Presidential elections will be held in Poland in spring 2025. The current president, Andrzej Duda, will not be able to run for re-election, for whom the current term is his second and, according to the constitution, last term as president.
2025 Presidential Elections: Who will be each party’s candidate?
The Constitution of the Republic of Poland states that the president is directly elected for a five-year term. So far, the Third Polish Republic has had five presidents: Lech Wałęsa, Aleksander Kwaśniewski, Lech Kaczyński, Bronisław Komorowski and Andrzej Duda. Only Kwaśniewski and Duda served two terms.
So far, none of the groups with seats in the Sejm have nominated their candidate for president, although, for example, statements by the vice-president of the Sejm, Krzysztof Bosak, one of the leaders of the Confederation, indicate that his party’s candidate for president will be the leader of New Hope, Sławomir Mentzen.
The Civic Coalition’s presidential candidate will likely be Warsaw Mayor Rafał Trzaskowski, who previously ran in the 2020 presidential election (losing to Andrzej Duda in the second round). Donald Tusk has repeatedly shut down speculation that he would be KO’s presidential candidate. Current Foreign Ministry chief Radosław Sikorski has also expressed presidential aspirations.
