Portrait
Party
Name
Term of Offices
Prime Minister
(cabinet)
Ministers of Culture and Art
SNN
Medard Downarowicz
17 November 1918
16 January 1919
Jędrzej Moraczewski
nonpartisan
Zenon Przesmycki
16 January 1919
9 December 1919
Ignacy Jan Paderewski
nonpartisan
Jan Fryderyk Heurich
24 June 1920
11 August 1921
Władysław Grabski
Wincenty Witos
PSL „Piast”
Maciej Rataj
11 August 1921
13 September 1921
Wincenty Witos
PSChD
Antoni Ponikowski
19 September 1921
5 March 1922
Antoni Ponikowski
Ministers of Culture and Art in Poland under Communism (1944–89) [4]
SD
Wincenty Rzymowski
21 July 1944
2 May 1945
Polish Committee of National Liberation
SL
Edmund Zalewski
2 May 1945
28 June 1945
Provisional Government of National Unity
SL
Władysław Kowalski
28 June 1945
5 February 1947
Provisional Government of National Unity
SL/ZSL
Stefan Dybowski
6 February 1947
20 November 1952
Józef Cyrankiewicz (Cyrankiewicz I )
PZPR
Włodzimierz Sokorski
21 November 1952
19 April 1956
Bolesław Bierut (Bierut )
PZPR
Karol Kuryluk
19 April 1956
29 April 1958
Józef Cyrankiewicz (Cyrankiewicz II )
PZPR
Kazimierz Rusinek (acting)
3 May 1958
2 July 1958
Józef Cyrankiewicz (Cyrankiewicz III )
PZPR
Tadeusz Galiński
2 July 1958
12 December 1964
Józef Cyrankiewicz (Cyrankiewicz IV )
PZPR
Lucjan Motyka
12 December 1964
26 October 1971
Józef Cyrankiewicz (Cyrankiewicz V )
PZPR
Czesław Wiśniewski (acting)
26 October 1971
22 December 1971
Józef Cyrankiewicz (Cyrankiewicz V )
PZPR
Stanisław Wroński
22 December 1971
16 February 1974
Piotr Jaroszewicz (Jaroszewicz I )
PZPR
Józef Tejchma
16 February 1974
26 January 1978
Piotr Jaroszewicz (Jaroszewicz II )
PZPR
Janusz Wilhelmi ( acting)
26 January 1978
16 March 1978
Piotr Jaroszewicz (Jaroszewicz II )
PZPR
Jan Mietkowski
29 March 1978
4 July 1978
Piotr Jaroszewicz (Jaroszewicz II )
PZPR
Zygmunt Najdowski
20 July 1978
8 October 1980
Piotr Jaroszewicz (Jaroszewicz II )
PZPR
Józef Tejchma
8 October 1980
9 October 1982
Edward Babiuch (Babiuch )
Józef Pińkowski (Pińkowski )
Wojciech Jaruzelski (Jaruzelski )
nonpartisan
Kazimierz Żygulski
9 October 1982
29 September 1986
Wojciech Jaruzelski (Jaruzelski )
Zbigniew Messner (Messner )
nonpartisan
Aleksander Krawczuk
29 September 1986
1 August 1989
Zbigniew Messner (Messner )
Mieczysław Rakowski (Rakowski )
Ministers of Culture and Art (1989–1999)
nonpartisan
Izabella Cywińska
12 September 1989
12 January 1991
Tadeusz Mazowiecki (Mazowiecki )
nonpartisan
Marek Rostworowski
12 January 1991
23 December 1991
Jan Krzysztof Bielecki (Bielecki )
nonpartisan
Andrzej Siciński
23 December 1991
11 July 1992
Jan Olszewski (Olszewski )
nonpartisan
Piotr Łukasiewicz (acting)
11 July 1992
17 February 1993
Hanna Suchocka (Suchocka )
Christian National Union
Jerzy Góral
17 February 1993
26 October 1993
Hanna Suchocka (Suchocka )
nonpartisan
Kazimierz Dejmek
26 October 1993
26 January 1996
Waldemar Pawlak (Pawlak II )
Józef Oleksy (Oleksy )
Polish People's Party
Zdzisław Podkański
15 February 1996
31 October 1997
Włodzimierz Cimoszewicz (Cimoszewicz )
Freedom Union
Joanna Wnuk-Nazarowa
31 October 1997
26 March 1998
Jerzy Buzek (Buzek )
Conservative People's Party
Andrzej Zakrzewski
26 March 1998
19 October 1999
Jerzy Buzek (Buzek )
Ministers of Culture and National Heritage (1999–2001)
Conservative People's Party
Andrzej Zakrzewski
19 October 1999
10 February 2000
Jerzy Buzek (Buzek )
Conservative People's Party
Kazimierz Michał Ujazdowski
10 February 2000
12 July 2001
Jerzy Buzek (Buzek )
nonpartisan
Andrzej Zieliński
12 July 2001
19 October 2001
Jerzy Buzek (Buzek )
Ministers of Culture (2001–2005)
Democratic Left Alliance
Andrzej Celiński
19 October 2001
6 July 2002
Leszek Miller (Miller )
nonpartisan
Waldemar Dąbrowski
6 July 2002
31 October 2005
Leszek Miller (Miller )
Marek Belka (Belka I , Belka II )
Ministers of Culture and National Heritage (2005–present)
Law and Justice
Kazimierz Michał Ujazdowski
31 October 2005
7 September 2007
Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz (Marcinkiewicz )
Jarosław Kaczyński (Kaczyński )
Law and Justice
Jarosław Kaczyński (acting)
7 September 2007
12 September 2007
Jarosław Kaczyński (Kaczyński )
Law and Justice
Kazimierz Michał Ujazdowski
12 September 2007
16 November 2007
Jarosław Kaczyński (Kaczyński )
Civic Platform
Bogdan Zdrojewski
16 November 2007
14 June 2014
Donald Tusk (Tusk I , Tusk II )
nonpartisan
Małgorzata Omilanowska
14 June 2014
16 November 2015
Donald Tusk (Tusk II )
Ewa Kopacz (Kopacz )
Law and Justice
Piotr Gliński
16 November 2015
present
Beata Szydło (Szydło )
Mateusz Morawiecki (Morawiecki )