Marian Zembala

Zembala introduced a health policy program in the field of geriatrics named "National Program for Prevention and Treatment of Age-related Conditions in Poland for 2016-2020" to develop, under the supervision of the Minister of Health, the Minister of Labor and Social Welfare, the leaders of Polish geriatrics and the assumptions of coordinated geriatric care. He also introduced a pilot project of Day Care Homes and new forms of care for the elderly. A competition for the pilot creation and operation of 40 Day Care Homes for dependent people, in particular for elderly people, which was announced on 23 July 2015, and the application deadline until 30 October 2015. The project value was PLN 40 million

In the national elections, Zembala received 53,610 votes in the Katowice constituency for the Civic Platform list and he received a mandate deputy of parliament VIII term. However, his party lost the elections to the national conservative Law and Justice party. In accordance with the constitution, Kopacz resigned along with Zembala and all other members of her cabinet at the first sitting of the newly elected Sejm. Zembala remained in office until his successor Konstanty Radziwiłł was sworn in on 16 November 2015.

Marian Zembala (11 February 1950 – 19 March 2022) was a Polish cardiac surgeon, full professor of medicine who served as Health Minister in 2015 and as a deputy to the Sejm (2015–2019). He was a member of Zbigniew Religa's team who performed the first successful heart transplant in Poland in 1985.