The Cabinet of Tadeusz Mazowiecki, led by Prime Minister Tadeusz Mazowiecki, came to power following the 1989 legislative election, and was appointed by the Sejm on 12 September 1989. Tadeusz Mazowiecki had been appointed Prime Minister on 24 August 1989, and tasked with the formation of a new government, after the Sejm rejected the Communist cabinet of Czesław Kiszczak. 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.
Inaugural composition of the governmentTadeusz Mazowiecki (Solidarity) - Prime MinisterLeszek Balcerowicz (Solidarity) - Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of FinanceCzesław Janicki (ZSL) - Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Agriculture, Food and ForestryJan Janowski (SD) - Deputy Prime Minister, Minister - Head of the Office of Scientific and Technical Progress and ImplementationCzesław Kiszczak (PZPR) - Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Internal AffairsJacek Ambroziak (Solidarity) - Minister - Head of the Cabinet OfficeArtur Balazs (Solidarity) - Minister, member of the Council of Ministers (the social and cultural villages)Aleksander Bentkowski (ZSL) - Minister of JusticeIzabella Cywińska (Solidarity) - Minister of Culture and ArtAleksander Hall (Solidarity) - Minister, member of the Cabinet (for work with political organizations and associations)Bronisław Kamiński (ZSL) - Minister of Environment and Natural ResourcesAndrzej Kosiniak-Kamysz (ZSL) - Minister of Health and WelfareMarek Kucharski (SD) - Minister, member of the Council of Ministers (the organization of the Ministry of Communications)Jacek Kuroń (Solidarity) - Minister of Labour and Social PolicyAleksander Mackiewicz (SD) - Minister of Internal MarketJerzy Osiatyński (Solidarity) - Minister - Head of Central Planning OfficeAleksander Paszyński (Solidarity) - Minister of Planning and ConstructionHenryk Samsonowicz (Solidarity) - Minister of EducationFlorian Siwicki (Communist) - Minister of National DefenceKrzysztof Skubiszewski (nonpartisan) - Minister of Foreign AffairsTadeusz Syryjczyk (Solidarity) - Minister of IndustryMarcin Święcicki (Communist) - Minister of Foreign Economic CooperationWitold Trzeciakowski (Solidarity) - Minister-Member of the Council of Ministers, from December 1989 Chairman of the Economic CouncilFranciszek Wielądek (Communist) - Minister of Transport, shipping and communicationsMałgorzata Niezabitowska served as government spokesman.
Composition of the government on its resignationTadeusz Mazowiecki (Solidarity, Democratic Union) - Prime MinisterLeszek Balcerowicz (Solidarity) - Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of FinanceJan Janowski (SD) - Deputy Prime Minister, Minister - Head of the Office of Scientific and Technical Progress and ImplementationJacek Ambroziak (Solidarity) - Minister - Head of the Cabinet OfficeArtur Balazs (Solidarity) - Minister, member of the Council of Ministers (the social and cultural villages)Aleksander Bentkowski (PSL) - Minister of JusticeJanusz Byliński (Solidarity) - Minister of Agriculture and FoodIzabella Cywińska (Solidarity) - Minister of Culture and ArtAleksander Hall (Solidarity) - Minister, member of the Cabinet (for work with political organizations and associations)Bronisław Kamiński (Minister) (Polish Peasant Party) - Minister of the Environment, Natural Resources and ForestryPiotr Kołodziejczyk (nonpartisan) - Minister of National DefenceAndrzej Kosiniak-Kamysz (PSL) - Minister of Health and WelfareKrzysztof Kozłowski (Solidarity) - Interior MinisterJacek Kuroń - Minister of Labour and Social PolicyWaldemar Kuczyński (Solidarity) - Minister of PrivatizationAleksander Mackiewicz (SD) - Minister of Internal MarketJerzy Osiatyński (Solidarity) - Minister - Head of Central Planning OfficeAleksander Paszyński (Solidarity) - Minister of Planning and ConstructionHenryk Samsonowicz (Solidarity) - Minister of EducationKrzysztof Skubiszewski - Minister of Foreign AffairsJerzy Slezak (SD) - Minister of CommunicationsTadeusz Syryjczyk (Solidarity) - Minister of IndustryMarcin Święcicki (DIRECT) - Minister of Foreign Economic CooperationWitold Trzeciakowski (Solidarity, Democratic Union) - Minister-Member of the Council of Ministers, from December 1989 Chairman of the Economic CouncilEwaryst Waligórski (Solidarity) - Transport and Maritime AffairsChanges in CompositionDecember 20, 1989Minister 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 1990Transformation of the Ministry of Environment and natural resources in the department of environmental protection, natural resources and forestry.July 6, 1990Dismissed: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.July 13, 1990Ministry of Privatization created.September 14, 1990Dismissed: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.
