Ministry of Science and Higher Education (Poland)

The Ministry of Science and Higher Education (Polish: Ministerstwo Nauki i Szkolnictwa Wyższego) in Poland was opened on 5 May 2006 by the Minister of Science and Higher Education, in replacement of several parts of the Ministry of Education and Science. The Minister of Science and Higher Education administers governmental activities in science and higher education and has a budget for scientific research provided by State funds. The Rada Nauki (Science Council) acts together with the Minister, in replacement of the Komitet Badań Naukowych (Science Research Council) which was closed in 2005. The headquarters of the ministry are located at ulica Wspólna 1/3, Warsaw.

Ministry of Science and Higher Education
Ministerstwo Nauki i Szkolnictwa Wyższego
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Agency overview
Formed5 May 2006
1 January 2024[1]
Headquartersul. Wspólna 1/3, Warsaw
Agency executive
Parent agencyCouncil of Ministers
Websitewww.mnisw.gov.pl

Since 2023, the Minister of Science and Higher Education is Dariusz Wieczorek.

List of ministers

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Ministers of Education and Science

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Portrait Name Party Term of Office Cabinet (Prime minister)
  Michał Seweryński Law and Justice 31 October 2005 5 May 2006 Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz (Marcinkiewicz)
Ministers of Science and Higher Education
  Michał Seweryński Law and Justice 5 May 2006 7 September 2007 Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz (Marcinkiewicz),

Jarosław Kaczyński (Kaczyński)

  Jarosław Kaczyński Law and Justice 7 September 2007 11 September 2007 Jarosław Kaczyński (Kaczyński)
  Michał Seweryński Law and Justice 11 September 2007 16 November 2007 Jarosław Kaczyński (Kaczyński)
  Barbara Kudrycka Civic Platform 16 November 2007 27 November 2013 Donald Tusk (Tusk I),
(Tusk II)
  Lena Kolarska-Bobińska[2] Civic Platform 27 November 2013[3] 16 November 2015 Donald Tusk (Tusk II)

Ewa Kopacz (Kopacz)

  Jarosław Gowin Agreement 16 November 2015 9 April 2020 Beata Szydło (Szydło)

Mateusz Morawiecki (Morawiecki I),
(Morawiecki II)

vacancy 9 April 2020 16 April 2020 Mateusz Morawiecki (Morawiecki II)
  Wojciech Murdzek Agreement 16 April 2020 19 October 2020 Mateusz Morawiecki (Morawiecki II)
Ministers of Education and Science
  Przemysław Czarnek Law and Justice 19 October 2020 27 November 2023 Mateusz Morawiecki (Morawiecki II)
  Krzysztof Szczucki Law and Justice 27 November 2023 13 December Mateusz Morawiecki (Morawiecki III)
Ministers of Science and Higher Education
 
Dariusz Wieczorek New Left 13 December 2023 Present Donald Tusk (Tusk III)
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References

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  1. ^ Rozporządzenie Rady Ministrów z dnia 16 grudnia 2023 r. w sprawie utworzenia Ministerstwa Nauki i Szkolnictwa Wyższego., In: 2023 Journal of Laws, position: 2695. 16 December 2023.
  2. ^ "Lena Kolarska-Bobińska" (in Polish). Ministerstwo Nauki i Szkolnictwa Wyższego. Retrieved 2014-05-31.
  3. ^ "Prof. Lena Kolarska-Bobińska nowym ministrem nauki i szkolnictwa wyższego" (in Polish). Ministerstwo Nauki i Szkolnictwa Wyższego. 3 December 2013. Retrieved 2014-05-31.