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.
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. Election of the Prime MinisterDonald Tusk (PO) Ballot → 11 December 2023 Required majority → 225 out of 449 Sourcehttps://www.sejm.gov.pl/Sejm10.nsf/agent.xsp?symbol=glosowania&NrKadencji=10&NrPosiedzenia=1&NrGlosowania=103
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 confidenceThird Cabinet of Donald Tusk Ballot → 12 December 2023 Required majority → 225 out of 449 Sourcehttps://www.sejm.gov.pl/Sejm10.nsf/agent.xsp?symbol=glosowania&NrKadencji=10&NrPosiedzenia=1&NrGlosowania=105
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 OfficePortraitNamePartyCoalitionIn officeFromToPrime Minister and Deputy Prime Ministers1 Prime Minister Donald Tusk Civic CoalitionCivic Coalition Incumbent 2 Deputy Prime Minister & Minister of Digital Affairs Krzysztof Gawkowski New Left The Left Incumbent3 Deputy Prime Minister & Minister of National Defence Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz PSL Polish Coalition Incumbent 4 Minister of Foreign Affairs Radosław Sikorski Civic Coalition Civic Coalition Incumbent Deputy Prime Minister Constitutional ministers 5 Minister of State Assets Borys Budka Civic Coalition Civic Coalition Jakub Jaworowski Independent Civic Coalition Wojciech Balczun Independent Civic Coalition Incumbent 6 Minister of Education Barbara Nowacka Civic Coalition Civic Coalition Incumbent 7 Minister of Finance and Economy Andrzej Domański Civic Coalition Civic Coalition Incumbent 8 Minister of Funding and Regional Policy Katarzyna Pełczyńska-NałęczPoland 2050 Incumbent 9 Minister of Infrastructure Dariusz Klimczak PSL Polish Coalition Incumbent 10 Minister of Climate and Environment Paulina Hennig-KloskaCentre Incumbent 11 Minister of Culture and National Heritage Bartłomiej Sienkiewicz Civic CoalitionCivic Coalition Hanna Wróblewska IndependentCivic Coalition Marta Cienkowska Poland 2050 Incumbent 12 Minister of Science and Higher Education Dariusz Wieczorek New Left The Left Marcin Kulasek New Left The Left Incumbent 13 Minister of Industry Marzena Czarnecka IndependentCivic Coalition 14 Minister of Family, Labour and Social Policy Agnieszka Dziemianowicz-Bąk New Left The Left Incumbent 15 Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Czesław Siekierski Polish People's Party 24 July 2025Stefan Krajewski PSL Polish Coalition24 July 2025Incumbent 16 Minister of Development and Technology Krzysztof Hetman PSL Polish Coalition Krzysztof Paszyk PSL Polish Coalition 17 Minister of Sport and Tourism Sławomir Nitras Civic Coalition Civic Coalition 24 July 2025Jakub RutnickiCivic CoalitionCivic Coalition24 July 2025Incumbent 18 Minister of Justice Adam Bodnar Independent Civic Coalition Waldemar Żurek Independent Civic Coalition Incumbent 19 Minister of the Interior and Administration Marcin Kierwiński Civic Coalition Civic Coalition Tomasz Siemoniak Civic Coalition Civic Coalition Marcin Kierwiński Civic Coalition Civic Coalition Incumbent 20 Minister of Health Izabela Leszczyna Civic Coalition Civic Coalition Jolanta Sobierańska-Grenda IndependentCivic Coalition Incumbent 21 Adam Szłapka Civic Coalition Civic Coalition Other cabinet ministers (19) Tomasz Siemoniak Civic CoalitionCivic Coalition Incumbent 22 Minister for Civil Society & Chair of The Public Benefit Committee Agnieszka Buczyńska Poland 2050 Adriana PorowskaPoland 2050 23 Minister for Equality Katarzyna Kotula New Left The Left 24 Minister for Senior Citizens Affairs Marzena Okła-Drewnowicz Civic Coalition Civic Coalition 25Minister without portfolio & Chief of the Chancellery of the Prime Minister Jan GrabiecCivic Coalition Civic Coalition Incumbent 26 Minister without portfolio Maciej Berek Independent Civic Coalition 27 Minister without portfolio Marcin Kierwiński Civic Coalition Civic Coalition 28Minister of Energy Miłosz Motyka PSL Polish CoalitionIncumbent
Supporting parties Election Coalition (2023)LeaderPartyIdeologySejm DeputiesSenatorsMinistersCivic CoalitionDonald Tusk Civic CoalitionLiberal conservatismThird WayDefunctWładysław Kosiniak-Kamysz Polish People's Party (Polish Coalition)Christian democracyKatarzyna Pełczyńska-NałęczPoland 2050Paulina Hennig-KloskaCentreLiberalismThe LeftWłodzimierz CzarzastyRobert BiedrońNew LeftSocial democracyIndependentsGovernment22SupportTotal
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 confidenceThird Cabinet of Donald Tusk Ballot → 11 June 2025 Required majority → 227 out of 453 Sourcehttps://www.sejm.gov.pl/Sejm10.nsf/agent.xsp?symbol=glosowania&NrKadencji=10&NrPosiedzenia=36&NrGlosowania=20
Popular mandate Support for governing parties according to the popular vote in the 2023 election. Member partyPopular vote (Sejm)Percentage (Sejm)MPsMinistersPopular vote (Senate)Percentage (Senate)SenatorsLeader 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-KamyszSzymon Hołownia The Left 1,859,018 8.61% 26 4 1,131,639 5.29% 9 Włodzimierz CzarzastyRobert Biedroń Independents — — — 4 540,974 2.53% 4+11,599,09053.72%2482710,354,35448.38%65Donald Tusk21,593,295 100%460—21,402,998100%100
Notations
See also 2023 Polish public media crisis
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