Second Cabinet of Mateusz Morawiecki
{{short description|Government of Poland between 2019 and 2023}}
{{Infobox government cabinet
| cabinet_name = Second Cabinet of Mateusz Morawiecki
| cabinet_number = 20th
| jurisdiction = Poland
| flag = Flag_of_Poland.svg
|incumbent = 2019–2023
|image = File:2019-11-15_Gouvernement_Morawiecki_II.jpg
|caption = Ministers pictured after their swearing-in, 15 November (2019)
|date_formed = 15 November 2019
| government_head = Mateusz Morawiecki
| government_head_title = Prime Minister
| government_head_history = 2017–2023
| other_government_minister_title = Deputy Prime Minister
| other_government_minister = Piotr Gliński (2019–2023)
Jacek Sasin (2019–2023)
Jarosław Gowin (2019–2020, 2020–2021)
Jadwiga Emilewicz (2020)
Jarosław Kaczyński (2020–2022, 2023)
Mariusz Błaszczak (2022–2023)
| state_head = Andrzej Duda
| state_head_title = President
| current_number = 24{{Cite web |title=Rada Ministrów - Gov.pl - Portal Gov.pl |url=https://www.gov.pl/web/gov/rada-ministrow |access-date=2022-07-25 |website=Gov.pl |language=pl-PL}}
| total_number =
| political_parties = {{Unbulleted list | {{Color box|{{party color|Law and Justice}}|border=darkgray}} Law and Justice
{{Colorbox|#c22026|border=silver}} Sovereign Poland
{{Color box|{{party color| Republican Party (Poland)}}|border=darkgray}} Republican Party (2021–2023)
{{Color box|{{party color|Polish Affairs}}|border=darkgray}} Polish Affairs (2022–2023)
{{Color box|{{party color|Agreement (political party)}}|border=darkgray}} Agreement (2019–2021)
}}Supported by:{{-}}{{Color box|{{party color|Kukiz'15}}|border=darkgray}} Kukiz'15 (2021–2022)
| legislature_status = {{unbulleted list |
Majority (2019–2021)
Minority (2021)
Majority (2021)
Minority (2021–2022)
Majority (2022–2023)
}}
| opposition_cabinet =
| opposition_party = {{Unbulleted list | {{Color box|{{party color|Civic Platform}}|border=darkgray}} Civic Coalition
{{Color box|{{party color|New Left (Poland)}}|border=darkgray}} Democratic Left Alliance
{{Color box|{{party color|Polish People's Party}}|border=darkgray}} Polish People's Party
{{Color box|{{party color|Confederation Liberty and Independence}}|border=darkgray}} Confederation}}
|opposition_leader = {{unbulleted list
| Grzegorz Schetyna (2019–2020)
| Borys Budka (2020–2021)
| Donald Tusk (2021–2023)
}}
| election = 2019 parliamentary election
| legislature_term = 9th Sejm & 10th Senate
| outgoing_formation =
| previous = Morawiecki I
|date_dissolved =27 November 2023
|successor =Morawiecki III
}}
{{Politics of Poland}}
The Second Cabinet of Mateusz Morawiecki was the government of Poland, headed by Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki, since being sworn in by President Andrzej Duda on 15 November 2019 until 27 November 2023.{{Cite web |date=2019-11-15 |title=Prezydent powołał nowy rząd [PL/ENG] |url=https://www.prezydent.pl/aktualnosci/wydarzenia/prezydent-nowy-rzad,1559 |access-date=2022-07-25 |website=Oficjalna strona Prezydenta Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej |language=pl}} 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.{{Cite web |title=Sejm udzielił wotum zaufania rządowi Mateusza Morawieckiego |url=https://tvn24.pl/polska/wotum-zaufania-dla-rzadu-mateusza-morawieckiego-ra986710-2301031 |access-date=2022-07-25 |website=TVN24 |language=pl}}{{Cite web |title=Sejm udzielił wotum zaufania rządowi Morawieckiego. Dwoje posłów KO zagłosowało "za" - Polsat News |url=https://www.polsatnews.pl/wiadomosc/2019-11-19/glosowanie-nad-wotum-zaufania/ |access-date=2022-07-25 |website=polsatnews.pl |language=pl}}
