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, Sovereign Poland and support from

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, Polish Affairs and the

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. It also had the support of some independent MPs. Members of Law and Justice and Sovereign Poland held cabinet posts. It was formed in the aftermath of the

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, in which the United Right lost the outright majority it had held since

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. The United Right is 40 seats short of a majority in the chamber; all other groups in the Sejm have ruled out cooperation with United Right, making it mathematically impossible for Morawiecki to form a majority government. The four main opposition parties– Civic Coalition,

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, Polish People's Party, and The Left–stated their intent to oppose Morawiecki and instead support a government headed by former Prime Minister and

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Donald Tusk. The four parties signed a coalition agreement on 10 November and agreed to put Tusk forward as their candidate for prime minister; between them, they command a majority in the Sejm. The move by Duda to designate Morawiecki as prime minister even though he lacked enough support in the Sejm was criticized by opposition and some media as an attempt to delay the

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for as long as possible. Duda insisted that he upheld longstanding

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by inviting the largest party to form a government. Mateusz Morawiecki's third government included the largest number of women in Poland's history with 10 out of the 18 ministers being female. Morawiecki's third government was dubbed the "two-week" or "zombie government" by various media, due to its anticipated short-livedness. Morawiecki's proposed cabinet lost a vote of no confidence in the Sejm on 11 December by 190 votes to 266, paving the way for the Sejm to propose Donald Tusk as its nominee for prime minister. Tusk's nomination as Prime Minister was subsequently confirmed by the Sejm, with 248 votes in favour and 201 against. Morawecki's government remained in a caretaker role, until Tusk's newly-assembled government was officially sworn in on 13 December.

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