Prosecutor General of Poland

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The Prosecutor General of Poland is the country’s top public prosecutor, responsible for overseeing the national prosecution service and directing criminal investigations and prosecutions.

All labels observed (4)

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf chief prosecutor position ⓘ
public office ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Republic of Poland ⓘ
appointedBy President of Poland ⓘ
appointmentRequires counter-signature of the Prime Minister of Poland ⓘ
canBeRemovedBy President of Poland under conditions set by law ⓘ
canDelegatePowersTo National Public Prosecutor ⓘ
linked to: Prosecutor General
collaboratesWith Minister of Justice of Poland ⓘ
courts of law in Poland ⓘ
law enforcement agencies in Poland ⓘ
combinedWithOffice Minister of Justice of Poland (since 2016) ⓘ
cooperatesInternationallyWith Eurojust ⓘ
European Public Prosecutor’s Office (within applicable scope) ⓘ
prosecution services of other states ⓘ
country Poland ⓘ
hasAuthorityOver public prosecutors in Poland ⓘ
historicalChange office re-merged with Minister of Justice in 2016 ⓘ
office separated from Minister of Justice in 2010 ⓘ
legalBasis Constitution of the Republic of Poland ⓘ
Law on the Public Prosecutor’s Office ⓘ
maySubmit extraordinary appeals in specified cases ⓘ
memberOf National Council of Prosecutors (Poland) ⓘ
officeHolderTitleInPolish Prokurator Generalny ⓘ
participatesIn shaping criminal policy of the state ⓘ
partOf Polish system of justice ⓘ
prosecution service of Poland ⓘ
power issue binding guidelines for prosecutors ⓘ
order discontinuation of criminal proceedings within legal limits ⓘ
order initiation of criminal proceedings ⓘ
represent the public interest before courts ⓘ
take over individual cases from subordinate prosecutors ⓘ
reportsOnActivitiesTo Prime Minister of Poland ⓘ
Sejm of the Republic of Poland ⓘ
representsStateIn selected proceedings before the Supreme Court of Poland ⓘ
responsibility ensure legality of criminal proceedings ⓘ
ensure uniformity of prosecutorial practice ⓘ
protect rule of law in criminal justice ⓘ
role directs public prosecutions ⓘ
head of the national prosecution service ⓘ
oversees criminal investigations ⓘ
top public prosecutor of Poland ⓘ
seat Warsaw ⓘ
supervises National Public Prosecutor’s Office ⓘ
appeal public prosecutor’s offices in Poland ⓘ
district public prosecutor’s offices in Poland ⓘ
regional public prosecutor’s offices in Poland ⓘ
termLength fixed term defined by statute ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Lech Kaczyński → positionHeld → Prosecutor General of Poland ⓘ
Włodzimierz Cimoszewicz → positionHeld → Public Prosecutor General of Poland ⓘ
linked to: Prosecutor General of Poland
Prosecutor General of Poland → officeHolderTitleInPolish → Prokurator Generalny ⓘ
linked to: Prosecutor General of Poland
Internal Security Agency of Poland → cooperatesWith → Prosecutor’s Office of Poland ⓘ
linked to: Prosecutor General of Poland
Zbigniew Ziobro → positionHeld → Prosecutor General of Poland ⓘ