The government was 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{{Cite web |title=Polskie Sprawy będą współpracować z PiS. Gowin usuwa Sośnierza z Porozumienia |url=https://www.rp.pl/polityka/art36552181-polskie-sprawy-beda-wspolpracowac-z-pis-gowin-usuwa-sosnierza-z-porozumienia |access-date=2022-07-25 |website=Rzeczpospolita |language=pl}} 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.{{Cite web |date=2021-05-31 |title=Kukiz: Podpisaliśmy umowę o współpracy programowej z PiS. To nie koalicja |url=https://www.gazetaprawna.pl/wiadomosci/kraj/artykuly/8178197,kukiz-podpisalismy-umowe-o-wspolpracy-programowej-z-pis.html |access-date=2022-07-25 |website=www.gazetaprawna.pl |language=pl}} 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.{{Cite web |title=Paweł Kukiz: Mamy porozumienie z PiS |url=https://www.rp.pl/kraj/art18754831-pawel-kukiz-mamy-porozumienie-z-pis |access-date=2022-07-25 |website=Rzeczpospolita |language=pl}}{{Cite web |date=2021-08-11 |title=Chaos w Sejmie. Kto głosował za reasumpcją? |url=https://www.wprost.pl/polityka/10479695/chaos-w-sejmie-kto-glosowal-za-reasumpcja.html |access-date=2022-07-25 |website=Wprost |language=pl}}{{Cite web |title=Kukiz: Poprę budżet, który przedstawi rząd |url=https://www.rmf24.pl/tylko-w-rmf24/poranna-rozmowa/news-kukiz-popre-budzet-ktory-przedstawi-rzad,nId,5707508 |access-date=2022-07-25 |website=www.rmf24.pl |language=pl}}
The government underwent a reshuffle in October 2020.{{Cite web |title=Mniej resortów, ale ministrów niewiele mniej. Rząd niezbyt odchudzony |url=https://konkret24.tvn24.pl/polityka,112/mniej-resortow-ale-ministrow-niewiele-mniej-rzad-niezbyt-odchudzony,1032815.html |access-date=2022-07-25 |website=Konkret24 |language=pl}}{{Cite web |date=2020-10-19 |title=Przemysław Czarnek zaprzysiężony. Nowy minister edukacji i nauki rozpoczyna urzędowanie |url=https://glos.pl/przemyslem-czarnek-zaprzysiezony |access-date=2022-07-25 |website=Głos Nauczycielski |language=pl-PL}} 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").{{Cite web |title=Girzyński i dwoje innych posłów zapowiedzieli opuszczenie klubu Prawa i Sprawiedliwości |url=https://tvn24.pl/polska/pis-traci-wiekszosc-w-sejmie-zbigniew-girzynski-malgorzata-janowska-oraz-arkadiusz-czartoryski-odchodza-z-klubu-5131757 |access-date=2022-07-25 |website=TVN24 |language=pl}} The following 7 July, Czartoryski joined the Republican Party, restoring the government's majority status in the legislature.{{Cite web |date=2021-07-07 |title=Klub PiS odzyskuje formalną większość. Poseł wraca po 12 dniach od odejścia |url=https://wiadomosci.onet.pl/kraj/arkadiusz-czartoryski-wraca-do-pis-jaroslaw-kaczynski-przeprosil-posla/kbzr7ry |access-date=2022-07-25 |website=Onet Wiadomości |language=pl}}
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.{{Cite news |last1=Erlanger |first1=Steven |last2=Pronczuk |first2=Monika |date=2021-08-11 |title=Poland's Government Wins Vote on Media Bill, Despite Losing Majority |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/11/world/europe/polands-media-law-passes.html |access-date=2022-07-25 |issn=0362-4331}} 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.{{Cite web |last=KRO |title=Jarosław Gowin wyrzucony z rządu. Premier zdymisjonował szefa Porozumienia |url=https://www.money.pl/gospodarka/jaroslaw-gowin-odchodzi-z-rzadu-premier-zdymisjonowal-szefa-porozumienia-6670793040534048a.html |access-date=2022-07-25 |website=www.money.pl |language=pl-PL}}{{Cite web |date=2021-08-11 |title=Poland's ruling party rams through media law despite US warnings |url=https://www.politico.eu/article/polands-pis-rams-through-media-law-despite-us-warnings/ |access-date=2022-07-25 |website=POLITICO |language=en-US}} 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.{{Cite web |last=www.ideo.pl |first=ideo- |date=2021-12-27 |title=Prezydent zawetował Lex TVN |url=https://www.prawo.pl/prawo/lex-tvn-weto-prezydenta,512533.html |access-date=2022-07-25 |website=Prawo.pl |language=pl}}
In June 2022, Agnieszka Ścigaj, the leader of Polish Affairs, was appointed a government minister.{{Cite web |date=2022-06-22 |title=Agnieszka Ścigaj dołączy do rządu. Wiadomo, jakimi kwestiami się zajmie |url=https://www.wprost.pl/polityka/10757278/agnieszka-scigaj-dolaczy-do-rzadu-wiadomo-jakimi-kwestiami-sie-zajmie.html |access-date=2022-07-25 |website=Wprost |language=pl}} Due to the support of her parliamentary group, the government regained its formal majority status.
Following parliamentary elections in 2023, this government lost its parliamentary majority in the Sejm. However, Mateusz Morawiecki was briefly re-appointed as Prime Minister, and subsequently formed a new, very short-lived, government.
