| Current Government: |
Head of State – President Andrzej Duda (since August 2015),
Head of government - Prime Minister Donald Tusk (since December 2023).
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Constitution: parliamentary republic.
460 seat lower house Sejm elected by proportional representation;
100 upper house, Senat, elected by first-past-the-post in provinces. |
| In the 1989 political changes the Communist regime was overthrown and the Third Polish Republic was established. |
Poland joined the EU on 1 May 2004. Number of MEPs: 51.
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