What is Ministries of Poland?
[[File:MON warta.jpg|right|thumb|An [[Representative Honor Guard Regiment of the Polish Armed Forces|honour guard]] representing the [[Polish Armed Forces]] in front of the [[Ministry of National Defence (Poland)|Ministry of National Defence]].]] The '''ministries of Poland''' are the various departments performing functions for the [[government of Poland|Polish government]]. Each ministry is headed by a government minister selected by the [[Prime Minister of Poland|Prime Minister]], who sits in the collective executive [[Council of Ministers (Poland)|Council of Ministers]]. The powers and rules of the ministries were established under [[Reform|reforms]] carried out by [[Prime Minister of Poland|prime ministers]] [[Józef Oleksy]] and [[Włodzimierz Cimoszewicz]] between 1996 and 1997.<ref>{{cite web|title=Dz.U. 1996 nr 108 poz. 517|url=http://isap.sejm.gov.pl/DetailsServlet?id=WDU19961080517|publisher=[[Sejm]]|date=11 September 1996}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Dz.U. 1997 nr 141 poz. 943|url=http://isap.sejm.gov.pl/DetailsServlet?id=WDU19971410943|publisher=[[Sejm]]|date=4 September 1997}}</ref> The cabinet can create, combine, or dissolve ministries, with the [[Prime Minister of Poland|Prime Minister]] determining the scope and responsibilities of ministers. The number and titles of [[Ministry (government department)|ministries]] varies. At the end of 1991, after the first free legislative election was held, these were the ministries and offices with the rights of ministries in Poland: * [[Ministry of National Education (Poland)|Ministry of National Education]] * [[Ministry of Finance (Poland)|Ministry of Finance]] * Ministry of Spatial Planning and Construction * [[Ministry of Culture and National Heritage (Poland)|Ministry of Culture and Art]] * [[Ministry of Communication (Poland)|Ministry of Communication]] * [[Ministry of National Defence (Poland)|Ministry of National Defense]] * [[Ministry of Environment (Poland)|Ministry of Environment Protection, Natural Resources and Forestry]] * Ministry of Labor an