Andrzej Duda

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.

Andrzej Duda, during his term as president.

His Excellency Andrzej Duda
Andrzej Duda in 2025
President of Poland
In office 6 August 2015 – 6 August 2025
Prime Minister	Ewa Kopacz Beata Szydło Mateusz Morawiecki Donald Tusk
Preceded by	Bronisław Komorowski
Succeeded by	Karol Nawrocki
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 (1972-05-16) 16 May 1972 (age 53) 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 [1][2]
Awards
Signature

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.