Andrzej Sebastian Duda (born 16 May 1972) is a Polish lawyer and politician who has served as president of Poland since 6 August 2015. Before becoming president, Andrzej Duda was a member of Polish Lower House (Sejm) from 2011 to 2014 and the European Parliament from 2014 to 2015.
As Poland prepares for the second round of the country's divisive presidential election on Sunday, incumbent president Andrzej Duda has been accused of using "hate speech" in an anti-LGBT campaign.In an address at an election rally, he told supporters that LGBT activism is an "ideology" more "destructive than communism"."He's telling us that we are some kind of demons and is dehumanising us in every corner of his election rally," activist Bart Staszewski told Culture Clash.Bart accused the Duda of using "hate speech" against LGBT people in order to win conservative votes.'If I dressed more colourfully, differently I could be attacked'.