Second Cabinet of Mateusz Morawiecki

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Second Cabinet of Mateusz Morawiecki
2019–present
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Mateusz Morawiecki (2019)
Date formed 15 November 2019
People and organisations
Head of government Mateusz Morawiecki,
Prime Minister
Head of government's history 2017–present
Head of state Andrzej Duda,
President
Number of ministers 24[1]
Member party
Status in legislature
  • Majority (2019–2021)

    Minority (2021)
    Majority (2021)
    Minority (2021–2022)
    Majority (2022–present)

    231 / 460 (50%)
Opposition party
Opposition leader
History
Election(s) 2019 parliamentary election
Legislature term(s) 9th Sejm & 10th Senate
Predecessor Morawiecki I

Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Second Cabinet of Mateusz Morawiecki is the current government of Poland headed by Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki since being sworn in by President Andrzej Duda on 15 November 2019.[2] The Prime Minister delivered a statement to the Sejm on 19 November 2019 before obtaining a vote of confidence with 237 of the 460 MPs voting in the affirmative.[3][4]

The government is supported by the United Right coalition consisting of Law and Justice, United Poland and the Republican Party, as well as by the Polish Affairs parliamentary group[5] and some independent MPs. In May 2021 Kukiz'15 leader Paweł Kukiz and Law and Justice leader Jarosław Kaczyński signed a cooperation agreement between the two parties.[6] Despite not being a part of a formal coalition and not being represented in the Council of Ministers Kukiz'15 has since supported the government especially in major votes in the Sejm.[7][8][9]

The government underwent a reshuffle in October 2020.[10][11] On 25 June 2021 the government lost its majority in the Sejm, when 3 MPs (Zbigniew Girzyński, Arkadiusz Czartoryski and Małgorzata Janowska) left Law and Justice and established a new parliamentary group (Wybór Polska, literally "Choice Poland").[12] The following 7 July, Czartoryski joined the Republican Party, restoring the government's majority status in the legislature.[13]

In August 2021, a controversial bill on the amendment of the "Broadcasting and the Cinematography Act" was passed by the Sejm despite vocal opposition from Agreement, a member party of the United Right.[14][15] On 11 August, Jarosław Gowin, leader of the party, was sacked from the government which in turn caused 13 other MPs to leave the governing coalition.[16][17] Due to the crisis the government had once again lost its majority in the Sejm. The controversial bill was eventually vetoed by President Andrzej Duda in December 2021.[18]

In June 2022, Agnieszka Ścigaj, the leader of Polish Affairs, was appointed a government minister.[19] Due to the support of her parliamentary group the government has regained its formal majority status.