Cabinet
| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ ! rowspan="2" |Office ! rowspan="2" |Portrait ! rowspan="2" |Name ! colspan="2" rowspan="2" |Party ! colspan="2" |In office |
| From
! To |
|---|
| style="text-align: right;" |Prime Minister
| rowspan="3" |File:Mateusz Morawiecki Prezes Rady Ministrów (cropped).jpg | rowspan="3" |Mateusz Morawiecki | rowspan="3" style="background:{{party color|Law and Justice}};" | | rowspan="3" |Law and Justice | align="center" style="padding-right:10px" |{{Dts|2019|11|15}}{{Monitor Polski|2019|1091}} | align="center" style="padding-right:10px" |{{Dts|2023|11|27}} |
| style="background: #E6E6E6;"
| style="text-align: right;" |Minister of Sport | align="center" style="padding-right:10px" |{{Dts|2019|11|15}}{{Monitor Polski|2019|1092}} | align="center" style="padding-right:10px" |{{Dts|2019|12|5}}{{Monitor Polski|2019|1151}} |
| style="text-align: right;" |Minister of Digital Affairs
| align="center" style="padding-right:10px" |{{Dts|2020|10|6}}{{Monitor Polski|2020|896}} | align="center" style="padding-right:10px" |April 3 , 2023 |
| style="text-align: right; background: #E6E6E6;" |Deputy Prime Minister
| rowspan="9" |File:Piotr Gliński portret.jpg | rowspan="9" |Piotr Gliński | rowspan="9" style="background:{{party color|Law and Justice}};" | | rowspan="9" |Law and Justice | align="center" style="padding-right:10px; background: #E6E6E6;" |{{Dts|2019|11|15}} | align="center" style="padding-right:10px; background: #E6E6E6;" |{{Dts|2020|10|6}}{{Monitor Polski|2020|895}} |
| style="background: #E6E6E6;"
| style="text-align: right;" |Minister of Culture and National Heritage | align="center" style="padding-right:10px" |{{Dts|2019|11|15}} | align="center" style="padding-right:10px" |{{Dts|2020|10|6}} |
| style="background: #E6E6E6;"
| style="text-align: right;" |Chairman of the Public Benefit Committee | align="center" style="padding-right:10px" |{{Dts|2019|11|15}} | align="center" style="padding-right:10px" |{{Dts|2020|10|6}} |
| style="background: #E6E6E6;"
| style="text-align: right;" |Deputy Prime Minister | align="center" style="padding-right:10px" |{{Dts|2020|10|6}} | align="center" style="padding-right:10px" |{{Dts|2021|10|26}}{{Monitor Polski|2021|975}} |
| style="background: #E6E6E6;"
| style="text-align: right;" |Minister of Culture, National Heritage and Sport | align="center" style="padding-right:10px" |{{Dts|2020|10|6}} | align="center" style="padding-right:10px" |{{Dts|2021|10|26}} |
| style="background: #E6E6E6;"
| style="text-align: right;" |Chairman of the Public Benefit Committee | align="center" style="padding-right:10px" |{{Dts|2020|10|6}} | align="center" style="padding-right:10px" |{{Dts|2021|10|26}} |
| style="text-align: right;" |Deputy Prime Minister
| align="center" style="padding-right:10px" |{{Dts|2021|10|26}}{{Monitor Polski|2021|976}} | align="center" style="padding-right:10px" |{{Dts|2023|11|27}} |
| style="text-align: right;" |Minister of Culture and National Heritage
| align="center" style="padding-right:10px" |{{Dts|2021|10|26}} | align="center" style="padding-right:10px" |{{Dts|2023|11|27}} |
| style="text-align: right;" |Chairman of the Public Benefit Committee
| align="center" style="padding-right:10px" |{{Dts|2021|10|26}} | align="center" style="padding-right:10px" |{{Dts|2023|11|27}} |
| style="background: #E6E6E6;"
| style="text-align: right;" |Deputy Prime Minister | rowspan="4" |File:Jarosław Gowin 01 (cropped).jpg | rowspan="4" |Jarosław Gowin | rowspan="4" style="background:{{party color|Agreement (political party)}};" | | rowspan="4" |Agreement | align="center" style="padding-right:10px" |{{Dts|2019|11|15}} | align="center" style="padding-right:10px" |{{Dts|2020|4|8}}{{Monitor Polski|2020|343}} |
| style="background: #E6E6E6;"
| style="text-align: right;" |Minister of Science and Higher Education | align="center" style="padding-right:10px" |{{Dts|2019|11|15}} | align="center" style="padding-right:10px; background: #E6E6E6;" |{{Dts|2020|4|8}} |
| style="background: #E6E6E6;"
| style="text-align: right;" |Deputy Prime Minister | align="center" style="padding-right:10px" |{{Dts|2020|10|6}} | align="center" style="padding-right:10px" |{{Dts|2021|8|11}}{{Monitor Polski|2021|734}} |
| style="background: #E6E6E6;"
| style="text-align: right;" |Minister of Development, Labor and Technology | align="center" style="padding-right:10px" |{{Dts|2020|10|6}} | align="center" style="padding-right:10px" |{{Dts|2021|8|11}} |
| style="text-align: right;" |Deputy Prime Minister
| rowspan="2" |File:Jacek Sasin Sejm 2016.JPG | rowspan="2" |Jacek Sasin | rowspan="2" style="background:{{party color|Law and Justice}};" | | rowspan="2" |Law and Justice | align="center" style="padding-right:10px" |{{Dts|2019|11|15}} | align="center" style="padding-right:10px" |{{Dts|2023|11|27}} |
| style="text-align: right;" |Minister of State Assets
| align="center" style="padding-right:10px" |{{Dts|2019|11|15}} | align="center" style="padding-right:10px" |{{Dts|2023|11|27}} |
| style="text-align: right;" |Minister of National Defence
| rowspan="2" |File:Mariusz Błaszczak portret.jpg | rowspan="2" |Mariusz Błaszczak | rowspan="2" style="background:{{party color|Law and Justice}};" | | rowspan="2" |Law and Justice | align="center" style="padding-right:10px" |{{Dts|2019|11|15}} | align="center" style="padding-right:10px" |{{Dts|2023|11|27}} |
| style="text-align: right;" |Deputy Prime Minister
