Presidential election in Poland: portrait of outgoing president Andrzej Duda

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President of the Republic Andrzej Duda (g) and Minister of Health Lukasz Szumowski. JANEK SKARZYNSKI / AFP

By: Anissa El Jabri Follow

Despite the pandemic that rages around the world, Poland maintains the presidential election whose vote will take place next Sunday. The outgoing president, Andrzej Duda, from the ranks of the conservative PIS party, is a candidate for his own re-election. A campaign and a vote very contested within the government: the Minister of Health has declared that this presidential election should be postponed and take place in 2022. Portrait of a president-candidate with a smooth profile but with firm convictions.

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  • Andrzej Duda

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