Cabinet Morawiecki I

The Cabinet Morawiecki formed as a result of the resignation of office Beata Szydło between 11 December 2017 and the November 12, 2019, led by Mateusz Morawiecki the Government of the Republic of Poland .

After the parliamentary elections in 2019 , the government submitted in accordance with the constitution on November 12, 2019, the day the newly elected Sejm of the IX. Parliamentary term, their resignation; However, she was entrusted by President Andrzej Duda with the continuation of official business until the formation of the new government. The swearing-in of the new government under the previous incumbent Morawiecki then took place on November 15, 2019.

Ruling parties

The right-wing parties Prawo i Sprawiedliwość , Solidarna Polska and Polska Razem have stood together, with all candidacies taking place on the PiS electoral list. The respective party leaders Jarosław Kaczyński , Zbigniew Ziobro and Jarosław Gowin made this agreement to appear together in the parliamentary elections in the summer of 2014. The PiS Association achieved an absolute majority in the Sejm (lower house) and in the Senate (upper house), so there was no coalition another campaigning party necessary. In November 2017, Gowin founded the Porozumienie party , which was expanded to include other conservative-liberal circles and has since replaced the previous Polska Razem party within the government camp.

The 235 of 460 mandates in the Sejm can be assigned to the three election winners ¹ as follows:

Political party		Alignment	MPs	Cabinet members	Party leader
	Prawo i Sprawiedliwość (PiS) Law and Justice	conservative , national conservative	217/235	15th	Jarosław Kaczyński
	Porozumienie (P) communication	conservative , economically liberal	8/235	2	Jaroslaw Gowin
	Solidarna Polska (SP) Solidarity Poland	nationally conservative , skeptical of the EU	9/235	2	Zbigniew Ziobro

Explanation : ¹ Prawica Rzeczypospolitej has another seat, but its MP has remained non-attached.

Composition of the Council of Ministers

Initially, the cabinet remained unchanged, with the exception of the new prime minister and Szydło's demotion to deputy prime minister without portfolio. On January 9, 2018, there was a major reshuffle in the Council of Ministers. The personnel changes were seen as a signal from Poland to embark on a rather moderating course with the EU.