| align="center" style="padding-right:10px" |{{Dts|2022|6|22}}{{Monitor Polski|2022|616}} | align="center" style="padding-right:10px" |{{Dts|2023|11|27}} |
| style="text-align: right;" |Minister of Infrastructure
| style="background:{{party color|Law and Justice}};" | | Law and Justice | align="center" style="padding-right:10px" |{{Dts|2019|11|15}} | align="center" style="padding-right:10px" |{{Dts|2023|11|27}} |
| style="background: #E6E6E6;"
| style="text-align: right;" |Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development | File:Jan Ardanowski Sejm 2016.JPG | style="background:{{party color|Law and Justice}};" | | Law and Justice | align="center" style="padding-right:10px" |{{Dts|2019|11|15}} | align="center" style="padding-right:10px" |{{Dts|2020|10|6}} |
| style="background: #E6E6E6;"
| style="text-align: right;" |Minister of Foreign Affairs | File:Jacek Czaputowicz minister spraw zagranicznych.jpg | style="background:{{party color|Independent}};" | | align="center" style="padding-right:10px" |{{Dts|2019|11|15}} | align="center" style="padding-right:10px" |{{Dts|2020|8|26}}{{Monitor Polski|2020|764}} |
| style="text-align: right;" |Minister without portfolio
| File:Michał Dworczyk Sejm 2016.JPG | style="background:{{party color|Law and Justice}};" | | Law and Justice | align="center" style="padding-right:10px" |{{Dts|2019|11|15}} | align="center" style="padding-right:10px" |{{Dts|2023|11|27}} |
| style="background: #E6E6E6;"
| style="text-align: right;" |Minister of Development | rowspan="2" |File:Jadwiga Emilewicz (cropped).jpg | rowspan="2" |Jadwiga Emilewicz | rowspan="2" style="background:{{party color|Independent}};" | | rowspan="2" |Independent | align="center" style="padding-right:10px" |{{Dts|2019|11|15}} | align="center" style="padding-right:10px" |{{Dts|2020|10|6}} |
| style="background: #E6E6E6;"
| style="text-align: right;" |Deputy Prime Minister | align="center" style="padding-right:10px" |{{Dts|2020|4|9}}{{Monitor Polski|2020|344}} | align="center" style="padding-right:10px" |{{Dts|2020|10|6}} |
| style="background: #E6E6E6;"
| style="text-align: right;" |Minister of Marine Economy and Inland Navigation | File:Min. Marek Gróbarczyk.jpg | style="background:{{party color|Law and Justice}};" | | Law and Justice | align="center" style="padding-right:10px" |{{Dts|2019|11|15}} | align="center" style="padding-right:10px" |{{Dts|2020|10|6}} |
| style="background: #E6E6E6;"
| style="text-align: right;" |Minister of Funds and Regional Policy | File:Małgorzata Jarosińska-Jedynak (cropped).jpg | Małgorzata Jarosińska-Jedynak | style="background:{{party color|Independent}};" | | Independent | align="center" style="padding-right:10px" |{{Dts|2019|11|15}} | align="center" style="padding-right:10px" |{{Dts|2020|10|6}} |
| style="text-align: right;" |Minister without portfolio
| rowspan="2" |File:Mariusz Kamiński 2019.jpg | rowspan="2" |Mariusz Kamiński | rowspan="2" style="background:{{party color|Law and Justice}};" | | rowspan="2" |Law and Justice | align="center" style="padding-right:10px" |{{Dts|2019|11|15}} | align="center" style="padding-right:10px" |{{Dts|2023|11|27}} |
| style="text-align: right;" |Minister of Interior and Administration
| align="center" style="padding-right:10px" |{{Dts|2019|11|15}} | align="center" style="padding-right:10px" |{{Dts|2023|11|27}} |
| style="background: #E6E6E6;"
| style="text-align: right;" |Minister of Finance | rowspan="3" |File:Tadeusz Kościński (cropped).jpg | rowspan="3" |Tadeusz Kościński | rowspan="3" style="background:{{party color|Independent}};" | | rowspan="3" |Independent | align="center" style="padding-right:10px" |{{Dts|2019|11|15}} | align="center" style="padding-right:10px" |{{Dts|2020|10|6}} |
| style="background: #E6E6E6;"
| style="text-align: right;" |Minister of Finance, Funds and Regional Policy | align="center" style="padding-right:10px" |{{Dts|2020|10|6}} | align="center" style="padding-right:10px" |{{Dts|2021|10|26}} |
| style="background: #E6E6E6;"
| style="text-align: right;" |Minister of Finance | align="center" style="padding-right:10px" |{{Dts|2021|10|26}} | align="center" style="padding-right:10px" |{{Dts|2022|2|9}}{{Monitor Polski|2022|197}} |
| style="background: #E6E6E6;"
| style="text-align: right; background: #E6E6E6;" |Minister of Climate | rowspan="2" |File:Michał Kurtyka, 2019 (cropped).jpg | rowspan="2" |Michał Kurtyka | rowspan="2" style="background:{{party color|Independent}};" | | rowspan="2" |Independent | align="center" style="padding-right:10px" |{{Dts|2019|11|15}} | align="center" style="padding-right:10px" |{{Dts|2020|10|6}} |
| style="background: #E6E6E6;"
| style="text-align: right;" |Minister of Climate and Environment | align="center" style="padding-right:10px" |{{Dts|2020|10|6}} | align="center" style="padding-right:10px" |{{Dts|2021|10|26}} |
| style="text-align: right; background: #E6E6E6;" |Minister of Family, Labor and Social Policy
| rowspan="2" |File:Marlena Maląg (2021) (cropped).jpg | rowspan="2" |Marlena Maląg | rowspan="2" style="background:{{party color|Law and Justice}};" | | rowspan="2" |Law and Justice | align="center" style="padding-right:10px; background: #E6E6E6;" |{{Dts|2019|11|15}} | align="center" style="padding-right:10px; background: #E6E6E6;" |{{Dts|2020|10|6}} |
| style="text-align: right;" |Minister of Family and Social Policy
| align="center" style="padding-right:10px" |{{Dts|2020|10|6}} | align="center" style="padding-right:10px" |{{Dts|2023|11|27}} |
| style="background: #E6E6E6;"
