Cabinet of Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz

Cabinet of Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz
13th Cabinet of Poland
2005–2006
Rząd Marcinkiewicza (2005)
Date formed	31 October 2005
Date dissolved	14 July 2006
People and organisations
President	Aleksander Kwaśniewski Lech Kaczyński
Prime Minister	Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz
Deputy Prime Minister	Ludwik Dorn (2005-2006) Roman Giertych (2006) Andrzej Lepper (2006) Zyta Gilowska (2006)
No. of ministers	17
Member party	Law and Justice   Samoobrona (since 2006, confidence and supply before 2006)   League of Polish Families (since 2006, confidence and supply before 2006)
Status in legislature	Minority (2005–2006) Majority (coalition) (2006)
Opposition party	Civic Platform   Democratic Left Alliance   Polish People's Party (confidence in 2005)
Opposition leader	Donald Tusk
History
Election	2005 parliamentary election
Predecessor	Belka II
Successor	Kaczyński

Cabinet of Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz was appointed on 31 October 2005^[1] and passed the vote of confidence in parliament on 10 November 2005. It was supported by 272 votes with 187 votes against (no abstentions).^[2] This minority government was ruled by politicians of Law and Justice and some independents e.g. Zbigniew Religa.

Office	Image	Name		Party	From	To
Prime Minister		Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz		Law and Justice	31 October 2005	14 July 2006
Chairman of the Committee for European Integration					9 May 2006	14 July 2006
Deputy Prime Minister		Ludwik Dorn		Law and Justice	31 October 2005	14 July 2006
Minister of Interior and Administration
Minister of Regional Development		Grażyna Gęsicka		Law and Justice	31 October 2005	14 July 2006
Minister of Sport and Tourism		Tomasz Lipiec		Independent	31 October 2005	14 July 2006
Minister of National Defence		Radosław Sikorski		Law and Justice	31 October 2005	14 July 2006
Minister of Environment		Jan Szyszko		Law and Justice	31 October 2005	14 July 2006
Minister of Foreign Affairs, Chairman of the Committee for European Integration		Stefan Meller		Independent	31 October 2005	9 May 2006
Minister of Foreign Affairs		Anna Fotyga		Law and Justice	9 May 2006	14 July 2006
Minister of Justice		Zbigniew Ziobro		Law and Justice	31 October 2005	14 July 2006
Minister of Culture and National Heritage		Kazimierz Michał Ujazdowski		Law and Justice	31 October 2005	14 July 2006
Minister of Economy		Piotr Woźniak		Independent	31 October 2005	14 July 2006
Minister Labour and Social Policy		Krzysztof Michałkiewicz		Law and Justice	31 October 2005	5 May 2006
Minister Labour and Social Policy		Anna Kalata		Self-Defence of the Republic of Poland	5 May 2006	14 July 2006
Minister of State Treasury		Andrzej Mikosz		Independent	31 October 2005	3 January 2006
Minister of State Treasury		Wojciech Jasiński		Law and Justice	15 February 2006	14 July 2006
Minister of Finance		Teresa Lubińska		Independent	31 October 2005	7 January 2006
Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Finance		Zyta Gilowska		Independent	7 January 2006	24 June 2006
Minister of Finance		Paweł Wojciechowski		Independent	24 June 2006	14 July 2006
Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development		Krzysztof Jurgiel		Law and Justice	31 October 2005	5 May 2006
Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development		Andrzej Lepper		Self-Defence of the Republic of Poland	5 May 2006	14 July 2006
Minister of Health		Zbigniew Religa		Centre Party	31 October 2005	14 July 2006
Minister of Education and Science		Michał Seweryński		Law and Justice	31 October 2005	5 May 2006
Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of National Education		Roman Giertych		League of Polish Families	5 May 2006	14 July 2006
Minister of Science and Higher Education		Michał Seweryński		Law and Justice	5 May 2006	14 July 2006
Minister of Transportation and Construction		Jerzy Polaczek		Law and Justice	31 October 2005	14 July 2006
Minister of Construction		Antoni Jaszczak		Self-Defence of the Republic of Poland	5 May 2006	14 July 2006
Minister of Transportation		Jerzy Polaczek		Law and Justice	5 May 2006	14 July 2006
Minister of Marine Economy		Rafał Wiechecki		League of Polish Families	5 May 2006	14 July 2006
Minister — Coordinator of Special Forces		Zbigniew Wassermann		Law and Justice	31 October 2005	14 July 2006

Vote of confidence in the Cabinet of Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz
Ballot →		10 November 2005
Required majority →		230 out of 459 Y
	Votes in favour • PiS (154) • SRP (56) • LPR (32) • PSL (25) • Independents (5)	272 / 459
	Votes against • PO (132) • SLD (54) • Independent (1)	187 / 459
	Absent • SLD (1)	1 / 459
Source