Mariusz Błaszczak is a Polish politician, historian, and local government representative. Błaszczak has served as Minister of National Defence of Poland from 2018 to 2023.
Official portrait, 2015
Błaszczak with U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin at the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., 20 April 2022
Ministry of National Defence (Poland)
The Ministry of National Defence is a office of government in Poland headed by the Minister of National Defence. It is responsible for the organisation and management of the Polish Armed Forces. During the Second Polish Republic and World War II it was called the Ministry of Military Affairs. Ministry budget for 2022 was 140 billion PLN.
Building of the Ministry of Defence on Niepodległości Avenue in Warsaw
The main gate to the Ministry of National Defence complex on Klonowa Street.