Abbreviation ŻW Annual budget zł 228,062,000 | Formed 1990 | |
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Preceding agency Internal Military Service Legal personality Governmental: Government agency General nature Law enforcementMilitary provost | ||
The Military Gendarmerie (Polish: Żandarmeria Wojskowa, abbreviated ŻW) is a military provost and law enforcement agency created in 1990 in Poland as an independent part of the Polish Armed Forces.
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History
Polish military police traces its history to the communist era Military Internal Service (Polish: Wojskowa Służba Wewnętrzna), World War II-era Service for Protection of the Uprising (Polish: Wojskowa Służba Ochrony Powstania), interwar-era military police in the Second Polish Republic, formations of the January and November Uprising, Duchy of Warsaw and finally, some officials of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, first created in early 17th century.
In December 2011 the Żandarmeria Wojskowa has made application to the European Gendarmerie Force to become a full member state.
Structure
The ŻW is organized into:
Commanders
The current commander is brigadier general Mirosław Rozmus.