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.
LGBT campaigners denounce President Duda's comments on "communism"
euronews.comPolish President Andrzej Duda accused on Saturday the LGBT movement of advancing ideas that are more harmful than communism and said he agreed with another conservative politician who stated that “LGBT is not people, it's an ideology.”Duda's remarks came from the small southwestern town of Brzeg as he was holding a rally for his presidential re-election."This is a resurrection of the political scapegoating campaign," said Slava Melnyk, Executive Director of the Campaign Against Homophobia (KPH)."We definitely see very recent history repeating itself," Melnyk told Euronews."We are now very fearful what will happen with the movement after very bold and dangerous statements by the President".Gay rights has emerged as a key campaign theme in.