| style="text-align: right;" |Minister of National Education | File:Dariusz Piontkowski (cropped).JPG | style="background:{{party color|Law and Justice}};" | | Law and Justice | align="center" style="padding-right:10px" |{{Dts|2019|11|15}} | align="center" style="padding-right:10px" |{{Dts|2020|10|19}}{{Monitor Polski|2020|972}} |
| style="text-align: right;" |Minister without portfolio
| File:Łukasz Schreiber Sejm 2016.JPG | style="background:{{party color|Law and Justice}};" | | Law and Justice | align="center" style="padding-right:10px" |{{Dts|2019|11|15}} | align="center" style="padding-right:10px" |{{Dts|2023|11|27}} |
| style="background: #E6E6E6;"
| style="text-align: right;" |Minister of Health | File:Łukasz Szumowski portret.jpg | style="background:{{party color|Independent}};" | | Independent | align="center" style="padding-right:10px" |{{Dts|2019|11|15}} | align="center" style="padding-right:10px" |{{Dts|2020|8|20}}{{Monitor Polski|2020|763}} |
| style="text-align: right; background: #E6E6E6;" |Minister without portfolio
| rowspan="2" |File:Konrad Szymański (cropped).jpg | rowspan="2" |Konrad Szymański | rowspan="2" style="background:{{party color|Law and Justice}};" | | rowspan="2" |Law and Justice | align="center" style="padding-right:10px; background: #E6E6E6;" |{{Dts|2019|11|15}} | align="center" style="padding-right:10px; background: #E6E6E6;" |{{Dts|2020|3|4}}{{Monitor Polski|2020|244}} |
| style="text-align: right;" |Minister for European Affairs
| align="center" style="padding-right:10px" |{{Dts|2020|3|5}}{{Monitor Polski|2020|245}} | align="center" style="padding-right:10px" |{{Dts|2022|10|13}} |
| style="text-align: right;"|Minister for European Affairs
|File:Szymon Szynkowski vel Sęk Sejm 2016.JPG |style="background:{{party color|Law and Justice}};" | |Law and Justice |align="center" style="padding-right:10px; |{{Dts|2022|10|13}} |{{Dts|2023|11|27}} |
| style="background: #E6E6E6;"
| style="text-align: right; background: #E6E6E6;" |Minister without portfolio | rowspan="2" |File:MichałWoś (cropped).jpg | rowspan="2" |Michał Woś | rowspan="2" style="background:{{party color|United Poland}};" | | rowspan="2" |United Poland | align="center" style="padding-right:10px; background: #E6E6E6;" |{{Dts|2019|11|15}} | align="center" style="padding-right:10px; background: #E6E6E6;" |{{Dts|2020|3|4}} |
| style="background: #E6E6E6;"
| style="text-align: right;" |Minister of Environment | align="center" style="padding-right:10px" |{{Dts|2020|3|5}} | align="center" style="padding-right:10px" |{{Dts|2020|10|6}} |
| style="background: #E6E6E6;"
| style="text-align: right;" |Minister of Digital Affairs | File:Marek Zagórski portret.jpg | style="background:{{party color|Law and Justice}};" | | Law and Justice | align="center" style="padding-right:10px" |{{Dts|2019|11|15}} | align="center" style="padding-right:10px" |{{Dts|2020|10|6}} |
| style="text-align: right;" |Minister of Justice
| File:Zbigniew Ziobro - 2019 (48085697621) (cropped).jpg | style="background:{{party color|United Poland}};" | | United Poland | align="center" style="padding-right:10px" |{{Dts|2019|11|15}} | align="center" style="padding-right:10px" |{{Dts|2023|11|27}} |
| style="background: #E6E6E6;"
| style="text-align: right;" |Minister of Sport | File:Danuta Dmowska-Andrzejuk2 (cropped).jpg | style="background:{{party color|Independent}};" | | Independent | align="center" style="padding-right:10px" |{{Dts|2019|12|5}}{{Monitor Polski|2019|1152}} | align="center" style="padding-right:10px" |{{Dts|2020|10|6}} |
| style="background: #E6E6E6;"
| style="text-align: right;" |Minister of Science and Higher Education | File:Wojciech Murdzek Sejm 2015.jpg | style="background:{{party color|Agreement (political party)}};" | | Agreement | align="center" style="padding-right:10px" |{{Dts|2020|4|16}}{{Monitor Polski|2020|359}} | align="center" style="padding-right:10px" |{{Dts|2020|10|19}}{{Monitor Polski|2020|973}} |
| style="text-align: right;" |Minister of Health
| File:Adam-niedzielski-1 (cropped).jpg | style="background:{{party color|Independent}};" | | Independent | align="center" style="padding-right:10px" |{{Dts|2020|8|26}}{{Monitor Polski|2020|765}} | align="center" style="padding-right:10px" |August 11, 2023 |
| style="text-align: right;" |Minister of Health
|60px |style="background:{{party color|Law and Justice}};" | |August 10 , 2023 |{{Dts|2023|11|27}} |
| style="text-align: right;" |Minister of Foreign Affairs
| File:Zbigniew Rau visit to Estonia, January 2022 19 (cropped).jpg | style="background:{{party color|Independent}};" | | Independent | align="center" style="padding-right:10px" |{{Dts|2020|8|26}} | align="center" style="padding-right:10px" |{{Dts|2023|11|27}} |
| style="background: #E6E6E6;"
| style="text-align: right;" |Deputy Prime Minister | File:Jarosław Kaczyński Sejm 2016a (cropped).JPG | style="background:{{party color|Law and Justice}};" | | Law and Justice | align="center" style="padding-right:10px" |{{Dts|2020|10|6}} | align="center" style="padding-right:10px" |{{Dts|2022|6|19}}{{Monitor Polski|2022|615}} |
| style="background: #E6E6E6;"
| style="text-align: right;" |Minister without portfolio | File:Michał Cieślak Sejm 2016.JPG | style="background:{{party color|The Republicans (Poland)}};" | | align="center" style="padding-right:10px" |{{Dts|2020|10|6}} | align="center" style="padding-right:10px" |{{Dts|2022|6|15}}{{Monitor Polski|2022|608}} |
| style="text-align: right; background: #E6E6E6;" |Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development
