Ministry of Marine Economy (Poland)

Polish Ministry of Marine (or Maritime) Economy (Polish: Ministerstwo Gospodarki Morskiej) was created on 5 May 2006 during the reshuffling of the government of Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz.

Ministry take an authority over some matters, previously administrated by Ministries of Agriculture, Economy and Transportation.

Ministry of Marine Economy had an authority over:

  • Overseeing of civilian navy
  • Security of civilian navy
  • Protection of the maritime environment
  • Education of maritime crews
  • Overseeing government agencies responsible for maritime matters (i.e. maritime schools and courts)
  • Fishing

Creation of the ministry was criticized as being politically motivated in Polityka.[1] because there is no need to creation separate ministry.

Abolition of the Ministry

In the new government of Donald Tusk, est. on 16 November 2007, there was no Ministry of Marine Economy, which was abolished and its competences transferred to other ministries.

A similar position of Minister of Marine Economy and Waterways (Polish: Ministerstwo Gospodarki Morskiej i Żeglugi Śródlądowej) was again created in the Cabinet of Beata Szydło (est. 16 November 2015) and also assigned to Marek Gróbarczyk.

List of ministers
Portrait Name Party Term of Office Prime Minister

(cabinet)

Rafał Wiechecki LPR 5 May 2006 13 August 2007 Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz (Marcinkiewicz)

Jarosław Kaczyński (Kaczyński)

Marek Gróbarczyk Nonpartisan 13 August 2007 16 November 2007 Jarosław Kaczyński (Kaczyński)
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See also

References
  1. Polityka, 17 February 2007
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