 Tusk named former Interior Minister Marek Biernacki as Gowin's replacement for the office of Justice Minister.After unsuccessful elections when he tried to replace Donald Tusk as a party leader, in September 2013 he informed that he leaves Civic Platform, then created his own political party Poland Together and started cooperation with Law and Justice party as part of United Right.Following his party's successful election to the government in the 2015 parliamentary election, Gowin was chosen by Prime Minister Beata Szydło to become the next Deputy Prime Minister of Poland and Minister of Science and Higher Education.