| rowspan="2" |File:Grzegorz Puda.png | rowspan="2" |Grzegorz Puda | rowspan="2" style="background:{{party color|Law and Justice}};" | | rowspan="2" |Law and Justice | align="center" style="padding-right:10px; background: #E6E6E6;" |{{Dts|2020|10|6}} | align="center" style="padding-right:10px; background: #E6E6E6;" |{{Dts|2021|10|26}} |
| style="text-align: right;" |Minister of Funds and Regional Policy
| align="center" style="padding-right:10px" |{{Dts|2021|10|26}} | align="center" style="padding-right:10px" |{{Dts|2023|11|27}} |
| style="text-align: right;" |Minister without portfolio
| style="background:{{party color|United Poland}};" | | United Poland | align="center" style="padding-right:10px" |{{Dts|2020|10|6}} | align="center" style="padding-right:10px" |{{Dts|2023|11|27}} |
| style="text-align: right;" |Minister of Science and Higher Education
| File:Przemysław Czarnek Sejm 2019.jpg | style="background:{{party color|Law and Justice}};" | | Law and Justice | align="center" style="padding-right:10px" |{{Dts|2020|10|19}}{{Monitor Polski|2020|974}} | align="center" style="padding-right:10px" |{{Dts|2023|11|27}} |
| style="text-align: right;" |Deputy Prime Minister
| rowspan="2" |File:Henryk Kowalczyk.png | rowspan="2" |Henryk Kowalczyk | rowspan="2" style="background:{{party color|Law and Justice}};" | | rowspan="2" |Law and Justice | align="center" style="padding-right:10px" |{{Dts|2021|10|26}} | align="center" style="padding-right:10px" |{{Dts|2023|11|27}} |
| style="text-align: right;" |Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development
| align="center" style="padding-right:10px" |{{Dts|2021|10|26}} | align="center" style="padding-right:10px" |April 3 , 2023 |
| style="text-align: right;" |Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development
|60px |style="background:{{party color|Law and Justice}};" | |Law and Justice |April 3 , 2023 |{{Dts|2023|11|27}} |
| style="text-align: right;" |Minister of Sport and Tourism
| File:Kamil Bortniczuk odbiera zaświadczenie o wyborze na posła IX kadencji.JPG | style="background:{{party color|The Republicans (Poland)}};" | | The Republicans | align="center" style="padding-right:10px" |{{Dts|2021|10|26}} | align="center" style="padding-right:10px" |{{Dts|2023|11|27}} |
| style="text-align: right;" |Minister of Climate and Environment
| style="background:{{party color|Independent}};" | | Independent | align="center" style="padding-right:10px" |{{Dts|2021|10|26}} | align="center" style="padding-right:10px" |{{Dts|2023|11|27}} |
| style="background: #E6E6E6;"
| style="text-align: right;" |Minister of Development and Technology | style="background:{{party color|Independent}};" | | Independent | align="center" style="padding-right:10px" |{{Dts|2021|10|26}} | align="center" style="padding-right:10px" |{{Dts|2022|4|7}}{{Monitor Polski|2022|388}} |
| style="text-align: right;" |Minister of Development and Technology
| File:Waldemar Buda Sejm 2016.JPG | style="background:{{party color|Law and Justice}};" | | Law and Justice | align="center" style="padding-right:10px" |{{Dts|2022|4|8}}{{Monitor Polski|2022|397}} | align="center" style="padding-right:10px" |{{Dts|2023|11|27}} |
| style="text-align: right;" |Minister of Finance
| File:Magdalena Rzeczkowska 6 (cropped).jpg | style="background:{{party color|Independent}};" | | Independent | align="center" style="padding-right:10px" |{{Dts|2022|4|26}}{{Monitor Polski|2022|436}} | align="center" style="padding-right:10px" |{{Dts|2023|11|27}} |
| style="text-align: right;" |Minister without portfolio
| File:Włodzimierz Tomaszewski Sejm 2019.jpg | style="background:{{party color|The Republicans (Poland)}};" | | The Republicans | align="center" style="padding-right:10px" |{{Dts|2022|6|17}}{{Monitor Polski|2022|614}} | align="center" style="padding-right:10px" |{{Dts|2023|11|27}} |
| style="text-align: right;" |Minister without portfolio
| style="background:{{party color|Law and Justice}};" | | Law and Justice | align="center" style="padding-right:10px" |{{Dts|2022|6|22}} | align="center" style="padding-right:10px" |{{Dts|2023|11|27}} |
| style="text-align: right;" |Minister without portfolio
| File:Agnieszka Ścigaj Sejm 2016.JPG | style="background:{{party color|Polish Affairs}};" | | align="center" style="padding-right:10px" |{{Dts|2022|6|22}}{{Monitor Polski|2022|617}} | align="center" style="padding-right:10px" |{{Dts|2023|11|27}} |
| style="text-align: right;" |Minister of Digital Affairs
|90px |style="background:{{party color|Law and Justice}};" | |Law and Justice |April 3 , 2023 |{{Dts|2023|11|27}} |
Votes of confidence
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" |
| colspan="3" align="center" bgcolor="#C0C0C0"| Vote of confidence in the Second Cabinet of Mateusz Morawiecki |
| colspan="2" style="width:150px;"| Ballot →
! 19 November 2019 |
|---|
| colspan="2"| Required majority →
| 228 out of 454 {{tick|15}} |
| style="background:green;"|
| style="text-align:left;"| {{Collapsible list | title = Votes in favour | • PiS (235) | • KO (2) }} | {{Composition bar|237|454|green|width=125px}} |
| style="width:1px; background:red;"|
| style="text-align:left;"| {{Collapsible list | title = Votes against | • KO (129) | • Lewica (47) | • PSL (27) | • KWiN (11) }} | {{Composition bar|214|454|red|width=125px}} |
| style="width:1px; background:gray;"|
| style="text-align:left;"|{{Collapsible list | title = Abstentions | • KO (1) | • PSL (1) | • Non-attached (1) }} | {{Composition bar|3|454|gray|width=125px}} |
