Poland's new PM Beata Szydło announces cabinet
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The winners of October's general election, Law and Justice (PiS) announced the make-up of its new government on Monday, with Beata Szydło as a Prime Minister.
Head of commercial lender BZ WBK, Mateusz Morawiecki will lead the new Ministry of Development and will be responisble for Poland's economic policy. Former deputy foreign minister Witold Waszczykowski will be the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Paweł Szałamach has been named the new finance minister.
Antoni Macierewicz, the new Minister of Defense, is probably the most controversial figure in the new cabinet. In 2006, he dismantled Poland's military intelligence, revealing agents identities. Macierewicz is also known for putting forward conspiracy theories about Russia's involvement in the 2010 Smoleńsk air crash.
Piotr Gliński has been appointed as a deputy Prime Minister and the Minister of Culture.
Full list of new heads of ministries are:
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Science and Higher Education: Jarosław Gowin
Finance Minister: Paweł Szałamacha
State Treasury Minister: Dawid Jackiewicz
Health Minister: Konstanty Radziwiłł
Ministry of Digitization: Anna Streżyńska
Defense Ministry: Antoni Macierewicz
Foreign Minister: Witold Waszczykowski
Internal Minister: Mariusz Błaszczak
Justice Ministry: Zbigniew Ziobro
Labor Minister: Elżbieta Rafalska
Infrastructure Minister: Andrzej Adamczyk
Environment Minister: Jan Szyszko
Agriculture Minister: Krzysztof Jurgiel
EU Minister: Konrad Szymański
Minister of Education: Anna Zalewska
Marine Economy Minister: Marek Gróbarczyk