The Third Cabinet of Donald Tusk is the coalition government of Poland headed by Donald Tusk who was officially nominated and confirmed as the Prime Minister of Poland on 11 December 2023 by the members of the Sejm following the failure of Mateusz Morawiecki's Third Cabinet to secure a vote of confidence. On 12 December, Tusk addressed the parliament and announced members of his cabinet, later that day Tusk's cabinet successfully obtained a vote of confidence with 248 of the 460 MPs voting in the affirmative. He and his cabinet were officially sworn in by president Andrzej Duda on 13 December 2023.
Third Cabinet of Donald Tusk | |
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22nd Cabinet of Poland | |
| 2023–present | |
Ministers pictured after their swearing-in, 13 December (2023) | |
| Date formed | 13 December 2023 |
| People and organisations | |
| President | Andrzej Duda Karol Nawrocki |
| Prime Minister | Donald Tusk |
| Prime Minister's history | 2007–20142023–present |
| Deputy Prime Ministers | Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz Krzysztof Gawkowski Radosław Sikorski |
| No. of ministers | 22 |
| Member parties |
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| Status in legislature | Majority (coalition) |
| Opposition parties |
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| Opposition leader | Jarosław Kaczyński |
| History | |
| Election | 2023 parliamentary election |
| Legislature term | 10th Sejm & 11th Senate |
| Predecessor | Morawiecki III |
Tusk previously served as Prime Minister of Poland between 2007 and 2014, President of the European Council between 2014 and 2019, and the president of the European People's Party (EPP) from 2019 to 2022. The opposition's victory in the 2023 Polish parliamentary election and Tusk's return to power in Poland were mostly positively received by the international community, with multiple news outlets pointing to the erosion of certain democratic structures in Poland and the worsening of the country's relationship with the European Union under the former right-wing government led by Law and Justice.
Background
2023 parliamentary election
Tusk's cabinet was formed following the dissolution of Morawiecki's caretaker government originally established as the result of 2023 Polish parliamentary election, which took place on Sunday, 15 October 2023. The United Right won a plurality of seats but fell short of a Sejm majority. The opposition, including the Civic Coalition, Poland 2050, Polish Coalition, and The Left, secured a Senate majority.
Although the United Right would be unable to govern on its own, the Polish president Andrzej Duda stated his intention to re-appoint the incumbent Mateusz Morawiecki as Prime Minister due to the existing albeit unofficial convention of nominating a member of the winning party. The four opposition parties criticized Duda's decision as a delay tactic. The opposition parties subsequently signed a coalition agreement on 10 November, de facto taking over control of the Sejm, and agreed to nominate former Prime Minister and European Council President Donald Tusk as their candidate. Morawiecki's new cabinet, dubbed "two-week government" and "zombie government" by the media due to its anticipated short-livedness, was sworn in on 27 November 2023.
Nomination of Donald Tusk
As expected, the Morawiecki government was defeated in the Sejm on 11 December 2023, effectively ending its tenure. Immediately following the vote, the four-party opposition coalition nominated Tusk as prime minister. Partia Razem, although part of The Left coalition and therefore entitled to cabinet seats, opted not to enter the government due to a number of key issues being left out of the coalition agreement, but has also vowed to support Tusk's government in votes of confidence. The nomination was subsequently confirmed by absolute majority vote, with 248 members of the Sejm voting in favor. Also on 11 December, president Andrzej Duda accepted Morawiecki's resignation, while designating him as acting Prime Minister of a caretaker government until Tusk's swearing-in ceremony, which took place on 13 December 2023.
| Nomination of Donald Tusk as Prime Minister of Poland | ||
| Ballot → | 11 December 2023 | |
|---|---|---|
| Required majority → | 225 out of 449 | |
Votes in favour
| 248 / 449 | |
Votes against
| 201 / 449 | |
Absent
| 10 / 460 | |
| Source | ||
Confirmation of the cabinet
On 12 December 2023 Tusk addressed the parliament and announced members of his cabinet. Following his two hour speech 254 MPs signed up to ask questions about his upcoming government. Due to an antisemitic incident perpetuated by MP Grzegorz Braun in the Sejm Complex, the vote of confidence was delayed by several hours. At 9:53 pm, Tusk's cabinet secured the vote of confidence with 248 of the 460 MPs voting in the affirmative. He and his cabinet were officially sworn in by president Andrzej Duda on 13 December 2023.
| Vote of confidence in the Third Cabinet of Donald Tusk | ||
| Ballot → | 12 December 2023 | |
|---|---|---|
| Required majority → | 225 out of 449 | |
Votes in favour
| 248 / 449 | |
Votes against
| 201 / 449 | |
Absent
| 10 / 460 | |
| Source | ||
Cabinet
On 12 December, members of the Cabinet presented by Donald Tusk were elected by Sejm. The ministers assumed their offices on 13 December, upon their appointment and swearing-in by the President.
