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".
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