Cabinet of Tadeusz Mazowiecki
Cabinet of Tadeusz Mazowiecki, led by Prime Minister Tadeusz Mazowiecki, came to power following the 1989 legislative election. He was nominated by the President as the Prime Minister on 24 August 1989 in order to form a new government after the Sejm rejected the Communist cabinet of Czesław Kiszczak, and subsequently obtained the mandatory motion of confidence in the Sejm on 12 September 1989. The cabinet resigned on 25 November 1990, and the Sejm accepted the resignation of the cabinet on 14 December, though it continued to perform its duties until the formation of the Cabinet of Jan Krzysztof Bielecki on 4 January 1991.
| Office | Minister | Party at start | Party at end | Term start | Term end | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prime Minister | Tadeusz Mazowiecki | Independent (KO "S") | UD | 24 August 1989 | 4 January 1991 | ||
| Deputy Prime MinisterMinister of Finance | Leszek Balcerowicz | Independent (KO "S") | 12 September 1989 | 12 January 1991 | |||
| Minister of Agriculture, Food, and Economy | Czesław Janicki(Deputy Prime Minister) | ZSL | PSL | 12 September 1989 | 6 July 1990 | ||
| Mieczysław Stelmach(acting) | Independent | 6 July 1990 | 14 September 1990 | ||||
| Janusz Byliński | Independent (KO "S") | 14 September 1990 | 12 January 1991 | ||||
| Deputy Prime MinisterMinister - Head of the Office of Scientific and Technical Progress and Implementation | Jan Janowski | SD | 12 September 1989 | 12 January 1991 | |||
| Minister of the Interior | Czesław Kiszczak(Deputy Prime Minister) | PZPR | Independent | 12 September 1989 | 6 July 1990 | ||
| Krzysztof Kozłowski | Independent (KO "S") | 6 July 1990 | 12 January 1991 | ||||
| Minister of Foreign Affairs | Krzysztof Skubiszewski | Independent (KO "S") | 12 September 1989 | 12 January 1991 | |||
| Minister of National Defence | Florian Siwicki | PZPR | Independent | 12 September 1989 | 6 July 1990 | ||
| Piotr Kołodziejczyk | Independent (KO "S") | 6 July 1990 | 12 January 1991 | ||||
| Minister-Head of the Office of the Council of Ministers | Jacek Ambrosiak | Independent (KO "S") | UD | 12 September 1989 | 12 January 1991 | ||
| Minister without portfolio | Artur Balazs | Independent (KO "S") | 12 September 1989 | 12 January 1991 | |||
| Minister of Justice | Aleksander Bentkowski | ZSL | PSL | 12 September 1989 | 12 January 1991 | ||
| Minister of Culture and Art | Izabella Cywińska | Independent (KO "S") | 12 September 1989 | 12 January 1991 | |||
| Minister, member of the Cabinet (for work with political organizations and associations) | Aleksander Hall | Independent (KO "S") | 12 September 1989 | 12 January 1991 | |||
| Minister of Environment and Natural Resources | Bronisław Kamiński | ZSL | PSL | 12 September 1989 | 12 January 1991 | ||
| Minister of Health and Social Welfare | Andrzej Kosiniak-Kamysz | ZSL | PSL | 12 September 1989 | 12 January 1991 | ||
| Minister of Communications (without portfolio to 20 December 1989) | Marek Kucharski | SD | 12 September 1989 | 14 September 1990 | |||
| Jerzy Ślęzak | SD | 14 September 1990 | 12 January 1991 | ||||
| Minister of Labour and Social Policy | Jacek Kuroń | Independent (KO "S") | ROAD | 12 September 1989 | 12 January 1991 | ||
| Minister of Internal Market | Aleksander Mackiewicz | SD | 12 September 1989 | 12 January 1991 | |||
| Minister-Head of the Central Planning Office | Jerzy Osiatyński | Independent (KO "S") | ROAD | 12 September 1989 | 12 January 1991 | ||
| Minister of Planning and Construction | Aleksander Paszyński | Independent (KO "S") | UD | 12 September 1989 | 12 January 1991 | ||
| Minister of Education | Henryk Samsonowicz | Independent (KO "S") | 12 September 1989 | 12 January 1991 | |||
| Minister of Industry | Tadeusz Syryjczyk | Independent (KO "S") | FPD | 12 September 1989 | 12 January 1991 | ||
| Minister of Economic Cooperation with Abroad | Marcin Święcicki | PZPR | Independent | 12 September 1989 | 12 January 1991 | ||
| Minister without portfolio | Witold Trzeciakowski | Independent (KO "S") | UD | 12 September 1989 | 12 January 1991 | ||
| Minister of Transportation and Marine Economy | Franciszek Wielądek | PZPR | SdRP | 12 September 1989 | 6 July 1990 | ||
| Ewaryst Waligórski | Independent (KO "S") | 6 July 1990 | 12 January 1991 | ||||
| Minister of Privatization | Waldemar Kuczyński | Independent (KO "S") | 12 September 1989 | 12 January 1991 | |||
Małgorzata Niezabitowska served as government spokesman.
- Changes in Composition
- December 20, 1989
- Minister for Agriculture, Food and Forestry Czesław Janicki took office as minister of agriculture and food industries.
- Minister of Environment and Natural Resources Bronisław Kamiński took office as minister of environmental protection, natural resources and forestry.
- Minister of Transport, shipping and communications Franciszek Wielądek took office as Minister of Transport and Maritime Affairs.
- Minister for the organization of the Ministry of Communications Marek Kucharski took office as minister of communications.
- January 1990
- Transformation of the Ministry of Environment and natural resources in the department of environmental protection, natural resources and forestry.
- July 6, 1990
- Dismissed:
- Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Agriculture and Food Czesław Janicki.
- Deputy Interior Minister Czesław Kiszczak.
- Defense minister Florian Siwicki.
- Minister of Transport and Maritime Affairs Franciszek Wielądek.
- Appointed:
- Krzysztof Kozłowski for the office of Interior Minister.
- Piotr Kołodziejczyk at the office of minister of national defense.
- Ewaryst Waligórski for the office of Minister of Transport and Maritime Affairs.
- Dismissed:
- July 13, 1990
- Ministry of Privatization created.
- September 14, 1990
- Dismissed:
- Communications Minister Marek Kucharski.
- Appointed:
- Jerzy Slezak for the office of minister of communications.
- Janusz Byliński for the office of minister of agriculture and food industries.
- Waldemar Kuczyński (Solidarity) in the office of the minister of privatization.
- Dismissed: