Military Gendarmerie

The Military Gendarmerie (Żandarmeria Wojskowa, abbreviated ŻW) is a military provost formation created in 1990 in Poland.

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 Polish Military Gendarmerie has made application to the European Gendarmerie Force to become a full member state.

Structure
The Polish military police is organized into:
 * Headquarters
 * 3 special units
 * 10 units
 * 2 departments
 * 45 regional stations

Commanders
The current commander is brigadier general Mirosław Rozmus.


 * gen. bryg. Jerzy Jarosz (1 IX 1990 – 20 II 1992)
 * płk dypl. Henryk Piątkowski (11 III 1992 – 1 IV 1993)
 * gen. bryg. Alfons Kupis (1 IV 1993 – 24 VII 2000)
 * gen. dyw. Jerzy Słowiński (1 VIII 2000 – 30 VII 2003)
 * gen. dyw. Bogusław Pacek (31 VII 2003 – 3 X 2006)
 * gen. dyw. Jan Żukowski (3 X 2006 – 1 I 2008)
 * gen. bryg. Marek Witczak (2 I 2008 - 17 XII 2010)
 * gen. bryg. Mirosław Rozmus (od 17 XII 2010)