Andrzej Duda facts for kids

Andrzej Duda
Quick facts for kids His Excellency ; Andrzej Duda
President of Poland
	Incumbent
	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 (age 49); 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

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.

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

Images for kids

Former President Lech Kaczyński appointing Duda as undersecretary of state in the Chancellery of the President, 16 January 2008
Andrzej Duda taking the oath of office, 6 August 2015
Duda and his wife Agata Kornhauser-Duda with U.S. President Donald Trump and Melania Trump in Warsaw
Andrzej Duda during a meeting with the Council of Seniors of the Sejm and the Council of Seniors of the Senate at the Sejm
Duda was the first foreign leader to travel to the White House since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.