National
Presidency of the Republic of Poland
- Polish: Prezydent Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej
Governs Poland
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- Must be held by May 2030 (no fixed date) General election · President of the Republic of Poland
Who sits on it
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President of the Republic of Poland
Elected
- Karol Nawrocki since August 2025
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Sources for who sits on it
- President of the Republic of Poland sejm.gov.pl · checked
- Karol Nawrocki as President of the Republic of Poland prezydent.pl · checked
What it can do
- Head of State and supreme representative
The President is the supreme representative of the Republic and guarantor of the continuity of State authority; ensures observance of the Constitution (Constitution Art. 126(1)-(2)).
- Appoints the Prime Minister and the Council of Ministers
Designates and appoints the Prime Minister and, on the Prime Minister's proposal, the other ministers (Constitution Art. 154); signs or vetoes statutes (Art. 122).
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Sources for what it can do
- Head of State and supreme representative sejm.gov.pl · checked
- Appoints the Prime Minister and the Council of Ministers sejm.gov.pl · checked
Sources
- sejm.gov.pl · checked Constitution of the Republic of Poland of 2 April 1997 (official English text, Sejm website), read 2026-10-12: structure, officers, terms and competences of the bodies below. For: Presidency of the Republic of Poland, Presidency of the Republic of Poland in Polish, President of the Republic of Poland
- sejm.gov.pl · checked Constitution of the Republic of Poland of 2 April 1997 (official English text, Sejm website), read 2026-10-12: competences cited by article. For: Head of State and supreme representative, Appoints the Prime Minister and the Council of Ministers
- prezydent.pl · checked Wikipedia, Karol Nawrocki and Presidential election 2025 (Poland), read 2026-10-12: Karol Nawrocki, elected 1 June 2025 run-off, took the oath before the National Assembly on 6 August 2025. Fallback: Wikipedia, because prezydent.pl was not read. For: Karol Nawrocki as President of the Republic of Poland
- sejm.gov.pl · checked Constitution of the Republic of Poland of 2 April 1997 (official English text, Sejm website), read 2026-10-12: Art. 98 (Sejm and Senate: four-year term; election on a day off work within the 30 days before the end of the term) and Art. 128 (presidential election 100 to 75 days before the end of the term). For: General election, May 23, 2030