Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Second Polish Republic

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The Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Second Polish Republic was the central government body responsible for domestic administration, public security, and internal policy in interwar Poland.

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instanceOf government ministry
interior ministry
alsoKnownAs Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Second Polish Republic
surface form: Ministerstwo Spraw Wewnętrznych II Rzeczypospolitej
appliesToJurisdiction Second Polish Republic
archivesAt Polish state archives
surface form: Polish State Archives
capitalOfJurisdiction Warsaw
continent Europe
country Second Polish Republic
dissolved 1939
followedBy Ministry of Public Administration of the Polish People’s Republic
Ministry of Public Security
surface form: Ministry of Public Security of the Polish People’s Republic
follows Provisional internal administration structures of reborn Poland
hasHeadquartersLocation Warsaw
hasMinister Bronisław Pieracki
Felicjan Sławoj Składkowski
Józef Beck
surface form: Józef Beck (acting, briefly)

Stanisław Wojciechowski
Władysław Raczkiewicz
hasOrganizationalUnit County (powiat) offices
Police of the Second Polish Republic
Voivodeship Office in Warsaw
surface form: Voivodeship offices
inception 1918
languageOfWorkOrName Polish
locatedInTimePeriod interwar period
officeHeldByHeadOfGovernment Minister of Internal Affairs
partOf Government of the Second Polish Republic
positionHeldBy Minister of Internal Affairs of the Second Polish Republic
responsibleFor border administration in peacetime
censorship in matters of state security
citizenship matters
civil registration
coordination of intelligence on internal threats
domestic administration
elections administration
fire services supervision
internal policy
local government supervision
management of internal refugees and population movements
oversight of starosts
oversight of voivodes
police oversight
public order
public security
state of emergency administration
state security in peacetime
significantEvent Assassination of Minister Bronisław Pieracki in 1934
Creation of Bereza Kartuska detention camp in 1934
May Coup of 1926
Pacification policies in Eastern Borderlands
subclassOf Ministry of the Interior and Administration of Poland
surface form: Ministry of Internal Affairs of Poland

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pre-war Polish State Police subordinateTo Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Second Polish Republic
Voivode of Nowogródek subordinateTo Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Second Polish Republic
this entity surface form: Ministry of Interior of the Second Polish Republic
Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Second Polish Republic alsoKnownAs Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Second Polish Republic
this entity surface form: Ministerstwo Spraw Wewnętrznych II Rzeczypospolitej