Nawrocki again sends Tusk request for NBP board members

President Karol Nawrocki has again sent to Prime Minister Donald Tusk for countersignature an order to appoint four members of the NBP Management Board: Marta Kightley, Przemysław Litwiniuk, Ludwik Kotecki and Marcin Zarzecki. In May 2026 the prime minister returned the previous request without a signature, and now the decision on countersignature again rests with the prime minister.

Four candidates for the NBP Management Board

Four names, one decision. President Karol Nawrocki has again sent to Prime Minister Donald Tusk for countersignature an order to appoint four members of the Management Board of the National Bank of Poland. The candidates are Marta Kightley, Przemysław Litwiniuk, Ludwik Kotecki and Marcin Zarzecki.

Marta Kightley served on the NBP management board from 2020. Her term ended in March of this year.
Ludwik Kotecki and Przemysław Litwiniuk were not previously on the central bank's management board. Since 2022 they have been members of the Monetary Policy Council, appointed by the Senate.
Marcin Zarzecki was appointed to the MPC by the president in December 2025.

It is the same set that the president submitted in February this year. The request then went to the prime minister, but in May it came back without a signature. Szefernaker says outright: the stability of the Polish economy requires a decision that rejects the logic of political war.

The NBP Act provides for a president plus six to eight members, with a six-year term. Currently the management board under Adam Glapiński has seven people — if in November the term of deputy president Adam Lipiński is not extended or his successor is not chosen, the composition will fall below the statutory minimum.

In May Tusk returned the request without a signature

In February 2026 the president sent to Prime Minister Donald Tusk an order to appoint four members of the NBP management board with a request for countersignature. Three months later the National Bank of Poland announced that Tusk had returned the documents without a signature.

Paweł Szefernaker did not hide his emotions on Friday. In his view, we are dealing with an unprecedented situation: for the first time since the NBP Act was passed in 1997, both executive bodies of the central bank, the management board and the president, could lose their constitutional independence.

The appointment of management board members requires the prime minister's countersignature. The Constitution leaves no loophole here, unlike with the NBP president or MPC members.

The calendar works against the bank

"The stability of the Polish economy requires a decision that rejects the logic of political war. Now everything is in the prime minister's hands," Paweł Szefernaker wrote on Monday on platform X. The head of the President's Cabinet confirmed that Karol Nawrocki has again sent to Donald Tusk for countersignature an order to appoint four members of the NBP Management Board.

The president did not change the list. As Szefernaker explained on Friday, they have legitimacy and were submitted by various political circles. Kightley served on the NBP management board from 2020, her term ended in March. Kotecki and Litwiniuk have been on the Monetary Policy Council since 2022, appointed by the Senate. Zarzecki was appointed to the MPC by the president in December 2025.

The mechanism is simple. Management board members are appointed and dismissed by the president on the motion of the NBP president, but as a rule such acts require the prime minister's countersignature. The exceptions — a motion to the Sejm to appoint the NBP president or MPC members — do not cover the management board.

The term lasts six years, and the same person cannot serve more than two consecutive terms. The current management board under Adam Glapiński has seven people. If in November the term of deputy president Adam Lipiński is not extended or a successor is not chosen, the composition will fall below the statutory minimum.

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