National Security Council (Poland)

The origins of the creation of the National Security Council can be traced back to the Polish People's Republic with the existence of the State Defense Committee, established in 1967.

[1] With the end of communism in Poland and the political transformation the country had gone through, the State Defense Committee, did not enjoy the trust of the new authorities of the Polish state as it was too strongly associated with the past period which was the reason Lech Wałęsa took steps to liquidate it at the beginning of his presidency.

According to Article 144, paragraphs 1 and 3, item 26 of the Constitution, the appointment and dismissal of members of the National Security Council is the exclusive competence of the president of the Republic of Poland and is made by means of a resolution that does not require the countersignature of the Prime Minister.

The internal procedure for the council's operation was established after 13 years of the Constitution's validity, on 24 May 2010, by way of the issuance by the marshal of the Sejm, acting as president of the Republic of Poland, Bronisław Komorowski, of an order on the procedure for the operation of the National Security Council.

The meetings are held at the seat of the National Security Bureau, which also provides the council with organizational, technical, and financial support.