The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development of the Republic of Poland () was formed in October 1999 from the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Economy of Poland; the ministry can trace its history to 1944.
The Ministry's 1999 incarnation was brought about because development of rural regions was Poland's greatest political, economic, and social challenge that was uncontested by both coalition and opposition politicians., retrieved on 17 December 2007.
The ministry is concerned with various aspects of Polish agriculture and improving rural areas.
Since 2025, the minister has been Stefan Krajewski.
List of ministers
Ministers of Agriculture and Food Economy (1989–1999) PortraitNamePartyTerm of OfficePrime Minister (Cabinet)Czesław JanickiUnited People's Party/Polish People's Party12 September 19896 July 1990Tadeusz Mazowiecki (Mazowiecki)Janusz BylińskiPolish People's Party - People's Agreement14 September 199012 January 1991Adam TańskiNonpartisan12 January 199123 December 1991Jan Krzysztof Bielecki (Bielecki)Gabriel JanowskiPolish People's Party - People's Agreement23 December 19918 April 1993Jan Olszewski (Olszewski) Hanna Suchocka (Suchocka)
Waldemar Pawlak (Pawlak I)Janusz Byliński (acting)Conservative People's Party8 April 199312 July 1993Hanna Suchocka (Suchocka)Jacek Janiszewski (acting)People's Christian Party12 July 199318 October 1993Andrzej ŚmietankoPolish People's Party26 October 19936 March 1995Waldemar Pawlak (Pawlak II)Roman JagielińskiPolish People's Party7 March 199510 April 1997Józef Oleksy (Oleksy) Włodzimierz Cimoszewicz (Cimoszewicz)Jarosław KalinowskiPolish People's Party25 April 199731 October 1997Włodzimierz Cimoszewicz (Cimoszewicz)Jacek JaniszewskiConservative People's Party31 October 199726 March 1999Jerzy Buzek (Buzek)Artur BalazsConservative People's Party26 March 199919 October 1999Ministers of Agriculture and Rural Development (1999–present)Artur BalazsConservative People's Party19 October 199919 October 2001Jerzy Buzek (Buzek)Jarosław KalinowskiPolish People's Party19 October 20013 March 2003Leszek Miller (Miller)Adam TańskiNonpartisan3 March 20032 July 2003Wojciech OlejniczakDemocratic Left Alliance2 July 200331 May 2005Leszek Miller (Miller) Marek Belka (Belka I) (Belka II)Józef Jerzy PilarczykDemocratic Left Alliance31 May 200531 October 2005Marek Belka (Belka II)Krzysztof JurgielLaw and Justice31 October 20055 May 2006Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz (Marcinkiewicz)Andrzej LepperSelf-Defense of the Republic of Poland5 May 200622 September 2006Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz (Marcinkiewicz) Jarosław Kaczyński (Kaczyński)Jarosław Kaczyński (acting)Law and Justice22 September 200616 October 2006Jarosław Kaczyński (Kaczyński)Andrzej LepperSelf-Defense of the Republic of Poland16 October 20069 July 2007Jarosław Kaczyński (acting)Law and Justice9 July 200731 July 2007Wojciech MojzesowiczLaw and Justice31 July 200716 November 2007Marek SawickiPolish People's Party16 November 200726 July 2012Donald Tusk (Tusk I) (Tusk II)Donald Tusk (acting)Civic Platform26 July 201231 July 2012Donald Tusk (Tusk II)Stanisław KalembaPolish People's Party31 July 201217 March 2014Marek SawickiPolish People's Party17 March 201416 November 2015Donald Tusk (Tusk II)
Ewa Kopacz (Kopacz)Krzysztof JurgielLaw and Justice16 November 201519 June 2018Beata Szydło (Szydło) Mateusz Morawiecki (Morawiecki I)Jan Krzysztof ArdanowskiLaw and Justice20 June 20186 October 2020Mateusz Morawiecki (Morawiecki I) (Morawiecki II)Grzegorz PudaLaw and Justice6 October 202026 October 2021Mateusz Morawiecki (Morawiecki II)Henryk KowalczykLaw and Justice26 October 20216 April 2023Robert TelusLaw and Justice6 April 2023 27 November 2023Anna GembickaLaw and Justice27 November 202313 December 2023Mateusz Morawiecki (Morawiecki III)Czesław SiekierskiPolish People's Party13 December 202324 July 2025Donald Tusk (Tusk III)Stefan KrajewskiPolish People's Party24 July 2025Incumbent
References
External links Ministry web page in English, retrieved on 21 September 2012. Country Report on Poland, European Commission Directorate-General for Agriculture, July 2002, Retrieved 17 December 2007.