Poland's parliamentary speaker appointed premier
Poland's president on Monday appointed the parliamentary speaker to be the next prime minister and gave her the task of assembling the new Cabinet, The Associated Press reported.
Ewa Kopacz, 57, will succeed Donald Tusk, who resigned as government leader after being chosen to head the European Council, starting on Dec. 1.
She will head the center-right coalition Cabinet until parliamentary elections in the fall of 2015. A pediatrician by education, Kopacz will be the second woman at the helm of Poland's government under democracy. She said she will form a "good government."
The new Cabinet should be known this week and sworn in by Komorowski on Sept. 22. A parliamentary vote of confidence is expected at an extraordinary session on Sept. 27.