New deputy PM in Poland

Poland’s Defence Minister Mariusz Błaszczak will now double as a deputy prime minister after he was appointed to the role by the president on Wednesday.

President Andrzej Duda (left) and Mariusz Błaszczak (right) during a swearing-in ceremony in Warsaw on Wednesday, June 22, 2022.

Photo: PAP/Andrzej Lange

“President Andrzej Duda has appointed Mariusz Błaszczak to serve as a deputy prime minister at the request of Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki,” the Polish Prime Minister's Office said in a Twitter post.

Prezydent Andrzej Duda na wniosek premiera @MorawieckiM powołał Mariusza Błaszczaka na urząd Wiceprezesa Rady Ministrów. pic.twitter.com/HsPfdktSEC

— Kancelaria Premiera (@PremierRP) June 22, 2022

The appointment comes after Jarosław Kaczyński, the head of Poland’s governing conservatives, announced on Tuesday that he had left the government to focus on leading his Law and Justice (PiS) party.

https://t.co/LGzRPvkPjk

— Kancelaria Prezydenta (@prezydentpl) June 22, 2022

Kaczyński recommended Błaszczak as his choice to replace him as deputy prime minister in charge of security.

Mariusz Błaszczak. Photo: PAP/Marcin Obara

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Source: IAR, PAP