| Order | Office | Portrait | Name | Party | Coalition | In office | |||
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| From | To | ||||||||
| Prime Minister and Deputy Prime Ministers | |||||||||
| 1 | Prime Minister | Donald Tusk | Civic Coalition | Civic Coalition | 13 December 2023 | Incumbent | |||
| 2 | Deputy Prime Minister & Minister of Digital Affairs | Krzysztof Gawkowski | New Left | The Left | 13 December 2023 | Incumbent | |||
| 3 | Deputy Prime Minister & Minister of National Defence | Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz | PSL | Polish Coalition | 13 December 2023 | Incumbent | |||
| 4 | Minister of Foreign Affairs | Radosław Sikorski | Civic Coalition | Civic Coalition | 13 December 2023 | Incumbent | |||
| Deputy Prime Minister | 24 July 2025 | ||||||||
| Constitutional ministers | |||||||||
| 5 | Minister of State Assets | Borys Budka | Civic Coalition | Civic Coalition | 13 December 2023 | 13 May 2024 | |||
| Jakub Jaworowski | Independent | Civic Coalition | 13 May 2024 | 24 July 2025 | |||||
| Wojciech Balczun | Independent | Civic Coalition | 24 July 2025 | Incumbent | |||||
| 6 | Minister of Education | Barbara Nowacka | Civic Coalition | Civic Coalition | 13 December 2023 | Incumbent | |||
| 7 | Minister of Finance and Economy | Andrzej Domański | Civic Coalition | Civic Coalition | 13 December 2023 | Incumbent | |||
| 8 | Minister of Funding and Regional Policy | Katarzyna Pełczyńska-Nałęcz | Poland 2050 | 13 December 2023 | Incumbent | ||||
| 9 | Minister of Infrastructure | Dariusz Klimczak | PSL | Polish Coalition | 13 December 2023 | Incumbent | |||
| 10 | Minister of Climate and Environment | Paulina Hennig-Kloska | Poland 2050 | 13 December 2023 | Incumbent | ||||
| 11 | Minister of Culture and National Heritage | Bartłomiej Sienkiewicz | Civic Coalition | Civic Coalition | 13 December 2023 | 13 May 2024 | |||
| Hanna Wróblewska | Independent | Civic Coalition | 13 May 2024 | 24 July 2025 | |||||
| Marta Cienkowska | Poland 2050 | 24 July 2025 | Incumbent | ||||||
| 12 | Minister of Science and Higher Education | Dariusz Wieczorek | New Left | The Left | 13 December 2023 | 17 January 2025 | |||
| Marcin Kulasek | New Left | The Left | 17 January 2025 | Incumbent | |||||
| 13 | Minister of Industry | Marzena Czarnecka | Independent | Civic Coalition | 13 December 2023 | 24 July 2025 | |||
| 14 | Minister of Family, Labour and Social Policy | Agnieszka Dziemianowicz-Bąk | New Left | The Left | 13 December 2023 | Incumbent | |||
| 15 | Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development | Czesław Siekierski | Polish People's Party | 13 December 2023 | 24 July 2025 | ||||
| Stefan Krajewski | PSL | Polish Coalition | 24 July 2025 | Incumbent | |||||
| 16 | Minister of Development and Technology | Krzysztof Hetman | PSL | Polish Coalition | 13 December 2023 | 13 May 2024 | |||
| Krzysztof Paszyk | PSL | Polish Coalition | 13 May 2024 | 24 July 2025 | |||||
| 17 | Minister of Sport and Tourism | Sławomir Nitras | Civic Coalition | Civic Coalition | 13 December 2023 | 24 July 2025 | |||
| Jakub Rutnicki | Civic Coalition | Civic Coalition | 24 July 2025 | Incumbent | |||||
| 18 | Minister of Justice | Adam Bodnar | Independent | Civic Coalition | 13 December 2023 | 24 July 2025 | |||
| Waldemar Żurek | Independent | Civic Coalition | 24 July 2025 | Incumbent | |||||
| 19 | Minister of the Interior and Administration | Marcin Kierwiński | Civic Coalition | Civic Coalition | 13 December 2023 | 13 May 2024 | |||
| Tomasz Siemoniak | Civic Coalition | Civic Coalition | 13 May 2024 | 24 July 2025 | |||||
| Marcin Kierwiński | Civic Coalition | Civic Coalition | 24 July 2025 | Incumbent | |||||
| 20 | Minister of Health | Izabela Leszczyna | Civic Coalition | Civic Coalition | 13 December 2023 | 24 July 2025 | |||
| Jolanta Sobierańska-Grenda | Independent | Civic Coalition | 24 July 2025 | Incumbent | |||||
| 21 | Minister for the European Union | Adam Szłapka | Civic Coalition | Civic Coalition | 13 December 2023 | 24 July 2025 | |||
| Other cabinet ministers | |||||||||
| (19) | Coordinator of the Secret Services | Tomasz Siemoniak | Civic Coalition | Civic Coalition | 13 December 2023 | Incumbent | |||
| 22 | Minister for Civil Society & Chair of The Public Benefit Committee | Agnieszka Buczyńska | Poland 2050 | 13 December 2023 | 16 October 2024 | ||||
