# Nawrocki wins presidential election (2025)

URL: https://poland-history.com/timeline/2025-nawrocki-wins-presidential-election
Location: Poland
Categories: main-event

Historian Karol Nawrocki, backed by Law and Justice, narrowly defeated Warsaw mayor Rafał Trzaskowski in the run-off on 1 June 2025. He took office on 6 August 2025. Within the broader Third Republic period: Democratic Poland transformed its economy, joined NATO and the European Union and became one of Europe's leading states, while confronting new security challenges on its eastern border. At this point in the timeline (1 June 2025), the governing authority was Andrzej Duda (President of Poland). Two-term president backed by Law and Justice. Nawrocki wins presidential election mattered because it altered the structure of power and the direction of Polish statehood. The event is placed here so readers can follow it alongside changes in government, warfare, society, religion and culture across Polish history.

## Why it matters
Nawrocki wins presidential election mattered because it altered the structure of power and the direction of Polish statehood.

Ruler at the time: [Karol Nawrocki](https://poland-history.com/rulers/karol-nawrocki)

## Sources
- [Wikipedia — 2025 Polish presidential election](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_Polish_presidential_election)
- [Encyclopaedia Britannica topic lookup — Nawrocki wins presidential election](https://www.britannica.com/search?query=Nawrocki+wins+presidential+election)
- [Wikipedia — History of Poland (1989–present) (period overview)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Poland_(1989%E2%80%93present))