The Polish Parliament consists of the Sejm (lower house) with 460 members serving 4-year terms, and the Senate (upper house) with 100 members also serving 4-year terms. The President of Poland is the head of state elected to a 5-year term, with powers including dissolving Parliament, nominating the Prime Minister, and representing Poland internationally. The current President is Andrzej Duda and current Prime Minister is Ewa Kopacz.

2. The Polish Parliament consists of:
- the Sejm (the lower house)
- the Senate (the upper house)
Building of the Sejm Building of the Senate

3. (the lower house
of Parliament)
- 460 members
- term of office: four years
- elections are: universal, direct, equal, proportional,
anonymous
- electoral laws: right to vote – 18 years old
stand for election – 21 years old

4. (the upper house of Parliament)
- consists of 100 members
- term of office: four years
- elections are: universal, direct, anonymous,
within the plurality voting system
- electoral laws:
right to vote – 18 years old
stand for election – 30 years old

5. - The President of the Republic of Poland is the
Polish head of state. His or her rights and
obligations are determined in the Constitution of
Poland. The president is the head of the executive
branch. In addition, the president has a right to
dissolve the parliament in certain cases, and
represents Poland in the international arena.
- term of office shall be five years (max. two terms)
- electoral laws:
right to vote – 18 years old
stand for election – 35 years old

6. - The President has a free choice
in selecting the Prime Minister
- The President has the right to initiate the legislative
process. He also has the opportunity to directly influence it
by using his veto to stop a bill
- In his role as supreme representative of the Polish state, the
President has power to ratify and revoke international
agreements, nominates and recalls ambassadors.
- The President is also the Supreme Commander of the
Armed Forces

7. The Belweder Palace until 1993
The Presidential Palace in Warsaw
since 1993

8. Former Presidents of Republic of Poland
Lech Wałęsa Aleksander Kwaśniewski
Lech Kaczyński Bronisław Komorowski

9. PhD Andrzej Duda
is the 5 th President of Poland.
Before the 2015 elections, he
was a Member of
the European Parliament.

10. - conducting internal and foreign policy of Poland
- protection of Polish Treasure interests
- management of national administration
Tasks of government:

11. - entering into international agreements
- managing relations with foreign countries
- managing country defense
- coordinating and controlling work of
government administration
- managing local government elections (by
the Prime Minister)

12. Ewa Kopacz is a
Polish politician
and currently the
Prime Minister of
Poland.
Previously she
was the Speaker
of the Sejm, the
only woman to
have held the
post.

13. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ewa_Kopacz
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrzej_Duda
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_Poland
https://www.edutuba.
pl/files/dokument/9740/06_Instytucje_polskiej_demokracj
i.pdf
https://en.wikipedia.
org/wiki/President_of_Poland#/media/File:
Belweder_Warszawa.jpg
http://i.wp.pl/a/f/jpeg/33766/ewa_kopacz_pap_600.jpeg
http://upload.wikimedia.
org/wikipedia/commons/b/b3/Sejm_RP.jpg
http://upload.wikimedia.
org/wikipedia/commons/3/36/Budynek_Senatu,
_Warszawa.jpg