The Polish Political System

By: Magdalena Andrychowicz IB

Natalia Barszcz IAr

The Constitution of The Republic of Poland, April 2, 1997

Article 1

The Republic of Poland is the common good of all citizens

Article 2

The Republic of Poland is a democratic state ruled by law.

The Polish Constitution

Separation of Powers in Poland

Legislative

The Sejm (lower house) and the Senate (upper house)

Executive

  The President as the head of state and the government

Judicial

Courts and Tribunals

The Supreme Court in Warsaw

The Sejm

460 members

elected for 4 years

The Sejm session chamber in Warsaw

The Sejm’s Tasks

Passing bills, for example:

* the budget  

Supervising the government

Appointing and recalling public authorities

The Sejm building

The Senate

100 members

elected for 4 years

The Senate session chamber in Warsaw

The Senate’s TasksAccept bills Reject bills Adopt amendments

President of Poland Bronisław Komorowski

5th President of Poland

The term of office

6 August 2010 – today

A member of

the Civic Platform party

The President

The President’s responsibilities:

Represents Poland formally

Grants Polish citizenship, awards, orders and decorations

Signs and refuses to sign bills (power of veto)

Appoints the Prime Minister

Elected for 5 years

The Presidential Palace in Warsaw

The Prime Minister of PolandDonald Tusk

He is the head of the Polish Government.

He was appointed in 2007 after the Civic Platform party won the parliamentary election. Tusk was reelected in 2011.

The Prime Minister’s Cabinetis the collective executive decision-making body

of the Polish government.

Prime Minister Donald Tusk’s the first cabinet of

in 2007.

The Council of Ministers’ tasks:

Conducting Poland’s internal and foreign policies

Issuing regulations

Ensuring the implementation of laws

Comprising 19 Ministers and the Prime Minister responsible for the key sectors of Polish society. For example: Minister of Culture and National Heritage, and the Minister of the Interior

Minister of Sport and Tourism

Elections in Poland

Types of elections:

1.presidential elections once every 5 years

2.parliamentary elections once every 4 years

All elections in Poland are: UniversalDirectSecretEqualProportional or Majority

The Ruling Political Parties

Civic Platform (PO) has been in a coalition with the Peasants Party (PSL) since 2011. The leader of Civic Platform is Donald Tusk and the leader of Peasants Party is Janusz Piechociński

Donald Tusk The distribution of power in the Sejm

Opposition Political Parties and their leaders Law and Justice (PiS) – Jarosław Kaczyński

Democratic Left Alliance (SLD) – Leszek Miller

Your Movement – Janusz Palikot

United Poland – Zbigniew Ziobro

Law and Justice

Democratic Left Alliance

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