Cabinet

Office Portrait Name Party In office
From To
Prime Minister 80x80px Mateusz Morawiecki Law and Justice November 15, 2019[20]
Minister of Sport November 15, 2019[21] December 5, 2019[22]
Minister of Digital Affairs October 6, 2020[23]
Deputy Prime Minister 87x87px Piotr Gliński Law and Justice November 15, 2019[21] October 6, 2020[24]
Minister of Culture and National Heritage November 15, 2019[21] October 6, 2020[24]
Chairman of the Public Benefit Committee November 15, 2019[21] October 6, 2020[24]
Deputy Prime Minister October 6, 2020[23] October 26, 2021[25]
Minister of Culture, National Heritage and Sport October 6, 2020[23] October 26, 2021[25]
Chairman of the Public Benefit Committee October 6, 2020[23] October 26, 2021[25]
Deputy Prime Minister October 26, 2021[26]
Minister of Culture and National Heritage October 26, 2021[26]
Chairman of the Public Benefit Committee October 26, 2021[26]
Deputy Prime Minister 81x81px Jarosław Gowin Agreement November 15, 2019[21] April 8, 2020[27]
Minister of Science and Higher Education November 15, 2019[21] April 8, 2020[27]
Deputy Prime Minister October 6, 2020[23] August 11, 2021[28]
Minister of Development, Labor and Technology October 6, 2020[23] August 11, 2021[28]
Deputy Prime Minister 84x84px Jacek Sasin Law and Justice November 15, 2019[21]
Minister of State Assets November 15, 2019[21]
Minister of National Defence 79x79px Mariusz Błaszczak Law and Justice November 15, 2019[21]
Deputy Prime Minister June 22, 2022[29]
Minister of Infrastucture 80x80px Andrzej Adamczyk Law and Justice November 15, 2019[21]
Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development 86x86px Jan Ardanowski Law and Justice November 15, 2019[21] October 6, 2020[24]
Minister of Foreign Affairs 71x71px Jacek Czaputowicz Independent November 15, 2019[21] August 26, 2020[30]
Minister without portfolio 86x86px Michał Dworczyk Law and Justice November 15, 2019[21]
Minister of Development 75x75px Jadwiga Emilewicz Independent November 15, 2019[21] October 6, 2020[24]
Deputy Prime Minister April 9, 2020[31] October 6, 2020[24]
Minister of Marine Economy and Inland Navigation 75x75px Marek Gróbarczyk Law and Justice November 15, 2019[21] October 6, 2020[24]
Minister of Funds and Regional Policy 70x70px Małgorzata Jarosińska-Jedynak Independent November 15, 2019[21] October 6, 2020[24]
Minister without portfolio 87x87px Mariusz Kamiński Law and Justice November 15, 2019[21]
Minister of Interior and Administration November 15, 2019[21]
Minister of Finance 74x74px Tadeusz Kościński Independent November 15, 2019[21] October 6, 2020[24]
Minister of Finance, Funds and Regional Policy October 6, 2020[23] October 26, 2021[25]
Minister of Finance October 26, 2021[26] February 9, 2022[32]
Minister of Climate 85x85px Michał Kurtyka Independent November 15, 2019[21] October 6, 2020[24]
Minister of Climate and Environment October 6, 2020[23] October 26, 2021[25]
Minister of Family, Labor and Social Policy 77x77px Marlena Maląg Law and Justice November 15, 2019[21] October 6, 2020[24]
Minister of Family and Social Policy October 6, 2020[23]
Minister of National Education 80x80px Dariusz Piontkowski Law and Justice November 15, 2019[21] October 19, 2020[33]
Minister without portfolio 88x88px Łukasz Schreiber Law and Justice November 15, 2019[21]
Minister of Health 83x83px Łukasz Szumowski Independent November 15, 2019[21] August 20, 2020[34]
Minister without portfolio 90x90px Konrad Szymański Law and Justice November 15, 2019[21] March 4, 2020[35]
Minister for European Affairs March 5, 2020[36] October 13, 2022
Minister for European Affairs 90x90px Szymon Szynkowski vel Sęk Law and Justice October 13, 2022
Minister without portfolio 80x80px Michał Woś United Poland November 15, 2019[21] March 4, 2020[35]
Minister of Environment March 5, 2020[36] October 6, 2020[24]
Minister of Digital Affairs 83x83px Marek Zagórski Law and Justice November 15, 2019[21] October 6, 2020[24]
Minister of Justice 88x88px Zbigniew Ziobro United Poland November 15, 2019[21]
Minister of Sport 78x78px Danuta Dmowska-Andrzejuk Independent December 5, 2019[37] October 6, 2020[24]
Minister of Science and Higher Education 83x83px Wojciech Murdzek Agreement April 16, 2020[38] October 19, 2020[39]
Minister of Health 76x76px Adam Niedzielski Independent August 26, 2020[40]
Minister of Foreign Affairs 90x90px Zbigniew Rau Independent August 26, 2020[40]
Deputy Prime Minister 80x80px Jarosław Kaczyński Law and Justice October 6, 2020[23] June 19, 2022[41]
Minister without portfolio 86x86px Michał Cieślak The Republicans October 6, 2020[23] June 15, 2022[42]
Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development 60x60px Grzegorz Puda Law and Justice October 6, 2020[23] October 26, 2021[25]
Minister of Funds and Regional Policy October 26, 2021[26]
Minister without portfolio 76x76px Michał Wójcik United Poland October 6, 2020[23]
Minister of Science and Higher Education 73x73px Przemysław Czarnek Law and Justice October 19, 2020[43]
Deputy Prime Minister 90x90px Henryk Kowalczyk Law and Justice October 26, 2021[26]
Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development October 26, 2021[26]
Minister of Sport and Tourism 90x90px Kamil Bortniczuk The Republicans October 26, 2021[26]
Minister of Climate and Environment 60x60px Anna Moskwa Independent October 26, 2021[26]
Minister of Development and Technology 60x60px Piotr Nowak Independent October 26, 2021[26] April 7, 2022[44]
Minister of Development and Technology 87x87px Waldemar Buda Law and Justice April 8, 2022[45]
Minister of Finance 75x75px Magdalena Rzeczkowska Independent April 26, 2022[46]
Minister without portfolio 81x81px Włodzimierz Tomaszewski The Republicans June 17, 2022[47]
Minister without portfolio 90x90px Zbigniew Hoffmann Law and Justice June 22, 2022[29]
Minister without portfolio 86x86px Agnieszka Ścigaj Polish Affairs June 22, 2022[48]

