Third Cabinet of Mateusz Morawiecki

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Third Cabinet of Mateusz Morawiecki
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Council of Ministers of Poland
November – December 2023
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Mateusz Morawiecki (2023)
Date formed27 November 2023
Date dissolved13 December 2023
People and organisations
President Andrzej Duda
Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki
No. of ministers18 [1]
Member parties
  •   Law and Justice
  •   Sovereign Poland
  •   Renew PR
  •   Republican Party
  •   Polish Affairs
Status in legislature Minority
191 / 460 (42%)
Opposition parties
Opposition leader Donald Tusk
History
Election(s) 2023 parliamentary election
Legislature term(s) 10th Sejm & 11th Senate
Predecessor Morawiecki II
Successor Tusk III

The third Cabinet of Mateusz Morawiecki was the caretaker government of Poland, headed by Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki, after his re-appointment by President Andrzej Duda on 27 November 2023. [2] Two weeks later, on December 11, 2023, Morawiecki failed to receive a vote of confidence, with 266 of the 460 MPs voting against. [3]

The government was supported by the United Right coalition composed of Morawiecki's Law and Justice, Sovereign Poland and support from Renew PR, Polish Affairs and the Republican Party. It also had the support of some independent MPs. Members of Law and Justice and Sovereign Poland held cabinet posts.

It was formed in the aftermath of the 2023 Polish parliamentary election, in which the United Right lost the outright majority it had held since 2015. The United Right is 40 seats short of a majority in the chamber; all other groups in the Sejm have ruled out cooperation with United Right, making it mathematically impossible for Morawiecki to form a majority government. [4] The four main opposition parties–Civic Coalition, Poland 2050, Polish People's Party, and The Left–stated their intent to oppose Morawiecki and instead support a government headed by former Prime Minister and European Council President Donald Tusk. The four parties signed a coalition agreement on 10 November and agreed to put Tusk forward as their candidate for prime minister; between them, they command a majority in the Sejm. [5] [6] [7]

The move by Duda to designate Morawiecki as prime minister even though he lacked enough support in the Sejm was criticized by opposition and some media as an attempt to delay the transition of power for as long as possible. Duda insisted that he upheld longstanding convention by inviting the largest party to form a government. [8] [9] [10] [11]

Mateusz Morawiecki's third government included the largest number of women in Poland's history with 10 out of the 18 ministers being female. [12]

Morawiecki's third government was dubbed the "two-week" or "zombie government" by various media, [13] [14] [15] due to its anticipated short-livedness.

Morawiecki's proposed cabinet lost a vote of no confidence in the Sejm on 11 December by 190 votes to 266, paving the way for the Sejm to propose Donald Tusk as its nominee for prime minister. Tusk's nomination as Prime Minister was subsequently confirmed by the Sejm, with 248 votes in favour and 201 against. [16] Morawecki's government remained in a caretaker role, until Tusk's newly-assembled government was officially sworn in on 13 December.

Cabinet

OfficeNamePartyIn office
FromTo
Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki Law and Justice 27 November 2023 [17] 13 December 2023
Minister without portfolio Izabela Antos  [ pl ] Independent 27 November 2023 [18] 13 December 2023
Minister of National Defence Mariusz Błaszczak Law and Justice27 November 2023 [18] 13 December 2023
Minister of Family and Social Policy Dorota Bojemska  [ pl ]Independent27 November 2023 [18] 13 December 2023
Minister of Culture and National Heritage Dominika Chorosińska Law and Justice27 November 2023 [18] 13 December 2023
Chairwoman of the Public Benefit Committee27 November 2023 [18] 13 December 2023
Minister of Sport and Tourism Danuta Dmowska-Andrzejuk Independent27 November 2023 [18] 13 December 2023
Minister of Infrastructure Alvin Gajadhur  [ pl ]Independent27 November 2023 [18] 13 December 2023
Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Anna Gembicka  [ pl ]Law and Justice27 November 2023 [18] 13 December 2023
Minister of Funds and Regional Policy Małgorzata Jarosińska-Jedynak Independent27 November 2023 [18] 13 December 2023
Minister of Finance Andrzej Kosztowniak Law and Justice27 November 2023 [18] 13 December 2023
Minister of Health Ewa Krajewska  [ pl ]Independent27 November 2023 [18] 13 December 2023
Minister of Climate and Environment Anna Łukaszewska-Trzeciakowska Independent27 November 2023 [18] 13 December 2023
Minister of Economic Development and Technology Marlena Maląg Law and Justice27 November 2023 [18] 13 December 2023
Minister of State Assets Marzena Małek  [ pl ]Independent27 November 2023 [18] 13 December 2023
Minister without portfolio Jacek Ozdoba  [ pl ] Sovereign Poland 27 November 2023 [18] 13 December 2023
Minister of Education and Higher Education Krzysztof Szczucki  [ pl ]Law and Justice27 November 2023 [18] 13 December 2023
Minister of Interior and Administration Paweł Szefernaker Law and Justice27 November 2023 [18] 13 December 2023
Minister of Foreign Affairs Szymon Szynkowski vel Sęk Law and Justice27 November 2023 [18] 13 December 2023
Minister of Justice Marcin Warchoł  [ pl ]Sovereign Poland27 November 2023 [18] 13 December 2023

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