President of Poland, inaugurated after winning the June 1st 2025 run-off with 50.9% of the vote against Rafał Trzaskowski's 49.1%. A nationalist historian and former amateur boxer, he was nominated by Law and Justice (PiS), the hard-right opposition party.
Background: From Gdańsk. New to politics before the presidential campaign. Has acknowledged engaging in mass brawls with football hooligans in his 20s. During the campaign, journalists reported claims that in the early 2000s he procured sex workers for guests at a hotel where he worked; he denies the allegations.
Political stance: Endorsed during the campaign by Viktor Orbán. Opposes Ukraine's admission to NATO. Presented himself as a check on Donald Tusk's government, pledging: "We will not allow Donald Tusk to consolidate his power." Has struck a Eurosceptic tone, telling supporters: "We don't want to be a European Union province." Says he will seek vast reparations from Germany for wartime crimes.
Presidential power: Wields a veto that can block the government's agenda; the governing coalition lacks the three-fifths majority in parliament needed to override it. In his first six months in office Nawrocki vetoed 25 bills—more than his PiS-aligned predecessor did in a decade—paralysing much of the government's legislative programme.
I don't want to be young again, I just don't want to get any older.