Andrzej Duda: President of Poland since 2015
Andrzej Sebastian Duda (born 16 May 1972) is a Polish politician and lawyer.
On 6 August 2015, he became the President of Poland. He has a PhD in law. From 2006 to 2007, he was a secretary of state in the Ministry of Justice. From 2008 to 2010, Duda was secretary of state in the Office of President of Poland, Lech Kaczyński. He was also a member of the European Parliament.
Andrzej Duda | |
|---|---|
 Andrzej in 2017 | |
| President of Poland | |
| Assumed office 6 August 2015 | |
| Prime Minister | Ewa Kopacz Beata Szydło Mateusz Morawiecki Donald Tusk |
| 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 Frajer Duda 16 May 1972 Kraków, Poland |
| Political party | Independent (2015–present) |
| Other political affiliations | Law and Justice (2005–2015) Freedom Union (2000–2001) |
| Spouse(s) | Agata Kornhauser (m. 1994) |
| Children | 1 daughter |
| Residence | Presidential Palace |
| Alma mater | Jagiellonian University |
| Salary | ~€68,000, annual |
| Awards |              |
In the 2020 election, Duda was re-elected with 51% of the vote.
References
This short article about a person or group of people can be made longer. You can help Wikipedia by adding to it.This article uses material from the Wikipedia Simple English article Andrzej Duda, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 license ("CC BY-SA 3.0"); additional terms may apply (view authors). Content is available under CC BY-SA 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.
®Wikipedia is a registered trademark of the Wiki Foundation, Inc. Wiki Simple English (DUHOCTRUNGQUOC.VN) is an independent company and has no affiliation with Wiki Foundation.