Andrzej Sebastian Duda ( AHN-jay DOO-də; ; born 16 May 1972) is a lawyer and politician who has served as President of Poland since 6 August 2015. Before he became President, Andrzej served as a member of the Polish Lower House (Sejm) from 2011 to 2014 and the European Parliament from 2014 to 2015. Duda was the presidential candidate for the Law and Justice party (PiS) during the presidential election in May 2015. Wikipedia