Ministry of Science and Higher Education (Poland)

The Ministry of Science and Higher Education (Template:Langx) 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.

since 2025Template:Dated maintenance category (articles), the current Minister of Science and Higher Education is Marcin Kulasek.

List of ministers

Ministers of Education and Science

	Portrait	Name	Party	Term of Office		Cabinet (Prime minister)
style="background:Template:Party color; |	File:Michał Seweryński Kancelaria Senatu.jpg	Michał Seweryński	Law and Justice	31 October 2005	5 May 2006	Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz (Marcinkiewicz)
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style="background:Template:Party color; |	File:Michał Seweryński Kancelaria Senatu.jpg	Michał Seweryński	Law and Justice	5 May 2006	7 September 2007	Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz (Marcinkiewicz), Jarosław Kaczyński (Kaczyński)
style="background:Template:Party color; |	File:Jarosław Kaczyński (5).jpg	Jarosław Kaczyński	Law and Justice	7 September 2007	11 September 2007	Jarosław Kaczyński (Kaczyński)
style="background:Template:Party color; |	File:Michał Seweryński Kancelaria Senatu.jpg	Michał Seweryński	Law and Justice	11 September 2007	16 November 2007	Jarosław Kaczyński (Kaczyński)
style="background:Template:Party color;"|	File:Barbara Kudrycka.jpg	Barbara Kudrycka	Civic Platform	16 November 2007	27 November 2013	Donald Tusk (Tusk I), (Tusk II)
style="background:Template:Party color;"|	File:Lena Kolarska-Bobinska, outside the European Parliament (cropped).JPG	Lena Kolarska-Bobińska	Civic Platform	27 November 2013	16 November 2015	Donald Tusk (Tusk II) Ewa Kopacz (Kopacz)
	File:Jarosław Gowin Sejm 2015 09.JPG	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)
	File:Wojciech Murdzek Sejm 2015.jpg	Wojciech Murdzek	Agreement	16 April 2020	19 October 2020	Mateusz Morawiecki (Morawiecki II)
Ministers of Education and Science
style="background:Template:Party color; |	File:Przemysław Czarnek Sejm 2019.jpg	Przemysław Czarnek	Law and Justice	19 October 2020	27 November 2023	Mateusz Morawiecki (Morawiecki II)
style="background:Template:Party color; |	File:Krzysztof Szczucki 2023.jpg	Krzysztof Szczucki	Law and Justice	27 November 2023	13 December 2023	Mateusz Morawiecki (Morawiecki III)
Ministers of Science and Higher Education
style="background:Template:Party color" |	File:Dariusz Wieczorek 2022.jpg	Dariusz Wieczorek	New Left	13 December 2023	17 January 2025	Donald Tusk (Tusk III)
style="background:Template:Party color" |	File:Marcin Kulasek Minister of Science (cropped).jpg	Marcin Kulasek	New Left	17 January 2025	present	Donald Tusk (Tusk III)

References

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