| style="text-align:left;" colspan=3| [https://www.polsatnews.pl/wiadomosc/2019-11-19/glosowanie-nad-wotum-zaufania/ Source] |
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" |
| colspan="3" align="center" bgcolor="#C0C0C0"| Vote of confidence in the Second Cabinet of Mateusz Morawiecki |
| colspan="2" style="width:150px;"| Ballot →
! 4 June 2020 |
|---|
| colspan="2"| Required majority →
| 229 out of 456 {{tick|15}} |
| style="background:green;"|
| style="text-align:left;"| {{Collapsible list | title = Votes in favour | • PiS (235) }} | {{Composition bar|235|456|green|width=125px}} |
| style="width:1px; background:red;"|
| style="text-align:left;"| {{Collapsible list | title = Votes against | • KO (134) | • Lewica (48) | • PSL (28) | • KWiN (9) }} | {{Composition bar|219|456|red|width=125px}} |
| style="width:1px; background:gray;"|
| style="text-align:left;"|{{Collapsible list | title = Abstentions | • Lewica (1) | • Non-attached (1) }} | {{Composition bar|2|456|gray|width=125px}} |
| style="text-align:left;" colspan=3| [https://www.sejm.gov.pl/Sejm9.nsf/agent.xsp?symbol=glosowania&NrKadencji=9&NrPosiedzenia=12&NrGlosowania=78 Source] |
Policy
=Restitution=
{{main|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.”{{cite news|url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/israel-poland-summon-each-others-envoys-over-holocaust-restitution-law-spat/|title=Israel, Poland summon each other's envoys over Holocaust restitution law spat|work=The Times of Israel|first=Amy|last=Spiro|date=27 June 2021|access-date=18 August 2021}} 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.{{cite news|url=https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/antisemitism/polish-senate-begins-hearings-on-confiscated-property-law-673143|title=Polish Senate begins hearings on Holocaust restitution law|work=The Jerusalem Post|first=Jeremy|last=Sharon|date=7 July 2021|access-date=18 August 2021}}{{cite news|url=https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/polish-law-preventing-restitution-of-jewish-property-passes-in-senate-674733|title=Polish Law preventing restitution of Jewish property passes in senate|work=The Jerusalem Post|first=Tobias|last=Siegal|date=24 July 2021|access-date=18 August 2021}}
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.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-58218750|title=Polish law on property stolen by Nazis angers Israel|work=BBC News|access-date=18 August 2021}}{{cite news|url=https://www.jpost.com/international/polands-president-signs-bill-to-limit-ww2-property-restitution-claims-676711|title=Israel recalls envoy to protest signing of Poland's anti-restitution law|work=The Jerusalem Post|first=Tovah|last=Lazaroff|date=15 August 2021|access-date=18 August 2021}} Nevertheless, Poland returned its envoy to Israel in July 2022 as a sign of rapprochement in bilateral relations.{{cite news|url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/after-year-long-spat-over-holocaust-law-poland-says-its-returning-envoy-to-israel/|title=After year-long spat over Holocaust law, Poland says it’s returning envoy to Israel|work=Times of Israel|date=4 July 2022|access-date=5 July 2022}}
=Media law=
{{main|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.{{Cite web |date=2021-08-12 |title=The explainer: Lex TVN and Poland's parliamentary drama |url=https://emerging-europe.com/news/the-explainer-lex-tvn-and-polands-parliamentary-drama/ |access-date=2022-07-25 |website=Emerging Europe |language=en-US}} 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.{{Cite web |last=Insight |first=Wojciech Szacki, Polityka |date=2021-12-17 |title=Lex TVN przegłosowane. Po co to Kaczyńskiemu? |url=https://www.polityka.pl/tygodnikpolityka/kraj/2147830,1,lex-tvn-przeglosowane-po-co-to-kaczynskiemu.read |access-date=2022-07-25 |website=www.polityka.pl |language=pl}}{{Cite web |last=Majmurek |first=Jakub |date=2021-07-08 |title=Lex TVN: o co właściwie chodzi PiS? |url=https://krytykapolityczna.pl/kraj/majmurek-lex-tvn-o-co-wlasciwie-chodzi-pis/ |access-date=2022-07-25 |website=KrytykaPolityczna.pl |language=pl-PL}}{{Cite web |title=PiS atakuje niezależne media. Co trzeba wiedzieć o lex TVN |url=https://oko.press/pis-atakuje-niezalezne-media-co-trzeba-wiedziec-o-lex-tvn/ |access-date=2022-07-25 |website=oko.press}}{{Cite web |last=www.ideo.pl |first=ideo- |date=2021-07-27 |title=We wtorek Sejm rozpoczyna prace nad "lex TVN" |url=https://www.prawo.pl/biznes/lex-tvn-nowelizacja-ustawy-o-radiofonii-i-telewizji-w-sejmie,509689.html |access-date=2022-07-25 |website=Prawo.pl |language=pl}} 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.{{Cite web |date=2021-08-12 |title=The explainer: Lex TVN and Poland's parliamentary drama |url=https://emerging-europe.com/news/the-explainer-lex-tvn-and-polands-parliamentary-drama/ |access-date=2022-07-25 |website=Emerging Europe |language=en-US}}
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.{{Cite web|url=https://finance.yahoo.com/news/polish-media-law-faces-uncertain-110229442.html|title=Polish media law faces uncertain future amid coalition splits}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.thefirstnews.com/article/junior-coalition-leader-says-media-law-amendment-threatens-investment-23620|title = Junior coalition leader says media law amendment threatens investment}} This resulted in sacking of Agreement's leader Jarosław Gowin from the government and a political crisis.