Policy

Restitution

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Main article: Property restitution in Poland

In June 2021, Poland proposed a law to put a 10-to-30 year statute of limitation on restitution claims, which would therefore nullify cases regarding property seized during World War II, which Israel's Foreign Minister Yair Lapid described as “immoral and a disgrace.” Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said “I can only say that as long as I am the prime minister, Poland will not pay for German crimes: Neither zloty, nor euro, nor dollar.” Lapid also said, “We are fighting for the memory of the Holocaust victims, for the pride of our people, and we won’t allow any parliament to pass laws whose goal is to deny the Holocaust.”[49] The proposed law would nevertheless also prevent people whose property was confiscated by the Polish communist government (1944–1989) from getting their lost property restituted/compensated.[50][51]

Poland’s President Andrzej Duda finally signed the law on 14 August. In response, Israel recalled its envoy from Poland and told the Polish ambassador not to return.[52][53] Nevertheless, Poland returned its envoy to Israel in July 2022 as a sign of rapprochement in bilateral relations.[54]

Media law

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Main article: Lex TVN

In July 2021, a group of Law and Justice MPs submitted a draft of a bill on the amendment of the "Broadcasting and the Cinematography Act", which intended to prevent entities based outside the European Economic Area from owning more than 49% of shares in Polish radio and television stations.[55] The measure was widely seen as a step against Discovery-owned television station TVN, highly critical of the ruling party, which would force the American company to divest its ownership.[56][57][58][59] Law and Justice denied those accusations, claiming the bill's goal was to prevent non-EU countries, such as Russia and China, from acquiring Polish media.[60]

In August 2021, the bill was passed in the Sejm with a vote of 228 to 216 with 10 abstentions. The amendment of the Agreement Party, a United Right ruling coalition member, which would allow companies from countries in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) to own more than 49% of shares in Polish media companies was also rejected.[61][62] This resulted in sacking of Agreement's leader Jarosław Gowin from the government and a political crisis.[16][17]

In September 2021, the Senate voted to reject the bill with a vote of 53 to 37 with 3 abstentions.[63] The Sejm once again voted to pass the bill with a vote of 229 to 212 with 11 abstentions, achieving an absolute majority and overriding the Senate's veto.[64] On December 27, amid widespread protests, President Andrzej Duda decided to veto the bill.[65]

Social

In July 2020, Minister of Justice Zbigniew Ziobro declared he would begin preparing the formal process for Poland to withdraw from the Istanbul Convention.[66][67][68][69] He claimed the treaty is harmful because it "requires that schools teach children about gender in an ideological way" and that it "de-emphasizes biological sex".[70] On July 30, Prime Minister Morawiecki motioned for the Constitutional Tribunal to decide whether the Convention violated the Polish Constitution.[71] As of August 2022 the case remains undecided.

In March 2021, the Ministry of Justice prepared a bill banning same-sex couples from adopting children, saying “this solution corresponds to the views of the vast majority of Polish society”.[72][73] As of August 2022 the bill hasn't been put to a vote in the Sejm.

In April 2022 United Poland part of the ruling government called for tougher blasphemy laws in Poland, such as three-year jail terms for insulting church or interrupting mass. [74]

In October 2022, they submitted a citizens' legislative initiative for the tougher blasphemy laws with close to 400,000 signatures to parliament.[75][76]

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