The Archive Council is an advisory and expert body which supports the General Director of the State Archives in carrying out his responsibilities.
The Archive Council consists of 15 members, whose efforts are coordinated by the Council Head. Council members are appointed by the Minister of Culture and National Heritage upon the request of the General Director of the State Archives, who selects them in consultation with the Association of Polish Archivists.
The status and activities of the Archive Council are regulated by the Act of 14 July 1983 on the national archival holdings and archives, as well as the Charter of the Head Office of the State Archives.
2020-2023 term of the Archive Council
Council Head :
Prof. Ph. D. Krzysztof Mikulski
Director of the Institute of History and Archival Science of the Nicolaus Copernicus University in ToruńDeputy Head :
Ph. D. Sławomir Cenckiewicz
Director of the Military Historical OfficeMembers :
Ph. D. Adam Eberhardt
Center for Strategic Studies Warsaw Enterprise Institute
Ph. D. Marlena Jabłońska
Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń
Prof. Ph. D. Mirosław Kłusek
University of Łódź
Marlena Koter
Association of Polish Archivists
Ph. D. Janusz Kuligowski
Chancellery of the President of Poland, Presidential Archive
Prof. Ph. D. Jan Pomorski
Maria Curie-Skłodowska University in Lublin
Prof. Ph. D. Mirosław Lenart
State Archives in Opole
Ph. D. Wiesława Rutkowska
State Archives in Kielce
Rev. Ph. D. Grzegorz Ryś
Cardinal, Metropolitan Archbishop of Łódź
Ph. D. Jarosław Szarek
Institute of National Remembrance
Ph. D. Jan Tarczyński
Marshal Józef Piłsudski Central Military Library
Ph. D. Katarzyna Zalasińska
National Institute of Cultural Heritage
Katarzyna Ziętal
Centre of Community ArchivesSecretary :
Agnieszka Makówka
Head Office of the State Archives
