Poland’s ruling conservatives named in an expected move Finance Minister Mateusz Morawiecki as the country’s new prime minister on Thursday as they gear up for a series of elections in the coming years, Reuters reported.

Morawiecki, who has also been a deputy prime minister, will replace the largely popular Beata Szydlo, marking the midpoint of the parliamentary term and in what is the beginning of an expected broader government reshuffle.

Sources told Reuters this week that Morawiecki, 49, was the most likely candidate to replace Szydlo, 54, to prepare the party - led by Jaroslaw Kaczynski, Poland’s paramount politician - for elections due in the next three years.