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New deputy PM in Poland

09.04.2020 12:30
Poland’s Development Minister Jadwiga Emilewicz will now double as a deputy prime minister after she was appointed to the role by the president, officials announced on Thursday.
Jadwiga Emilewicz.
Jadwiga Emilewicz.Photo: PAP/Wojciech Olkuśnik

“President Andrzej Duda has appointed Development Minister Jadwiga Emilewicz 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.

The announcement comes after Jarosław Gowin, a prominent conservative politician, last week offered to quit his government job as a deputy prime minister as well as science and higher education minister amid a dispute over an upcoming presidential election.

He recommended Emilewicz as his choice to replace him as a deputy prime minister.

(gs/pk)

Source: IAR