Marcinkiewicz unveils his minority government line-up

The first challenge the new cabinet hopefuls have to face is a Parliamentary vote of confidence. The new government consists of 17 ministers, out of whom 16 will run individual ministries. Zbigniew Wasserman will be the coordinator of the intelligence services. The Economy and Labor Ministry have been split with the new Economy Ministry to be run by former deputy president of Polish Oil and Gas (PGNiG) Piotr Woźniak and Labor and Social Ministry to be run by Deputy Mayor of Lublin Krzysztof Michałkiewicz. The Infrastructure Ministry was turned into Transport and Construction Ministry and it will be headed by Jerzy Polaczek. The new PM also established a Regional Development Ministry, which will be run by Grażyna Gęsicka. The Treasury Ministry will be run by Andrzej Mikosz, a lawyer in Lovells, while the Finance Minister will be Teresa Lubińska, a professor from Szczecin University. Zbigniew Religa took over the responsibilities of the Health Minister, while Stefan Meller, former ambassador to France and later to Russia, became the Foreign Affairs Minister. (Parkiet, p. 1) M.M.