Cabinet of Hanna Suchocka

The Cabinet of Hanna Suchocka was the council of ministers led by the first Polish woman prime minister Hanna Suchocka, between 11 July 1992 and 26 October 1993. The cabinet was formed after Waldemar Pawlak, presidential nomenee for prime minister, had failed with creating his government and resigned. Simultaneous talks led to appointment of coalition government composed of seven parties headed with Suchocka as the least controversial candidate.^[1]

Cabinet of Hanna Suchocka
4th Cabinet of Poland
1992–1993
Prime minister Hanna Suchocka (1992)
Date formed	11 July 1992 (1992-07-11)
Date dissolved	26 October 1993 (1993-10-26)
People and organisations
President	Lech Wałęsa
Prime Minister	Hanna Suchocka
Member parties	Democratic Union   Christian National Union   Party of Christian Democrats   Liberal Democratic Congress   Peasants' Agreement   Christian-Peasant Party   Polish Economic Program [1][2]
Status in legislature	Majority (coalition)
Opposition party	Democratic Left Alliance   Polish People's Party   Confederation of Independent Poland   Real Politics Union   Movement for the Republic   Labour Solidarity [1][2]
History
Outgoing election	1991
Legislature terms	1st Sejm (1991–1993) 2nd Senate
Predecessor	Olszewski cabinet Pawlak premiership[a]
Successor	Second Pawlak cabinet

Cabinet composition

Initially the cabinet consisted of 25 members, with the Minister of Culture and Art post vacant. During its tenure three ministers were dismissed and two new were appointed.^[2]

Cabinet members^[2]

Office	Holder		Party	Term
Prime Minister		Hanna Suchocka	UD	10 July 1992 – 18 October 1993
Deputy Prime Ministers		Henryk Goryszewski	ZChN	11 July 1992 – 26 October 1993
		Paweł Łączkowski	PChD	11 July 1992 – 26 October 1993
Minister of National Education		Zdobysław Flisowski	–	11 July 1992 – 26 October 1993
Minister of Finance		Jerzy Osiatyński	UD	11 July 1992 – 26 October 1993
Minister of Spatial Management and Construction		Andrzej Bratkowski	–	11 July 1992 – 26 October 1993
Minister of Culture and Art	Vacant			11 July 1992 – 17 February 1993
		Jerzy Góral	ZChN	17 February 1993 – 26 October 1993
Minister of Communication		Krzysztof Kilian	KLD	11 July 1992 – 26 October 1993
Minister of National Defence		Janusz Onyszkiewicz	UD	11 July 1992 – 26 October 1993
Minister of Environment, Natural Resources and Forestry		Zygmunt Hortmanowicz	PL	11 July 1992 – 10 May 1993
	Vacant			10 May 1993 – 26 October 1993
Minister of Labour and social Policy		Jacek Kuroń	UD	11 July 1992 – 26 October 1993
Minister of Privatisation		Janusz Lewandowski	KLD	11 July 1992 – 26 October 1993
Minister of Industry and Trade		Wacław Niewiarowski	SLCh	11 July 1992 – 26 October 1993
Minister of Agriculture and Food Industry		Gabriel Janowski	PL	11 July 1992 – 9 April 1993
	Vacant			9 April 1993 – 26 October 1993
Minister of the Interior		Andrzej Milczanowski	–	11 July 1992 – 26 October 1993
Minister of Foreign Affairs		Krzysztof Skubiszewski	–	11 July 1992 – 26 October 1993
Minister of Justice		Zbigniew Dyka	ZChN	11 July 1992 – 11 March 1993
	Vacant			11 March 1993 – 17 March 1993
		Jan Piątkowski	ZChN	17 March 1993 – 26 October 1993
Minister of Transport and Maritime Economy		Zbigniew Jaworski	ZChN	11 July 1992 – 26 October 1993
Minister of Foreign Economic Cooperation		Andrzej Arendarski	KLD	11 July 1992 – 26 October 1993
Minister of Health and Welfare		Andrzej Wojtyła	SLCh	11 July 1992 – 26 October 1993
Minister, Chief of the Council of Ministers Office		Jan Rokita	UD	11 July 1992 – 26 October 1993
Minister, Chief of the Central Planning Office		Jerzy Kropiwnicki	ZChN	11 July 1992 – 26 October 1993
Minister for european integration and foreign aid		Jan Krzysztof Bielecki	KLD	11 July 1992 – 26 October 1993
Minister for business promotion		Zbigniew Eysmont	PPG	11 July 1992 – 26 October 1993
Minister for political and parliamentary relations		Jerzy Kamiński	PL	11 July 1992 – 26 October 1993
Chairman of the Committee for Scientific Research		Witold Karczewski	–	11 July 1992 – 26 October 1993

Political composition^[2]

Party		Cabinet members
		Initial	Final
	Democratic Union (UD)	5	5
	Christian National Union (ZChN)	4	5
	Party of Christian Democrats (PChD)	1	1
	Liberal Democratic Congress (KLD)	4	4
	Peasants' Agreement (PL)	3	1
	Christian-Peasant Party (SLCh)	2	2
	Polish Economic Program (PPG)	1	1
	Non-partisans	5	5
Vacants		1	2
Total		25	24

Notes

1. Did not form the cabinet and resigned.

References

1. Dudek, Antoni (2023). Historia polityczna Polski 1989-2023. Warsaw: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Scholar. pp. 168–177. ISBN 978-83-67450-66-9.
2. Kaleta, Paweł (2014). Ludzie władzy Polski niepodległej 1989-2014. Łódź: Fundacja "Ośrodek Studiów nad Cyfrowym Państwem". pp. 98–101. ISBN 978-83-936383-1-4.