Zmiany zakresów działania ministrów kierujących działami administracji rządowej w latach 1997–2016
The Changes in the Scopes of Activity of Ministers Directing Branches of Government Administration from 1997 to 2016

Summary/Abstract: Until 1997, the principle of the creation of ministerial offices by statute was in force in Polish constitutional law. In light of the rules of the Constitution of the Republic of Poland of 2 April 1997 and the Branches of Government Administration Act of 4 September 1997, the current principle is that the ministry offices are established by regulations of the Prime Minister. In addition, the head of government has a great deal of freedom in defining the name of the ministerial office and its scope of activity. The practice of functioning the Cabinet from 1997 to 2016 has shown that the prime ministers often made changes to the scopes of activities of “departmental” ministers, dividing the existing portfolios into smaller ones, and merging several ministerial offices into one “super minister” office that handles several portfolios. This has affected the number of ministers directing a branch of government administration, which ranged from 14 to 19 in the period in question.

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