| Adriana Porowska | Poland 2050 | 16 October 2024 | 24 July 2025 | ||||||
| 23 | Minister for Equality | Katarzyna Kotula | New Left | The Left | 13 December 2023 | 24 July 2025 | |||
| 24 | Minister for Senior Citizens Affairs | Marzena Okła-Drewnowicz | Civic Coalition | Civic Coalition | 13 December 2023 | 24 July 2025 | |||
| 25 | Minister without portfolio & Chief of the Chancellery of the Prime Minister | Jan Grabiec | Civic Coalition | Civic Coalition | 13 December 2023 | Incumbent | |||
| 26 | Minister without portfolio | Maciej Berek | Independent | Civic Coalition | 13 December 2023 | Incumbent | |||
| 27 | Minister without portfolio | Marcin Kierwiński | Civic Coalition | Civic Coalition | 26 September 2024 | 24 July 2025 | |||
| 28 | Minister of Energy | Miłosz Motyka | PSL | Polish Coalition | 24 July 2025 | Incumbent | |||
Supporting parties
| Coalition | Leader | Party | Ideology | Sejm Deputies | Senators | Ministers | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Civic Coalition | Donald Tusk | Civic Coalition (party) | Liberalism | 156 / 460 | 43 / 100 | 8 / 22 | ||||
| Third Way Defunct | Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz | Polish People's Party (Polish Coalition) | Christian democracy | 33 / 460 | 12 / 100 | 4 / 22 | ||||
| Szymon Hołownia | Poland 2050 | 31 / 460 | 3 / 22 | |||||||
| The Left | Włodzimierz Czarzasty Robert Biedroń | New Left | Social democracy | 21 / 460 | 8 / 100 | 3 / 22 | ||||
| Independents | 4 / 22 | |||||||||
| Government | 240 / 460 | 63 / 100 | 22 | |||||||
| Support | 3 / 460 | 0 / 100 | ||||||||
| Total | 243 / 460 | 63 / 100 | ||||||||
2025 vote of confidence
Following the defeat of the government-backed Rafał Trzaskowski in the 2025 Polish presidential election, Prime Minister Tusk called for a new vote of confidence in his government, held on 11 June 2025. Despite speculation of a possible breakdown of the coalition, Tusk survived after gaining the support of all 243 MPs that made up his coalition.
| Vote of confidence in the Third Cabinet of Donald Tusk | ||
| Ballot → | 11 June 2025 | |
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| Required majority → | 227 out of 453 | |
Votes in favour
| 243 / 453 | |
Votes against
| 210 / 453 | |
Absent
| 7 / 460 | |
| Source | ||
Popular mandate
Support for governing parties according to the popular vote in the 2023 election.
| Member party | Popular vote (Sejm) | Percentage (Sejm) | MPs | Ministers | Popular vote (Senate) | Percentage (Senate) | Senators | Leader | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Civic Coalition | 6,629,402 | 30.70% | 157 | 12 | 6,187,295 | 28.91% | 41 | Donald Tusk | |
| Third Way | 3,110,670 | 14.41% | 65 | 7 | 2,462,360 | 11.50% | 11 | Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz Szymon Hołownia | |
| The Left | 1,859,018 | 8.61% | 26 | 4 | 1,131,639 | 5.29% | 9 | Włodzimierz Czarzasty Robert Biedroń | |
| Independents | — | — | — | 4 | 540,974 | 2.53% | 4 | ||
| Gov.+Supp. | 11,599,090 | 53.72% | 248 | 27 | 10,354,354 | 48.38% | 65 | Donald Tusk | |
| Poland | 21,593,295 | 100% | 460 | — | 21,402,998 | 100% | 100 | ||
Notations
- Izabela Bodnar and Tomasz Zimoch former MPs of Poland 2050 and Marcin Józefaciuk former MP of Civic Coalition
- Ministries sorted by alphabetical order (in Polish), excluding Deputy PMs
- Ministers in charge of government administration departments
- As Minister of Finance until 25 July 2025
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- KO (137)
- Greens (3)
- T!DPL (2)
- Au (1)
- Independent (14)
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- KO (38)
- T!DPL (1)
- Independent (4)
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- PSL (28)
- CdP (3)
- Independent (1)
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- PL2050 (5)
- PSL (4)
- UED (1)
- CdP (1)
- Independent (1)
- Dorota Olko, Joanna Wicha, Daria Gosek-Popiołek
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- NL (18)
- Independent (3)
- Magdalena Biejat, Anna Górska
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- NL (4)
- UP (1)
- PPS (1)
- Independent (2)
- Independent candidates supported by Senate Pact 2023
See also
- 2023 Polish public media crisis
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