President Duda appoints Mateusz Morawiecki as Poland's Finance Minister

On Thursday, September 29, President Andrzej Duda appointed Deputy Prime Minister and Development Minister Mateusz Morawiecki as the new Finance Minister of Poland. Mateusz Morawiecki will replace Paweł Szałamacha and will also lead a new Government Economic Committee. "Morawiecki will be the Development and Finance Minister as it is necessary to coordinate ministries dealing with economic matters," explained Prime Minister Beata Szydło on Wednesday. According to Szydło, it will make the government's economic stimulus plan more effective. The cabinet approved Szałamacha's 2017 draft budget and the prime minister promised that the government will stick to it.