development of the
Polish RepublicMinisterstwo Rolnictwa i Rozwoju Wsi Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej 
Official governmental wall plaque 
Ministerial logotype Agency overview Headquarters ul. Wspólna 30, Warsaw Agency executive Marek Sawicki, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Parent agency Council of Ministers Website www.minrol.gov.pl 
Building of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development
One of the entrances to the Ministry's main buildingMinistry of Agriculture and Rural Development of the Republic of Poland (Polish: Ministerstwo Rolnictwa i Rozwoju Wsi) was formed on October 1999, from transformation of Ministry of Agriculture and Food Economy of Poland; the ministry can trace its history to 1944.
The Ministry's 1999 incarnation was because development of rural regions was Poland's greatest political, economic, and social challenge that was uncontested by both coalition and opposition politicians.[1]
The ministry is concerned with various aspects of Polish agriculture and improving its rural areas.
Current minister is Marek Sawicki.
Contents
List of ministers
Minsters of Agriculture in communist Poland (1944-1989)
Ministers of Agriculture and Food Economy (1989-1999)
No. Name Term of Offices Party Served under 1 Czesław Janicki 20 December 1989 - 6 July 1990 United People's Party/Polish People's Party Tadeusz Mazowiecki 2 Janusz Byliński 14 September 1990 - 14 December 1990 Polish People's Party - People's Agreement Tadeusz Mazowiecki 3 Adam Tański 12 January 1991 - 5 December 1991 None Jan Krzysztof Bielecki 4 Gabriel Janowski 23 December 1991 - 8 April 1993 Polish People's Party - People's Agreement Jan Olszewski, Waldemar Pawlak, Hanna Suchocka Janusz Byliński (acting) 8 April 1993 - July, 1993 Conservative People's Party Hanna Suchocka Jacek Janiszewski (acting) July, 1993 - 26 October 1993 People's Christian Party Hanna Suchocka 5 Andrzej Śmietanko 26 October 1993 - 1 March 1995 Polish People's Party Waldemar Pawlak 6 Roman Jagieliński 4 March 1995 - 10 April 1997 Polish People's Party Józef Oleksy, Włodzimierz Cimoszewicz 7 Jarosław Kalinowski 24 April 1997 - 17 October 1997 Polish People's Party Włodzimierz Cimoszewicz 8 Jacek Janiszewski 31 October 1997 - 26 March 1999 Conservative People's Party Jerzy Buzek 9 Artur Balazs 26 March 1999 - 19 October 1999 Conservative People's Party Jerzy Buzek Ministers of Agriculture and Rural Development (1999-present)
References
- ^ Hermann, Rudolf "Ready for the Chop" Central Europe Review, Vol 1, No 11, 6 September 1999, retrieved on 17 December 2007.
External links
- Ministry web page in English, retrieved on 17 December 2007.
- Country Report on Poland, European Commission Directorate-General for Agriculture, July 2002, retrieved on 17 December 2007.
Ministers of Agriculture and Rural Development of the Republic of Poland Republic of Poland (1989-present) Czesław Janicki · Janusz Byliński · Adam Tański · Gabriel Janowski · Andrzej Śmietanko · Roman Jagieliński · Jarosław Kalinowski · Jacek Janiszewski · Artur Balazs · Jarosław Kalinowski · Adam Tański · Wojciech Olejniczak · Józef Jerzy Pilarczyk · Krzysztof Jurgiel · Andrzej Lepper · Jarosław Kaczyński (acting) · Andrzej Lepper · Jarosław Kaczyński (acting) · Wojciech Mojzesowicz · Marek SawickiMinistries of the Republic of Poland Agriculture and Rural Development · Culture and National Heritage · Economy · Environment · Finance · Foreign Affairs · Health · Infrastructure · Interior and Administration · Justice · Labour and Social Policy · National Defence · National Education · Regional Development · Science and Higher Education · Sport and Tourism · State TreasuryCategories:- Agriculture ministries
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