First Tusk cabinet

First Cabinet of Donald Tusk
15th Cabinet of Poland
2007–2011
Ministers pictured after their swearing-in, (2007)
Date formed	16 November 2007
Date dissolved	18 November 2011
People and organisations
Head of state	Lech Kaczyński Bronisław Komorowski (Acting) Bogdan Borusewicz (Acting) Grzegorz Schetyna (Acting) Bronisław Komorowski
Head of government	Donald Tusk
Head of government's history	2007–2014, 2023–present
Deputy head of government	Waldemar Pawlak (2007-11) Grzegorz Schetyna (2007-9)
Member parties	Civic Platform   Polish People's Party
Status in legislature	Majority (coalition)
Opposition party	Law and Justice   Left and Democrats
Opposition leader	Jaroslaw Kaczyński
History
Election	2007 Polish parliamentary election
Predecessor	Kaczyński
Successor	Tusk II

The first cabinet of Donald Tusk was the government of Poland from 16 November 2007 to 18 November 2011, sitting in the Council of Ministers during the 6th legislature of the Sejm and the 7th legislature of the Senate. It was appointed by President Lech Kaczyński on 16 November 2007 and passed the vote of confidence in Sejm on 24 November 2007. Led by the centre-right politician Donald Tusk it was supported by the coalition of two parties: the liberal conservative Civic Platform (PO) and the agrarian Polish People's Party (PSL).

The cabinet

	Civic Platform
	Polish People's Party
	Independent

Office	Image	Name		Party	From	To
Prime Minister		Donald Tusk		Civic Platform	16 November 2007	18 November 2011
Chairman of the Committee for European Integration						31 December 2009
Deputy Prime Minister		Waldemar Pawlak		Polish People's Party	16 November 2007	18 november 2011
Minister of Economy
Deputy Prime Minister		Grzegorz Schetyna		Civic Platform	16 November 2007	13 October 2009
Minister of Interior and Administration
Minister of Regional Development		Elżbieta Bieńkowska		Independent	16 November 2007	18 November 2011
Minister of Justice		Zbigniew Ćwiąkalski		Independent	16 November 2007	20 January 2009
Minister of Sport and Tourism		Mirosław Drzewiecki		Civic Platform	16 November 2007	13 October 2009
Minister of Justice		Andrzej Czuma		Civic Platform	23 January 2009	13 October 2009
Minister of Justice		Krzysztof Kwiatkowski		Civic Platform	14 October 2009	18 November 2011
Minister		Zbigniew Derdziuk		Independent	16 November 2007	13 October 2009
Minister of Sport and Tourism		Adam Giersz		Independent	14 October 2009	18 november 2011
Minister of Interior and Administration		Jerzy Miller		Independent	14 October 2009	18 November 2011
Minister		Michał Boni		Independent	15 January 2009	18 November 2011
Ministry Labour and Social Policy		Jolanta Fedak		Polish People's Party	16 November 2007	18 November 2011
Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development		Marek Sawicki		Polish People's Party	16 November 2007	18 November 2011
Minister of National Defence		Bogdan Klich		Civic Platform	16 November 2007	2 August 2011
Minister of Health		Ewa Kopacz		Civic Platform	16 November 2007	7 November 2011
Minister of National Defence		Tomasz Siemoniak		Civic Platform	2 August 2011	18 November 2011
Minister of Foreign Affairs		Radosław Sikorski		Civic Platform	16 November 2007	18 November 2011
Minister of Finance		Jacek Rostowski		Civic Platform	16 November 2007	18 November 2011
Minister of National Education		Katarzyna Hall		Independent	16 November 2007	18 November 2011
Minister of Environment		Maciej Nowicki		Independent	16 November 2007	1 February 2010
Minister of State Treasury		Aleksander Grad		Civic Platform	16 November 2007	18 November 2011
Minister of Environment		Andrzej Kraszewski		Independent	2 February 2010	18 November 2011
Minister of Culture and National Heritage		Bogdan Zdrojewski		Civic Platform	16 November 2007	18 November 2011
Minister of Science and Higher Education		Barbara Kudrycka		Civic Platform	16 November 2007	18 November 2011
Minister of Infrastructure		Cezary Grabarczyk		Civic Platform	16 November 2007	7 November 2011

Vote of confidence

Vote of confidence in the First Cabinet of Donald Tusk
Ballot →		24 November 2007
Required majority →		223 out of 444 Y
	Votes in favour • PO (206) • PSL (31) • Independent (1)	238 / 444
	Votes against • PiS (159) • SLD (45)	204 / 444
	Abstentions • Independent (2)	2 / 444
	Absent • SLD (8) • PiS (5) • PO (3)	16 / 460
Source