Szydło cabinet
As a result of the parliamentary elections in October 2015, the Szydło Cabinet formed the government of the Republic of Poland from November 16, 2015 to December 11, 2017 under the leadership of Beata Szydło .
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 | |
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Prawo i Sprawiedliwość (PiS) Law and Justice |
conservative , national conservative |
217/235 |
19th | Jarosław Kaczyński | |
Porozumienie (P) communication |
conservative , economically liberal |
8/235 |
1 | 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
position | Ministry / Office | Surname | Political party | Taking office | Resignation |
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Prime Minister | Beata Szydło | PiS | Nov 16, 2015 | Dec 11, 2017 | |
Vice Prime Minister | Culture and national heritage | Piotr Gliński | PiS | Nov 16, 2015 | Dec 11, 2017 |
Vice Prime Minister | Science and higher education | Jaroslaw Gowin | P | Nov 16, 2015 | Dec 11, 2017 |
Vice Prime Minister | Economic development | Mateusz Morawiecki | PiS | Nov 16, 2015 | Dec 11, 2017 |
Finances | Sept 28, 2016 | ||||
minister | Finances | Paweł Szałamacha | PiS | Nov 16, 2015 | Sept 28, 2016 |
minister | defense | Antoni Macierewicz | PiS | Nov 16, 2015 | Dec 11, 2017 |
minister | Exterior | Witold Waszczykowski | PiS | Nov 16, 2015 | Dec 11, 2017 |
minister | Interior and administration | Mariusz Błaszczak | PiS | Nov 16, 2015 | Dec 11, 2017 |
minister | Judiciary | Zbigniew Ziobro | SP | Nov 16, 2015 | Dec 11, 2017 |
Attorney General | 4th March 2016 | ||||
minister | Marine economy and inland shipping | Marek Gróbarczyk | PiS | Nov 16, 2015 | Dec 11, 2017 |
minister | State assets | Dawid Jackiewicz | PiS | Nov 16, 2015 | Sept 15, 2016 |
minister | Head of the Standing Committee of the Council of Ministers | Henryk Kowalczyk | PiS | Nov 16, 2015 | Dec 11, 2017 |
Minister | digitalization | Anna Streżyńska | independent | Nov 16, 2015 | Dec 11, 2017 |
minister | energy | Krzysztof Tchórzewski | PiS | Nov 16, 2015 | Dec 11, 2017 |
Minister (without portfolio) | Elżbieta Witek | PiS | Nov 16, 2015 | Dec 11, 2017 | |
Minister | National education | Anna Zalewska | PiS | Nov 16, 2015 | Dec 11, 2017 |
minister | Infrastructure and construction | Andrzej Adamczyk | PiS | Nov 16, 2015 | Dec 11, 2017 |
Minister | Family, work and social | Elżbieta Rafalska | PiS | Nov 16, 2015 | Dec 11, 2017 |
minister | environment | Jan Szyszko | PiS | Nov 16, 2015 | Dec 11, 2017 |
minister | Agriculture and Rural Development | Krzysztof Jurgiel | PiS | Nov 16, 2015 | Dec 11, 2017 |
Minister (without portfolio) | Intelligence Coordinator | Mariusz Kamiński | PiS | Nov 16, 2015 | Dec 11, 2017 |
Minister (without portfolio) | Office manager | Beata Kempa | SP | Nov 16, 2015 | Dec 11, 2017 |
minister | Sport and tourism | Witold Bańka | PiS | Nov 16, 2015 | Dec 11, 2017 |
minister | Healthcare | Konstanty Radziwiłł | PiS | Nov 16, 2015 | Dec 11, 2017 |
Media reactions
The Polish media discussed the appointment of Antoni Macierewicz as defense minister, on the one hand because he is a controversial figure, on the other hand because Beata Szydło had previously announced several times that he would put the moderate Jarosław Gowin on this post.
The Tagesspiegel criticized the new defense minister as an "extremely controversial" politician. The newspaper emphasized that Antoni Macierewicz had a “brilliant dissident career” during the communist era , but from 1992 onwards it sparked several controversies. Macierewicz had accused Lech Wałęsa of working with the Stasi, which brought the entire government down. Furthermore, he is said to have described the falsified Protocols of the Elders of Zion on Radio Maryja in 2002 as interesting and "partly in accordance with the truth". The spokesman for the incumbent minister called these allegations a lie and requested apologies.
The left-liberal Gazeta Wyborcza took the former CEO of Bank Zachodni WBK and incumbent development minister Mateusz Morawiecki positively and described him with the words "from revolutionary to millionaire and vice-premier". The mayor of Wrocław Rafał Dutkiewicz described Morawiecki as an expert. After the system change, he made a name for himself with the publication of employees of the Służba Bezpieczeństwa .
Die Welt am Sonntag reported that the government under Szydło was converting the country into an authoritarian state in the first few months of its term in office.
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Jaroslaw Kaczynski podpisał porozumienie ze Zbigniewem Ziobro i Jarosławem Gowinem. In: wiadomosci.wp.pl. July 19, 2014, accessed June 3, 2015 (Polish).
- ↑ Dawid Jackiewicz zdymisjonowany. Do końca roku Ministerstwo Skarbu zostanie rozwiązane. (No longer available online.) In: Newsweek . September 15, 2016, archived from the original on September 14, 2016 ; Retrieved September 15, 2016 (Polish). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ The new Minister of Defense and the Jewish World Conspiracy. In: tagesspiegel.de. November 13, 2015, accessed November 17, 2015 .
- ↑ Antoni Macierewicz na celowniku izraelskich mediów. Za Protokoły Mędrców Syjonu. (No longer available online.) In: wp.pl. November 12, 2015, archived from the original on November 15, 2015 ; Retrieved November 17, 2015 (Polish). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Mateusz Morawiecki - od rewolucjonisty do milionera i wicepremiera. In: wyborcza.pl. November 12, 2015, accessed November 17, 2015 (Polish).
- ↑ When a government goes nuts. Welt am Sonntag, December 20, 2015, accessed on December 20, 2015 .
predecessor | Office | successor |
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Kopacz cabinet | Government of the Republic of Poland November 16, 2015 - December 11, 2017 |
Cabinet Morawiecki I |