In September 2021, the Senate voted to reject the bill with a vote of 53 to 37 with 3 abstentions.{{Cite web |title=Senat odrzucił lex TVN. Tak głosowali senatorowie |url=https://tvn24.pl/polska/lex-tvn-w-senacie-senat-odrzucil-projekt-nowelizacji-wyniki-glosowania-5407080 |access-date=2022-07-25 |website=TVN24 |language=pl}} 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.{{Cite web |title=Sejm przyjął lex TVN. Jak głosowali posłowie |url=https://tvn24.pl/polska/lex-tvn-glosowanie-w-sejmie-jak-glosowali-poslowie-kto-byl-za-nazwiska-5530952 |access-date=2022-07-25 |website=TVN24 |language=pl}} On December 27, amid widespread protests, President Andrzej Duda decided to veto the bill.{{Cite news |last1=Wlodarczak-semczuk |first1=Anna |last2=Florkiewicz |first2=Pawel |date=2021-12-27 |title=Polish president vetoes media bill, U.S. welcomes move |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/polish-president-says-he-vetoed-media-law-2021-12-27/ |access-date=2022-07-25}}
=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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.smh.com.au/world/europe/poland-to-quit-treaty-on-violence-against-women-minister-says-20200726-p55fix.html|title=Poland to quit treaty on violence against women, minister says|date=July 26, 2020|website=The Sydney Morning Herald}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/7/25/poland-to-withdraw-from-treaty-on-violence-against-women|title=Poland to withdraw from treaty on violence against women|website=www.aljazeera.com}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-53538205|title=Istanbul Convention: Poland to leave European treaty on violence against women|work=BBC News|date=July 25, 2020}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.dailysabah.com/world/europe/poland-to-quit-istanbul-convention-to-curb-gender-free-agenda|title=Poland to quit Istanbul convention to curb gender-free agenda|date=July 25, 2020|website=Daily Sabah}} 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".{{Cite web |title=Resort sprawiedliwości złożył wniosek o wypowiedzenie konwencji stambulskiej |url=https://www.pap.pl/aktualnosci/news%2C689810%2Cministerstwo-sprawiedliwosci-zlozylo-wniosek-o-wypowiedzenie-konwencji |access-date=2022-07-25 |website=Polska Agencja Prasowa SA |language=pl}} On July 30, Prime Minister Morawiecki motioned for the Constitutional Tribunal to decide whether the Convention violated the Polish Constitution.{{Cite web |date=2020-07-30 |title=Premier Morawiecki składa wniosek do TK o zbadanie zgodności konwencji stambulskiej z konstytucją |url=https://prawo.gazetaprawna.pl/artykuly/1487320,morawiecki-wniosek-do-tk-konwencja-stambulska-zgodnosc-z-konstytucja.html |access-date=2022-07-25 |website=prawo.gazetaprawna.pl |language=pl}} 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”.{{Cite web|url=https://www.euractiv.com/section/politics/short_news/poland-prepares-bill-to-ban-same-sex-couples-from-adopting-children/|title = Poland prepares bill to ban same-sex couples from adopting children|date = 12 March 2021}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.thefirstnews.com/article/justice-ministry-wants-ban-on-homosexual-adoptions-20464|title=Justice ministry wants ban on homosexual adoptions}} 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. {{cite web | url=https://notesfrompoland.com/2022/04/14/polish-coalition-party-proposes-three-year-jail-terms-for-insulting-church-or-interrupting-mass/ | title=Polish coalition party proposes three-year jail terms for insulting church or interrupting mass | date=14 April 2022 }}
In October 2022, they submitted a citizens' legislative initiative for the tougher blasphemy laws with close to 400,000 signatures to parliament.{{cite web | url=https://notesfrompoland.com/2022/10/07/insulting-or-ridiculing-church-to-be-jailable-crime-under-bill-supported-by-polish-justice-minister/ | title="Insulting or ridiculing church" to be jailable crime under bill supported by Polish justice minister | date=7 October 2022 }}{{cite web | url=https://cne.news/artikel/1824-blasphemy-law-poland-may-be-toughened | title=Blasphemy law Poland may be toughened }}
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