On 1 April 1999, the previously enacted acts regarding the organization of chief organs of government administration were repealed (as an exception, certain articles relating to the offices of ministers responsible for public finance, the State Treasury or internal affairs were retained). At the same time, a stipulation was introduced that ministers and their subordinated ministers operate in accordance with the existing laws until the date of entry into force of the new legal basis. In addition, the laws under which the following offices functioned were upheld in their entirety: Ministry of National Defense Office of the Scientific Research Committee Office of the Committee of European Integration Government Center for Strategic Studies. On 18 October 1999, decrees of the Council of Ministers from 12 October 1999 came into effect, under which the following was given a new legal basis: Ministry of the Interior and Administration. On 10 November 1999, decrees of the Council of Ministers from 26 October 1999 came into effect, under which the following was created: Ministry of Culture and National Heritage Ministry of Labor and Social Policy Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development Ministry of the Environment Ministry of Health. On 10 November 1999, decrees of the Council of Ministers from 3 November 1999 came into effect, under which the following were given new legal bases: Ministry of National Education Ministry of Finance Ministry of Economy Ministry of Communication Ministry of State Treasury Ministry of Foreign Affairs Ministry of Justice Ministry of Transport and Maritime Economy. Current ministries Cabinet of Ewa Kopacz Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development Ministry of Culture and National Heritage Ministry of Digital Affairs Ministry of Energy Ministry of Environment Ministry of Family, Labour and Social Policy Ministry of Finance Ministry of Foreign Affairs Ministry of Health Ministry of Infrastructure Ministry of Interior and Administration Ministry of Justice Ministry of Marine Economy and Inland Navigation Ministry of National Defence Ministry of National Education Ministry of Science and Higher Education Ministry of Sport and Tourism Ministry of Entrepreneurship and Technology Ministry of Investment and Economic Development Ministry of State Assets Outside departments Chancellery of the Prime Minister of Poland (Kancelaria Prezesa Rady Ministrów) - the Chancellery is not considered a ministry of the government, though it retains a seat within the cabinet. Former ministries (disbanded or merged) Ministry of Administration and Digitization (Ministerstwo Administracji i Cyfryzacji) Ministry of Communication (Ministerstwo Łączności) Ministry of Cooperation