In the spotlight: Janusz Kaczmarek

Kaczmarek's Ministerial career ended, following Prime Minister Jarosław Kaczyński's suspicion that Kaczmarek was behind the leakage of information about a Central Anti-corruption Bureau (CBA) investigation, which resulted in the failed operation to reveal corruption in the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development. The day after he was dismissed, Kaczmarek's several apartments, his house and his office were searched by the police. Searched too were the houses of people related to him politically, such as Konrad Kornatowski, the Chief Commander of Polish Police. PM Kaczyński referred to Kaczmarek's appointment as "a great mistake. It was my personal decision and failure," he told Rzeczpospolita.

Before his appointment, Janusz Kaczmarek, a graduate of the department of law and administration at Gdańsk University, moved up the ranks as a prosecutor. In 2001, he became a deputy to Lech Kaczyński, the Prosecutor General at that time, and between October 2005 and February 2007 he was the State Public Prosecutor. He also taught law to student prosecutors.

Once the accusations were made, Kaczmarek hit back. In a statement he denied having been the source of the leak, and pointed to other officials - including his former political ally, Zbigniew Ziobro - as suspects in the case, who he said should be dismissed as well. He claimed that he was a victim of Ziobro's actions and demanded that the government appoint a commission to investigate the CBA operation.