Cabinet of Beata Szydło

Cabinet of Beata Szydło formed the 17th government of Poland, until 11 December 2017. Governing during the 8th legislature of the Sejm and the 9th legislature of the Senate, it was led by Beata Szydło.

Beata Szydło Cabinet
18th Cabinet of Poland
2015–2017
Ministers pictured after their swearing-in (2015)
Date formed	16 November 2015
Date dissolved	11 December 2017
People and organisations
Head of state	Andrzej Duda
Head of government	Beata Szydło
Deputy head of government	Mateusz Morawiecki, Piotr Gliński, Jarosław Gowin
Member parties	Law and Justice   Poland Together   Solidary Poland
Status in legislature	Majority
Opposition party	Civic Platform   Kukiz'15   Modern   Polish People's Party
Opposition leader	Ewa Kopacz (till January 2016) / Grzegorz Schetyna
History
Election	2015 Polish parliamentary election
Outgoing formation	Civic Platform
Predecessor	Kopacz
Successor	Morawiecki

On 7 April 2017 the government survived a motion of no confidence entered by the opposition, which was rejected with 174 ayes, 238 nays and four abstentions.^[1]

Members of the Council of Ministers

Office	Image	Incumbent		Party	In office
Prime Minister		Beata Szydło		Law and Justice	16 November 2015 - 11 December 2017
Minister of Culture and National Heritage First Deputy Prime Minister		Piotr Gliński		Law and Justice	16 November 2015 - 11 December 2017
Minister of Development Deputy Prime Minister		Mateusz Morawiecki		Law and Justice	16 November 2015 - 11 December 2017
Minister of Science and Higher Education Deputy Prime Minister		Jarosław Gowin		Poland Together	16 November 2015 - 11 December 2017
Minister of National Defence		Antoni Macierewicz		Law and Justice	16 November 2015 - 11 December 2017
Minister of Foreign Affairs		Witold Waszczykowski		Law and Justice	16 November 2015 - 11 December 2017
Minister of Interior and Administration		Mariusz Błaszczak		Law and Justice	16 November 2015 - 11 December 2017
Minister of Justice		Zbigniew Ziobro		United Poland	16 November 2015 - 11 December 2017
Minister of Finance		Paweł Szałamacha		Independent	16 November 2015 - 28 September 2016
Minister of Marine Economy		Marek Gróbarczyk		Law and Justice	16 November 2015 - 11 December 2017
Minister of State Treasury		Dawid Jackiewicz		Law and Justice	16 November 2015 - 15 September 2016
Minister of Digitization		Anna Streżyńska		Independent	16 November 2015 - 11 December 2017
Minister of Energy		Krzysztof Tchórzewski		Law and Justice	16 November 2015 - 11 December 2017
Minister of National Education		Anna Zalewska		Law and Justice	16 November 2015 - 11 December 2017
Minister of Infrastructure and Construction		Andrzej Adamczyk		Law and Justice	16 November 2015 - 11 December 2017
Minister of Family, Labour and Social Policy		Elżbieta Rafalska		Law and Justice	16 November 2015 - 11 December 2017
Minister of Environment		Jan Szyszko		Law and Justice	16 November 2015 - 11 December 2017
Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development		Krzysztof Jurgiel		Law and Justice	16 November 2015 - 11 December 2017
Minister — Coordinator of Special Forces		Mariusz Kamiński		Law and Justice	16 November 2015 - 11 December 2017
Minister of Sport and Tourism		Witold Bańka		Law and Justice	16 November 2015 - 11 December 2017
Minister of Health		Konstanty Radziwiłł		Law and Justice	16 November 2015 - 11 December 2017
Minister for Relations with Parliament		Adam Lipiński		Law and Justice	16 November 2015
Minister, Head of the Standing Committee of the Council of Ministers		Henryk Kowalczyk		Law and Justice	16 November 2015 - 11 December 2017
Minister, Head of the Political Cabinet of the Prime Minister		Elżbieta Witek		Law and Justice	16 November 2015 - 11 December 2017
Minister, Chief of the Chancellery of the Prime Minister		Beata Kempa		United Poland	16 November 2015 - 11 December 2017

Vote of confidence

Vote of confidence in the Cabinet of Beata Szydło
Ballot →		18 November 2015
Required majority →		229 out of 456 Y
	Votes in favour • PiS (234) • Independents (2)	236 / 456
	Votes against • PO (135) • Kukiz’15 (39) • Modern (28)	202 / 456
	Abstentions • PSL (15) • Independent (1) • PO (1) • Kukiz’15 (1)	18 / 456
	Absent • PO (2) • PSL (1) • Kukiz’15 (1)	4 / 456
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