"The new structure of the government is to facilitate better decision-making,” PM Mateusz Morawiecki told a press conference, adding that a key task for the reshaped Cabinet would be helping the economy rebound from the coronavirus crisis.
The government reshuffle had long been expected, but talks on a new Cabinet stalled when a crisis erupted in the country’s ruling coalition this month.
Following negotiations to resolve a row that threatened to tear the coalition apart, a deal between three conservative groupings that together form the government was signed on Saturday.
Morawiecki confirmed at Wednesday’s news conference that Jarosław Kaczyński, the leader of the Law and Justice party, would become a deputy prime minister.
Kaczyński, who is not the premier despite leading the biggest party in government, is expected to take on a new role as the head of a committee overseeing the key justice, defence and interior ministries.
President Andrzej Duda, who swears in new government ministers, has decided that the reshuffle will formally take place next week, a spokesman for the head of state said earlier on Wednesday.
The new agriculture and forestry minister will be Grzegorz Puda, while Przemysław Czarnek will be the minister of education and science.
(pk)
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