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.
A former child actor and LGBT+ ally has emerged as the best chance to beat Poland’s anti-LGBT+ Law and Justice party’s choice in the country’s presidential election.
Previously sitting President Andrzej Duda, technically an independent but actually the Polish Law and Justice Party (PiS) candidate, seemed sure to win.
But Rafał Trzaskowski, mayor of Poland’s capital Warsaw and a liberal, has entered the race in its closing stages. And the polls indicate he could still beat Duda.