National
President of the Republic of Poland
- Polish: Prezydent Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej
How it's filled
- In plain words
- Elected
- Exact method
- Elected by the Nation in universal, equal, direct elections by secret ballot for five years, at most two terms (Constitution Art. 127). The Marshal of the Sejm orders the election between 100 and 75 days before the end of the term (Art. 128). Takes office on taking the oath before the National Assembly (Art. 130).
- Seats
- 1
Who holds it now
- Karol Nawrocki since August 2025 Report Source: prezydent.pl, checked
Next vote
- Must be held by May 2030 (no fixed date) General election
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: President of the Republic of Poland, President of the Republic of Poland in Polish
- 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, current term
- api.sejm.gov.pl · checked Konstytucja RP Art. 128(2) (election on a day off work 100-75 days before the term ends), read 2026-10-12: latest possible date moved from 2030-05-23 (a Thursday) to Sunday 2030-05-19; no public holiday falls 19-23 May 2030. For: General election, May 19, 2030
- 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 19, 2030