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]