Ministry of the Interior and AdministrationGovernment

The Ministry of the Interior and Administration (MSWiA) is a department of the central government of Poland overseeing domestic governance and homeland security. Its mandate includes managing internal security, civil protection, national borders, citizenship, and supervising key uniformed bodies such as the Police, the Border Guard, the State Fire Service, and the State Protection Service. Originally created in 1918 following Polish independence, the ministry underwent comprehensive structural democratization after 1989 and was consolidated into its current unified form through administrative reorganizations in 1997 and 2015.