{"id":5981,"date":"2015-05-30T23:46:56","date_gmt":"2015-05-30T23:46:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/polish\/?p=5981"},"modified":"2015-05-30T23:46:56","modified_gmt":"2015-05-30T23:46:56","slug":"new-president-of-poland-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/polish\/new-president-of-poland-2\/","title":{"rendered":"New president of Poland"},"content":{"rendered":"

Andrzej Duda, 43-year-old candidate of Poland\u2019s leading right-wing party (prawicowa partia<\/strong>), stunned the nation\u2019s political establishment on Sunday by wresting the presidency from the incumbent, Bronis\u0142aw Komorowski<\/strong>, who is allied with the party that has governed during eight years of stability and prosperity.<\/p>\n

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Official results will not be released until Monday, at the earliest, but a combination of exit polls and early vote tallies showed that Mr. Duda had won a fairly decisive victory, with 52 percent of the votes, over Mr. Komorowski, with 48 percent.<\/p>\n

Mr. Komorowski conceded defeat (przyzna\u0142 si\u0119 do pora\u017cki<\/strong>) before a glum gathering of his supporters saying, \u201cIt didn\u2019t work out this time.\u201d He congratulated Mr. Duda, saying, \u201cI wish him a good presidency, because I wish\u00a0Poland\u00a0well.\u201d<\/p>\n

The position is a largely ceremonial one in Poland. Mr. Duda\u2019s victory, though, raises the real prospect that Civic Platform (Platforma Obywatelska<\/strong>), the center-right party that has controlled the government since 2007, will be turned out in parliamentary elections this fall.<\/p>\n

Polish voters, clearly eager for a change, rejected pleas from Mr. Komorowski that electing Mr. Duda would threaten Poland\u2019s economic expansion and its close relationships with Germany and the European Union.<\/p>\n

The election was being watched with great interest in Washington and across Europe because Poland, with the sixth-largest economy<\/strong> in the European Union, has been assuming a larger and more energetic role in continental affairs.<\/p>\n

Donald Tusk, a former Polish prime minister, was elected president of the European Council last year, for instance, with the eager backing of Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany.<\/p>\n

Both parties support Poland\u2019s membership in NATO and the European Union and take a hard line against the policies of the Russian president, Vladimir V. Putin. But Mr. Duda\u2019s party, Law and Justice (Prawo i Sprawiedliwo\u015b\u0107<\/strong>), is much more socially conservative and nationalistic and tends to be more skeptical about surrendering authority over Polish affairs to European partners.<\/p>\n

Civic Platform has forged very close ties with Germany, and sought a larger role and more prominent voice in European Union affairs.<\/p>\n

Let’s refresh the history of Polish presidency:\u00a0List of the Presidents of Poland (officially President of the Republic of Poland – Prezydent Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej<\/strong>) and other Polish heads of state since 1918 (people who held title other than President):<\/p>\n

Second Republic (1918-1939)<\/strong>
\nJ\u00f3zef Pi\u0142sudski\u00a0(Chief of State),\u00a01918-1922<\/span><\/strong>
\nGabriel Narutowicz,\u00a01922<\/span><\/strong>
\nMaciej Rataj\u00a0(acting),\u00a01922<\/span><\/strong>
\nStanis\u0142aw Wojciechowski,\u00a01922-1926<\/span><\/strong>
\nMaciej Rataj\u00a0(acting),\u00a01926<\/span><\/strong>
\nIgnacy Mo\u015bcicki,\u00a01926-1939<\/span><\/strong>
\nGovernment in exile (1939-1990)<\/strong>
\nGovernment in emigration was recognized internationally until\u00a01945<\/p>\n

W\u0142adys\u0142aw Raczkiewicz,\u00a01939-1947<\/span><\/strong>
\nAugust Zaleski,\u00a01947-1972<\/span><\/strong>
\nStanis\u0142aw Ostrowski,\u00a01972-1979<\/span><\/strong>
\nEdward Bernard Raczy\u0144ski,\u00a01979-1986<\/span><\/strong>
\nKazimierz Sabbat,\u00a01986-1989<\/span><\/strong>
\nRyszard Kaczorowski,\u00a01989-1990<\/span><\/strong>
\nCommunist Poland (1944-1989)<\/strong>
\nBoles\u0142aw Bierut,\u00a01944-1952<\/span><\/strong>
\nAleksander Zawadzki\u00a0(Council of State),\u00a01953-1964<\/span><\/strong>
\nEdward Ochab\u00a0(Council of State),\u00a01964-1968<\/span><\/strong>
\nMarian Spychalski\u00a0(Council of State),\u00a01968-1970<\/span><\/strong>
\nJ\u00f3zef Cyrankiewicz\u00a0(Council of State),\u00a01970-1972<\/span><\/strong>
\nHenryk Jab\u0142o\u0144ski\u00a0(Council of State),\u00a01972-1985<\/span><\/strong>
\nWojciech Jaruzelski\u00a0(Council of State),\u00a01985-1989<\/span><\/strong>
\nThird Republic (from 1989)<\/strong>
\nWojciech Jaruzelski,\u00a01989-1990<\/span><\/strong>
\nLech W\u0105\u0142\u0119sa,\u00a01990-1995<\/span><\/strong>
\nAleksander Kwa\u015bniewski,\u00a01995-2005<\/span><\/strong>
\nLech Kaczy\u0144ski,\u00a02005-10 April\u00a02010<\/span><\/strong>
\nBronis\u0142aw Komorowski\u00a0(acting),\u00a010 April\u00a02010-8 July\u00a02010<\/span><\/strong>
\nBogdan Borusewicz\u00a0(acting),\u00a08 July\u00a02010<\/span><\/strong>
\nGrzegorz Schetyna\u00a0(acting),\u00a08 July\u00a02010\u00a0–\u00a06 August\u00a02010<\/span><\/strong>
\nBronis\u0142aw Komorowski,\u00a06 August\u00a02010\u00a0–<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Do nast\u0119pnego razu…<\/strong> (Till next time…)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"

Andrzej Duda, 43-year-old candidate of Poland\u2019s leading right-wing party (prawicowa partia), stunned the nation\u2019s political establishment on Sunday by wresting the presidency from the incumbent, Bronis\u0142aw Komorowski, who is allied with the party that has governed during eight years of stability and prosperity. Official results will not be released until Monday, at the earliest, but…<\/p>\n

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