Język Polski
English
Wybrane zagadnienia z koncepcji, tworzenia oraz eksploatacji Powszechnego Elektronicznego Systemu Ewidencji Ludności – PESEL MSW
Przegląd Archiwalny Instytutu Pamięci Narodowej, No. 12 (2019), pages: 203–218
Publication date: 2023-04-05
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Abstract
The assumptions that were defined during the creation of the PESEL system concerned not only the electronic solutions themselves and the use of computer systems, but essentially rebuilt the system of recording citizens info in Poland. In the seventies, various state registers for storing personal information about citizens were scattered across many institutions. The implementation of the Universal Electronic Population Register system (PESEL) in the next decade required the establishment of a specialized department, which could function only within the structure of the Ministry of the Interior in the realities of the Polish People’s Republic. The article discusses the process of creating the PESEL system, contains the most important normative acts conditioning its establishment, and describes the activities of the PESEL Department. Attention was also paid to the merging of operational departments of the Security Service with the newly created PESEL Department. An algorithm was also described, which creates a unique 11-digit number for each citizen, composed of three basic modules.
