Andrzej Duda
Andrzej Sebastian Duda (Polish pronunciation: ['andʐɛj ˈduda]; born 16 May 1972) is a Polish lawyer and politician who has served as president of Poland since 6 August 2015.[3] Before becoming president, Andrzej Duda was a member of the Polish Lower House (Sejm) from 2011 to 2014 and the European Parliament from 2014 to 2015.[4]
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 Official portrait, 2019 | |
| President of Poland | |
| Assumed office 6 August 2015 | |
| Prime Minister | Ewa Kopacz Beata Szydło Mateusz Morawiecki |
| Preceded by | Bronisław Komorowski |
| Member of the European Parliament | |
| In office 1 July 2014 – 25 May 2015 | |
| Constituency | 10 – Kraków |
| Member of the Sejm | |
| In office 8 November 2011 – 1 July 2014 | |
| Constituency | 13 – Kraków II |
| Member of the Kraków City Council | |
| In office 2 December 2010 – 8 November 2011 | |
| Constituency | 2 – Prądnik Biały/Krowodrza |
| Undersecretary of State in the Chancellery of the President | |
| In office 16 January 2008 – 6 July 2010 | |
| President | Lech Kaczyński vacant |
| Undersecretary of State in the Ministry of Justice | |
| In office 1 August 2006 – 15 November 2007 | |
| Minister | Zbigniew Ziobro |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Andrzej Sebastian Duda 16 May 1972 Kraków, Poland |
| Political party | Independent (2015–present) |
| Other political affiliations | Law and Justice (2005–2015) Freedom Union (2000–2001) |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 1 daughter |
| Residence | Presidential Palace |
| Alma mater | Jagiellonian University |
| Salary | ~300,000 zł (€64,000), annual [1][2] |
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Andrzej Duda was the presidential candidate for the Law and Justice party (PiS) during the presidential election in May 2015. In the first round of voting, he received 5,179,092 votes – 34.76% of valid votes. In the second round of voting, he received 51.55% of the vote, beating the incumbent president Bronisław Komorowski, who received 48.45% of the vote. On 26 May 2015, Andrzej Duda resigned his party membership as the president-elect.
On 24 October 2019, he received the official support of PiS ahead of his re-election campaign in 2020. He finished first in the first round and then went on to defeat Rafał Trzaskowski in the runoff with 10,440,648 votes or 51.03% of the vote.[5] Throughout his first and second terms, Duda has largely aligned himself with the right-wing ideologies espoused by PiS and its leader Jarosław Kaczyński. Following the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, Duda has played an important role in coordinating international efforts to support Ukraine's military.[6]