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New Polish government sworn in

Xinhua, November 16, 2015 Adjust font size:

Polish President Andrzej Duda on Monday swore in Beata Szydlo as the new prime minister. Members of the new government were sworn in as well in a ceremony in the Presidential Palace.

Key government figures include deputy ministers: Piotr Glinski (Minister of Culture and National Heritage), Mateusz Morawiecki (Minister of Development) and Jaroslaw Gowin (Minister of Science and Higher Education).

Other crucial posts include: Foreign Minister Witold Waszczykowski, Defense Minister Antoni Macierewicz and Minister of Justice Zbigniew Ziobro.

While appointing the new prime minister, President Duda said it was extremely important to have a stable government in these hard times.

Szydlo declared her government would concentrate on matters of every citizen and the wellbeing of the state will be most important for her.

Earlier in the day, Szydlo and ministers of her cabinet paid respects to the victims of the recent terrorist attacks in Paris. Before the ceremony, a minute of silence honored the casualties. The new cabinet also commemorated the deceased former Polish president Lech Kaczynski.

Szydlo will meet with the newly appointed ministers in the Prime Minister Chancellery later in the day.

Szydlo has two weeks to present her program, deliver an inauguration speech and obtain a vote of confidence in the parliament.

The Law and Justice party won Poland's parliamentary election on Oct. 27, taking 235 seats in 460-seat Sejm, lower house of Polish Parliament. Endit