First Mateusz Morawiecki Cabinet | |
|---|---|
19thCabinet of Poland | |
| 2017–2019 | |
| Date formed | 11 December 2017 |
| Date dissolved | 15 November 2019 |
| People and organisations | |
| Head of state | Andrzej Duda |
| Head of government | Mateusz Morawiecki |
| Head of government's history | 2017–2023 |
| Deputy head of government | Beata Szydło,Piotr Gliński,Jarosław Gowin |
| Member parties | |
| Status in legislature | Majority |
| Opposition party | Free and Solidary (confidence 2017-2018) |
| Opposition leader | Grzegorz Schetyna |
| History | |
| Election | 2015 Polish parliamentary election |
| Predecessor | Szydło |
| Successor | Morawiecki II |
First Cabinet of Mateusz Morawiecki formed the previous government ofPoland between 2017 and 2019, followingSzydło's cabinet. Governing during the 8th legislature of theSejm and the 9th legislature of theSenate, it was led by Prime MinisterMateusz Morawiecki.
In early 2018, both chambers of the Polish parliament (theSejm andSenate) adopted anAmendment to the Act on the Institute of National Remembrance criminalising the ascription to Poles collectively of complicity inWorld War IIJewish-genocide-related or otherwar crimes orcrimes against humanity that had been committed by theAxis powers, and condemning use of the expression,"Polish death camp".[10][11][12] The law sparked a crisis inIsrael–Poland relations.[13]
In March 2018 a new Polish law took effect, banning nearly all commerce on Sundays, with supermarkets and most other retailers closed Sundays for the first time since liberal shopping laws were introduced in the 1990s. The law had been passed by theLaw and Justice party with Morawiecki's support.[14][15][16][17] The Bill had the support ofSolidarity which In 2017, backed a proposal to implementblue laws to prohibitSunday shopping, a move supported by Polish bishops.[18]