Military Gendarmerie (Poland)
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Military Gendarmerie Żandarmeria Wojskowa |
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| Abbreviation | ŻW |
Logo of the Military Gendarmerie
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| Agency overview | |
| Formed | 1990 |
| Preceding agency | Internal Military Service |
| Annual budget | zł 228,062,000 |
| Legal personality | Governmental: Government agency |
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| Headquarters | Warszawa |
| Sworn members | 4500 |
| Agency executive | Mirosław Rozmus, Brigadier General |
| Parent agency | Ministerstwo Obrony Narodowej |
| Facilities | |
| Stations | 45 |
| Website | |
| http://www.zw.wp.mil.pl/ | |
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.
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.
The ŻW is organized into:
The current commander is brigadier general Mirosław Rozmus.
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