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 often criticized. Many people say that this was created by political reason, to establish another ministry for coalition party of ruled Law and Justice - League of Polish Families,^[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

1. Rafał Wiechecki (LPR), 5 May 2006 - 13 August 2007 (left his post after LPR withdrawn from coalition)
2. Marek Gróbarczyk (independent/PiS), 13 August 2007 - 16 November 2007

See also

• Ministry of Transport, Construction and Marine Economy (Poland) (2011-2013)

References