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Andrzej Duda

1972 - Today

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Andrzej (Andrew) Sebastian Duda (born 16 May 1972) is a Polish lawyer and politician who served as the 6th president of Poland from 2015 to 2025. Before becoming president, he served as Member of the Sejm (MP) from 2011 to 2014 and as Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from 2014 to 2015. Born in Kraków, Duda ran in the 2015 presidential election as candidate for the Law and Justice (PiS) party and defeated the incumbent president Bronisław Komorowski in a surprising and significant upset. In the first round of voting, he narrowly placed first but fell well short of the required absolute majority, finally winning in the second round of voting, receiving 51.55% of the vote. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 92 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 91 in 2024). Andrzej Duda is the 3,028th most popular politician (down from 2,865th in 2024), the 167th most popular biography from Poland (up from 170th in 2019) and the 45th most popular Polish Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Andrzej Duda ranks 3,028 out of 19,576Before him are Psusennes I, Abd al-Rahman ibn Abd Allah al-Ghafiqi, Canute Lavard, Hans-Adam I, Prince of Liechtenstein, Artur Axmann, and Lansana Conté. After him are Sancho II of Portugal, Cleopatra I Syra, Kuchlug, Princess Augusta Sophia of the United Kingdom, King Zhou of Shang, and Li Keqiang.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1972, Andrzej Duda ranks 14Before him are Eminem, The Notorious B.I.G., Rivaldo, Lilian Thuram, Mary, Crown Princess of Denmark, and Queen Letizia of Spain. After him are Pavel Nedvěd, Wentworth Miller, Mike Johnson, Thandie Newton, Jude Law, and Big Show.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Andrzej Duda ranks 167 out of 1,694Before him are Reinhard Selten (1930), Ferdinand Cohn (1828), Clara Immerwahr (1870), Rochus Misch (1917), Witold Lutosławski (1913), and Jarosław Kaczyński (1949). After him are Maria Feodorovna (1759), Jan Potocki (1761), Maxim Litvinov (1876), Solomon Asch (1907), Georg Michaelis (1857), and Benzion Netanyahu (1910).

Among POLITICIANS In Poland

Among politicians born in Poland, Andrzej Duda ranks 45Before him are William I of Württemberg (1781), Władysław Anders (1892), Henry II the Pious (1196), Bolesław III Wrymouth (1086), Mieszko I of Poland (940), and Jarosław Kaczyński (1949). After him are Maxim Litvinov (1876), Georg Michaelis (1857), Carl Friedrich Goerdeler (1884), John I Albert (1459), Piast the Wheelwright (800), and Casimir I the Restorer (1016).