Andrzej Duda


Andrzej Duda
Andrzej Duda in 2025
President of Poland
In office
6 August 2015 – 6 August 2025
Prime MinisterEwa Kopacz
Beata Szydło
Mateusz Morawiecki
Donald Tusk
Preceded byBronisław Komorowski
Succeeded byKarol Nawrocki
Member of the European Parliament
In office
1 July 2014 – 25 May 2015
Constituency10 - Kraków
Member of the Sejm
In office
8 November 2011 – 1 July 2014
Constituency13 - Kraków II
Member of the Kraków City Council
In office
2 December 2010 – 8 November 2011
Constituency2 - Prądnik Biały/Krowodrza
Undersecretary of State in the Chancellery of the President
In office
16 January 2008 – 6 July 2010
PresidentLech Kaczyński
vacant
Undersecretary of State in the Ministry of Justice
In office
1 August 2006 – 15 November 2007
MinisterZbigniew Ziobro
Personal details
Born
Andrzej Sebastian Duda

(1972-05-16) 16 May 1972
Kraków, Poland
Political partyIndependent (2015–present)
Other political
affiliations
Law and Justice (2005–2015)
Freedom Union (2000–2001)
Spouse(s)Agata Kornhauser (m. 1994)
Children1 daughter
ResidencePresidential Palace
Alma materJagiellonian University
Salary~68,000, annual [1][2]
Awards
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Andrzej Sebastian Duda (born 16 May 1972) is a Polish politician and lawyer. From 6 August 2015 to 6 August 2025, he was 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.

In the 2020 election, Duda was re-elected with 51% of the vote.[3]

Biography

Duda is the son of Jan Tadeusz Duda and Janina Milewska, both professors at the AGH University of Krakow. In 1994, he married Agata Kornhauser, a German professor and daughter of the poet and writer Julian Kornhauser. The couple has one daughter, Kinga, born in 1995.

He studied law at the Jagiellonian University. In October 2001, he was appointed assistant professor at the Administrative Department of the Jagiellonian University, earning a doctorate in law from the same university four years later.

References

  1. "Strona nie istnieje - zarobki.pracuj.pl". zarobki.pracuj.pl. Archived from the original on 30 March 2019. Retrieved 29 April 2019.
  2. "294000 PLN to EUR - Convert Polish Zlotych to Euros - XE". www.xe.com. Retrieved 29 April 2019.
  3. "Poland's Duda narrowly beats Trzaskowski in presidential vote". BBC News. 13 July 2020. Retrieved 13 July 2020.