Morawiecki Cabinet - December 11, 2017 to November 12, 2019

Ministry / Office	photo	Surname	Political party
Prime Minister		Mateusz Morawiecki		PiS
Deputy Prime Minister		Piotr Gliński		PiS
		Jaroslaw Gowin		P
		Beata Szydło until June 4, 2019		PiS
		Jacek Sasin from June 4th, 2019		PiS
Exterior		Witold Waszczykowski until January 9, 2018		PiS
		Jacek Czaputowicz from January 9, 2018		independent
education		Anna Zalewska until June 4, 2019		PiS
		Dariusz Piontkowski from June 4, 2019		PiS
digitalization		Anna Streżyńska until January 9, 2018		independent
		Marek Zagórski from April 17, 2018; provisional: 9 January to 17 April 2018		PiS
energy		Krzysztof Tchórzewski		PiS
Family, work and social		Elżbieta Rafalska until June 4, 2019		PiS
		Bożena Borys-Szopa from June 4th, 2019		PiS
Finance (until August 31, 2019)		Mateusz Morawiecki until January 9, 2018		PiS
		Teresa Czerwińska January 9, 2018 to June 4, 2019		independent
		Marian Banaś June 4, 2019 to August 31, 2019		independent
health		Konstanty Radziwiłł until January 9, 2018		PiS
		Łukasz Szumowski from January 9, 2018		PiS
Infrastructure (until January 2018: infrastructure and construction )		Andrzej Adamczyk		PiS
Interior and administration		Mariusz Błaszczak until January 9, 2018		PiS
		Joachim Brudziński January 9, 2018 to June 4, 2019		PiS
		Elżbieta Witek June 4 to August 9, 2019		PiS
		Mariusz Kamiński from August 14, 2019		PiS
Investments and Development (until January 2018: Development , since September 20, 2019: Finance, Investments and Development )		Mateusz Morawiecki until January 9, 2018		PiS
		Jerzy Kwieciński from January 9, 2018		independent
Judiciary		Zbigniew Ziobro		SP
Culture and national heritage		Piotr Gliński		PiS
Agriculture and Rural Development		Krzysztof Jurgiel until June 20, 2018		PiS
		Jan Ardanowski from June 20, 2018		PiS
Marine economy and inland shipping		Marek Gróbarczyk		PiS
Sport and tourism		Witold Bańka		PiS
environment		Jan Szyszko until January 9, 2018		PiS
		Henryk Kowalczyk from January 9, 2018		PiS
Entrepreneurship and Technology (from January 2018)		Jadwiga Emilewicz		P
Science and higher education		Jaroslaw Gowin		P
defense		Antoni Macierewicz until January 9, 2018		PiS
		Mariusz Błaszczak from January 9, 2018		PiS
Ministers without portfolio : Coordinator for special services in the Prime Minister's Office		Mariusz Kamiński		PiS
Ministers without Portfolio : Head of the Prime Minister's Political Cabinet; Government Spokesman (until January 8, 2016)		Elżbieta Witek until December 18, 2017		PiS
Ministers without portfolio : Chairman of the Standing Committee of Ministers; Government legislative and program coordinator		Henryk Kowalczyk until January 9, 2018		PiS
Ministers without portfolio : Head of the Prime Minister's Office (until December 18, 2017) ; Coordinator for Humanitarian Aid and Refugee Affairs (from December 19, 2017)		Beata Kempa until June 4, 2019		SP
Ministers without portfolio : Head of the Prime Minister's Office		Michał Dworczyk from June 4, 2019		PiS
Ministers without portfolio : Humanitarian Aid and Refugee Affairs Coordinator		Michał Woś from June 4th, 2019		independent

Media reactions

Florian Kellermann wrote on Deutschlandfunk that Morawiecki should improve the government's image due to his international contacts. Former National Bank President Marek Belka wrote in 2017 that the budget deficit was relatively low despite newly introduced social benefits. Monika Sieradzka predicted that the “technocrat Morawiecki [would] not achieve the social competence of his predecessor, who with her maternal charisma was able to score especially with socially weaker PiS voters.” Spiegel editor Jan Puhl wrote that he expected despite the cosmopolitan Broadcast of the banker does not change course in the controversial judicial reforms of the government.

See also

• List of Prime Ministers of Poland
• List of Presidents of Poland

Web links

• FAZ.net / Konrad Schuller January 9, 2018: The anti-EU song suddenly sounds quieter

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Jaroslaw Kaczynski podpisał porozumienie ze Zbigniewem Ziobro i Jarosławem Gowinem. In: wiadomosci.wp.pl. July 19, 2014, accessed June 3, 2015 (Polish). 
2. ↑ Reconstruction of the rządu Mateusza Morawieckiego. Zmiany w ministerial awake. In: Rzeczpospolita . January 9, 2018, accessed January 9, 2018 (Polish). 
3. ↑ Poland is filling important cabinet positions. In: Deutsche Welle . January 9, 2018, accessed January 9, 2018 . 
4. ↑ Poland's head of government reshuffles the cabinet. In: The time . January 9, 2018, accessed January 9, 2018 . 
5. ↑ Meret Baumann: Poland's new head of government dismisses controversial ministers. In: nzz.de . January 9, 2018, accessed January 9, 2018 . 
6. ↑ Acting since August 9th
7. ↑ New Prime Minister for a better international image. In: Deutschlandfunk . December 8, 2017. Retrieved December 12, 2017 . 
8. ↑ Change of Prime Minister in Poland: Szydlo leaves, Morawiecki comes. In: MDR . December 8, 2017. Retrieved December 12, 2017 . 
9. ↑ Kaczynski's next vassal. In: SPON . December 8, 2017. Retrieved December 12, 2017 . 

predecessor	Office	successor
Szydło cabinet	Government of the Republic of Poland December 11, 2017 - November 15, 2019	Cabinet Morawiecki II