Andrzej Duda
President of Poland since 2015
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| January 9 2025 | Requested Prime Minister Donald Tusk to guarantee safe passage for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to attend the 80th anniversary of Auschwitz liberation, which Tusk subsequently confirmed. |
| 2024 | Criticized Prime Minister Donald Tusk's plan to suspend asylum rights for irregular migrants, calling it a 'fatal mistake' that would negatively impact dissidents from Russia and Belarus. |
| October 7 2023 | Condemned Hamas' actions during the Israel-Hamas war and expressed support for Israel's right to self-defense. |
| July 13 2023 | Awarded the Grand Order of Mugunghwa by South Korea. |
| June 7 2023 | The European Commission initiated legal proceedings against Poland regarding the 'Lex Tusk' law, expressing concerns about potential misuse against opposition politicians in the upcoming general election. |
| June 6 2023 | Presented three key goals for Poland's European Union presidency in the first half of 2025: deepening transatlantic cooperation, expanding the EU to include Ukraine, Moldova, and Western Balkans, and enhancing Europe's energy security. |
| May 29 2023 | Andrzej Duda announced his intention to sign the 'Lex Tusk' law during a press conference, which establishes a commission to investigate Russian influence in Poland and aims to publish its first report in September before the parliamentary elections. |
| May 26 2023 | The Sejm rejected the Senate's veto on the 'Lex Tusk' law, clearing the way for it to reach the president's desk. |
| April 17 2023 | Received the Knight Grand Cross decorated with Grand Cordon of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic. |
| March 2023 | Visited Qatar and the United Arab Emirates, focusing on energy security and cooperation. |
| October 2022 | Declared Poland's willingness to host U.S. nuclear weapons. |
| October 24 2022 | Granted the Grand Cross of the Order 8-September by North Macedonia. |
| September 2022 | Duda attended the funeral of Holocaust survivor Edward Mosberg in the United States and awarded him the Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland, the highest Polish award, in recognition of Mosberg's contributions to Polish-Jewish dialogue and Holocaust remembrance. |
| July 23 2022 | Received the Gold Olympic Order from the International Olympic Committee. |
| February 2022 | Attended the Beijing Winter Olympics opening ceremony and met with Chinese President Xi Jinping, drawing criticism from Polish diplomats due to Western allies' boycott over human rights concerns. |
| February 2022 | Plays a significant role in coordinating international efforts to support Ukraine's military following the Russian invasion. |
| 2021 | Awarded the Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise, 1st class from Ukraine. |
| 2020 | Received the Grand Cross of the Hungarian Order of Merit. |
| July 12 2020 | Won reelection as president, defeating Warsaw mayor Rafał Trzaskowski. |
| July 6 2020 | Duda signed a presidential draft of an amendment to the Polish Constitution targeting LGBT adoption rights. |
| July 4 2020 | Duda proposed a constitutional amendment to ban LGBT couples from adopting children. |
| June 2020 | Andrzej Duda publicly stated he would not allow gay couples to marry or adopt children, describing the LGBT movement as 'a foreign ideology' and comparing it to Soviet-era indoctrination. He also pledged to ban LGBT teaching in schools. |
| June 24 2020 | Discussed with U.S. President Trump the potential relocation of U.S. troops from Germany to Poland, with Poland agreeing to pay for additional troop deployment. |
| 2019 | Awarded the Grand Cross of the Order of the White Double Cross from Slovakia. |
| October 24 2019 | Receives official support from PiS for re-election campaign. |
| September 2019 | Agreed with U.S. President Donald Trump to send 1,000 U.S. troops to Poland. |
| February 21 2019 | Granted the Grand Cross with Golden Chain of the Order of Vytautas the Great by Lithuania. |
| 2018 | Received the Commander Grand Cross with Chain of the Order of the Three Stars from Latvia. |
| February 2018 | Duda announced he would sign a controversial law making it illegal to accuse 'the Polish nation' of complicity in the Holocaust and other Nazi German atrocities, which significantly strained diplomatic relations with Israel and led to accusations of Holocaust denial by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. |
| February 2018 | Reached a record-high approval rating of 72%, second only to Aleksander Kwaśniewski's historical ratings. |
| 2017 | Awarded the Grand Cross of the Order of the Redeemer from Greece. |
| 2017 | Received the Grand Cross with Collar Order of the White Rose of Finland. |
| October 2017 | Met with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and supported Turkey's potential European Union accession. |
| September 2017 | Achieved an approval rating of 71%, demonstrating significant public support during his presidency. |
| July 2017 | Vetoed two controversial judicial bills passed by the Polish parliament, demonstrating opposition to his party's (PiS) policies |
| July 10 2016 | Awarded the Collar of the Order of the Star of Romania. |
| May 23 2016 | Granted the Grand Cross of the Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav by Norway. |
| April 14 2016 | Awarded the I Class Order of Stara Planina by Bulgaria. |
| March 15 2016 | Received the Collar of the Order of the White Lion from the Czech Republic. |
| 2015 | Received the Grand Cordon of the Order of Leopold from Belgium. |
| 2015 | Concludes service as Member of the European Parliament (MEP). |
| December 28 2015 | Signed the Constitutional Tribunal bill, which was deemed to breach the Constitution of Poland by multiple judicial bodies |
| December 22 2015 | Constitutional Tribunal bill passed by the Sejm |
| December 9 2015 | Completed swearing in five alternative Constitutional Tribunal judge candidates selected by the Sejm of the VIII term |
| December 3 2015 | Began swearing in five alternative Constitutional Tribunal judge candidates selected by the Sejm of the VIII term |
| November 2015 | President Andrzej Duda pardoned former Central Anticorruption Bureau (CBA) head Mariusz Kamiński and three CBA officers, marking the first presidential pardon granted before a final court verdict. This action was controversial, with some legal experts arguing that it breached the Constitution of Poland. |
| November 7 2015 | Refused to swear in five Constitutional Tribunal judge candidates selected by the Sejm of the VII term |
| September 2015 | Rejected the European Union's proposal of migrant quotas, stating he would not agree to a 'dictate of the strong' that forces solutions on countries against their national interests. |
| August 6 2015 | Andrzej Duda began his first five-year presidential term by taking the oath of office during a National Assembly session. |
| May 2015 | Becomes the presidential candidate for the Law and Justice party (PiS), receiving 34.76% of valid votes in the first round of voting. |
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