# Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (Poland)

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development of the Republic of Poland (Polish: Ministerstwo Rolnictwa i Rozwoju Wsi) 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.
The ministry is concerned with various aspects of Polish agriculture and improving rural areas.
Since 2023, the minister has been Czesław Siekierski.

## List of ministers
### Ministers of Agriculture and Food Economy (1989–1999)

| | Name | Party | Term of Office | Term of Office | Prime Minister (Cabinet) |
| | Czesław Janicki | United People's Party/Polish People's Party | 12 September 1989 | 6 July 1990 | Tadeusz Mazowiecki(Mazowiecki) |
| | Janusz Byliński | Polish People's Party - People's Agreement | 14 September 1990 | 12 January 1991 | Tadeusz Mazowiecki(Mazowiecki) |
| | Adam Tański | Nonpartisan | 12 January 1991 | 23 December 1991 | Jan Krzysztof Bielecki (Bielecki) |
| | Gabriel Janowski | Polish People's Party - People's Agreement | 23 December 1991 | 8 April 1993 | Jan Olszewski (Olszewski) Hanna Suchocka (Suchocka Waldemar Pawlak (Pawlak I) |
| | Janusz Byliński (acting) | Conservative People's Party | 8 April 1993 | 12 July 1993 | Hanna Suchocka (Suchocka) |
| | Jacek Janiszewski (acting) | People's Christian Party | 12 July 1993 | 18 October 1993 | Hanna Suchocka (Suchocka) |
| | Andrzej Śmietanko | Polish People's Party | 26 October 1993 | 6 March 1995 | Waldemar Pawlak (Pawlak II) |
| | Roman Jagieliński | Polish People's Party | 7 March 1995 | 10 April 1997 | Józef Oleksy (Oleksy) Włodzimierz Cimoszewicz (Cimoszewicz) |
| | Jarosław Kalinowski | Polish People's Party | 25 April 1997 | 31 October 1997 | Włodzimierz Cimoszewicz (Cimoszewicz) |
| | Jacek Janiszewski | Conservative People's Party | 31 October 1997 | 26 March 1999 | Jerzy Buzek (Buzek) |
| | Artur Balazs | Conservative People's Party | 26 March 1999 | 19 October 1999 | Jerzy Buzek (Buzek) |
| Ministers of Agriculture and Rural Development (1999–present) |||||||
| | Artur Balazs | Conservative People's Party | 19 October 1999 | 19 October 2001 | Jerzy Buzek (Buzek) |
| | Jarosław Kalinowski | Polish People's Party | 19 October 2001 | 3 March 2003 | Leszek Miller (Miller) |
| | Adam Tański | Nonpartisan | 3 March 2003 | 2 July 2003 | Leszek Miller (Miller) |
| | Wojciech Olejniczak | Democratic Left Alliance | 2 July 2003 | 31 May 2005 | Leszek Miller (Miller) Marek Belka (Belka I, Belka II) |
| | Józef Jerzy Pilarczyk | Democratic Left Alliance | 31 May 2005 | 31 October 2005 | Marek Belka (Belka II) |
| | Krzysztof Jurgiel | Law and Justice | 31 October 2005 | 5 May 2006 | Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz (Marcinkiewicz) |
| | Andrzej Lepper | Self-Defense of the Republic of Poland | 5 May 2006 | 22 September 2006 | Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz (Marcinkiewicz) Jarosław Kaczyński (Kaczyński |
| | Jarosław Kaczyński (acting) | Law and Justice | 22 September 2006 | 16 October 2006 | Jarosław Kaczyński (Kaczyński |
| | Andrzej Lepper | Self-Defense of the Republic of Poland | 16 October 2006 | 9 July 2007 | Jarosław Kaczyński (Kaczyński |
| | Jarosław Kaczyński (acting) | Law and Justice | 9 July 2007 | 31 July 2007 | Jarosław Kaczyński (Kaczyński |
| | Wojciech Mojzesowicz | Law and Justice | 31 July 2007 | 16 November 2007 | Jarosław Kaczyński (Kaczyński |
| | Marek Sawicki | Polish People's Party | 16 November 2007 | 26 July 2012 | Donald Tusk (Tusk I, Tusk II) |
| | Donald Tusk (acting) | Civic Platform | 26 July 2012 | 31 July 2012 | Donald Tusk (Tusk II) |
| | Stanisław Kalemba | Polish People's Party | 31 July 2012 | 17 March 2014 | Donald Tusk (Tusk II) |
| | Marek Sawicki | Polish People's Party | 17 March 2014 | 16 November 2015 | Donald Tusk (Tusk II), Ewa Kopacz (Kopacz) |
| | Krzysztof Jurgiel | Law and Justice | 16 November 2015 | 19 June 2018 | Beata Szydło (Szydło), Mateusz Morawiecki (Morawiecki) |
| | Jan Krzysztof Ardanowski | Law and Justice | 20 June 2018 | 6 October 2020 | Mateusz Morawiecki (Morawiecki, Morawiecki II) |
| | Grzegorz Puda | Law and Justice | 6 October 2020 | 26 October 2021 | Mateusz Morawiecki (Morawiecki II) |
| | Henryk Kowalczyk | Law and Justice | 26 October 2021 | 6 April 2023 | Mateusz Morawiecki (Morawiecki II) |
| | Robert Telus | Law and Justice | 6 April 2023 | 27 November 2023 | Mateusz Morawiecki (Morawiecki II) |
| | Anna Gembicka | Law and Justice | 27 November 2023 | 13 December | Mateusz Morawiecki ( Morawiecki III) |
| | Czesław Siekierski | Polish People's Party | 13 December | Present | Donald Tusk ( Tusk III) |