Editing Prime Minister of Poland (section)

===Appointment===
[[File:Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz i Aleksander Kwasniewski.jpg|thumb|left|Prime Minister [[Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz]] (left) being sworn in by President [[Aleksander Kwaśniewski]] (right) in October 2005]]
According to Article 154 of the Constitution of Poland, the prime minister is nominated by the president. However, the nomination process is not solely dictated by presidential preference. By convention, the president nominates the leader of the party which obtained the most seats in the previous parliamentary election, or the leader of the senior partner in a coalition.<ref>[[#Prokop|Prokop]] p. 126</ref> The president is neither entitled to dismiss the prime minister, appoint nor dismiss individual members of the cabinet, or the council of ministers as a whole at will.<ref>[[#Brodecki and Jankowski|Brodecki and Jankowski]] p. 26</ref> Upon selection, the prime minister will propose members of the cabinet, and within fourteen days, must submit a programme outlining the new government's agenda to the Sejm, requiring a vote of confidence from its deputies.<ref name="Art154p2" /> In the event that a vote of confidence fails, the process of government formation passes to the Sejm, which will then nominate a prime minister within fourteen days, who will again propose the composition of the cabinet.<ref>Article 154, para. 3</ref> An absolute majority of votes in the presence of at least half of all Sejm deputies is required to approve the cabinet, and the president is required to accept and swear in the Sejm's nominee. If the vote of confidence fails again, the process of nomination is handed back to the presidency, who will appoint a prime minister, who will then nominate other members of the cabinet.<ref>Article 155, para. 1</ref> If the vote of confidence fails a third time, the president is obliged to dissolve the Sejm and call new elections.<ref>Article 155, para. 2</ref>

As part of political tradition, the prime minister and the ministers take the oath of office inside the Column Hall at the [[Presidential Palace, Warsaw|Presidential Palace]], in a ceremony administered by the president.<ref>{{cite web |title=Presidential Palace in Warsaw |date=13 August 2009 |url=http://www.president.pl/en/presidential-residences/presidential-palace |publisher=[[President of Poland]] |access-date=27 April 2013 |archive-date=17 April 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130417010544/http://www.president.pl/en/presidential-residences/presidential-palace/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Upon their inauguration, the prime minister and the ministers must take the following pledge before the head of state:

{{Blockquote|"Assuming this office of prime minister [deputy prime minister, minister] I do solemnly swear to be faithful to the provisions of the constitution and other laws of the Republic of Poland, and that the good of the Homeland and the prosperity of its citizens shall forever remain my supreme obligation."<ref name="Art151">Article 151</ref>|}} The oath may also be finished with the additional sentence, "So help me God."<ref name="Art151" />