Andrzej Duda will say goodbye to Belvedere on August 6. The time to the end of his presidency is diminishing, but the explanation is growing, which as the erstwhile president could then be dealt with.
We have heard so far that he would become a associate of the global Olympic Committee, but so far nothing has worked out. That he can return to the Jagiellonian University, where he has been on unpaid leave since 2015, and as any worker in specified a situation has the right to return. He can besides do another global career, e.g. in NATO, conduct lectures, share in public, establish his foundation, etc., etc.
Duda's imagination as Prime Minister late came to this. He himself suggested he wouldn't mind. However, in the poll we wrote more about here, Poles crushed this imagination strongly, due to the fact that they did not like it.
It must be said, there was no specified case among the erstwhile presidents, with whom Andrzej Duda met during his presidency and of which it can be said that they were his allies. It was not a large group either. erstwhile we asked experts about them, fewer names they could name.
Some of them, specified as Donald Trump, Volodymyr Zelenski or president of Lithuania Gitanas Nausėda, inactive hold presidential office. But what happened to others? Who stayed in politics and who didn't?
Some careers, or life's twists, may surprise you. any are impressive.
Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović, erstwhile president of Croatia (2015-2020)
Her presidency coincided with Andrzej Duda's first term. She won in February 2015, he won in May. Both of them were on the same conservative waves and were eager to meet. In January 2016, she was the first president Duda accepted at the Presidential Palace. In 2017 they invited Donald Trump to Poland together and both were hosts of the summit of Trimorz states, which was then held in Warsaw.
In 2020, she lost the election. The office ceased to execute in February, and in July it went to the MKOI. "The Pride of Croatia", "It's a discrimination for Croatian sport" wrote Croatian media. It was stressed that she was elected to this position from the advice of the MKOl chairman, Thomas Bach. And that she was elected by 86 votes. There were only 3 against it.
Today she is the only erstwhile ally of Duda to sit in this institution. But erstwhile she got there, she had more global experience than he did. In her career, she was formerly head of the MFA, Croatian ambassador to the US, and besides as the first female in the past of NATO's Deputy Secretary General.
Interestingly, erstwhile a discussion about the possible candidacy of Duda to MKOI came through Poland in the winter, The Sports Review Onet sent an enquiry on this subject to members of the ICC. Most refused to comment or did not respond. Only the erstwhile president of Croatia wrote:
"President Duda is simply a large friend. I know him well and I believe he would be a large addition to any organization."
But MKOI is not all. Since 2023, she has been co-chairing the Global Preparedness Monitoring Board (GPMB) – an international, independent advisory organisation set up by the planet wellness Organisation (WHO) and planet Bank.
She besides participates actively in the activities of various global organisations, specified as Women Political Leaders (WPL), whom she became the world's ambassador for vaccination. It sits on the boards of many non-profit organizations specified as Friends of Europe, US Atlantic Council, Halifax global safety Forum or Concordia Leadership Council. She is 1 of the honorary presidents of the Council of Women planet Leaders.
She is besides associated with the School of Economics and Management in Zagreb. In April 20205, she was a guest of the 10th Summit of the Tri-Sea Initiative in Warsaw.
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Andrej Kiska, president of Slovakia (2014-2019)
They may not have had a large friendship, but it was Andrzej Duda who skied in Szczyrk in 2019. erstwhile Kiska finished his presidency – he did not run for re-election – Duda decorated him with the Order of the White Eagle. He besides received the highest state discrimination of Slovakia.
Initially, Kiska tried his hand in national politics. He founded the Za ľudí party, which in 2020 introduced 12 deputies to parliament. He besides obtained a mandate, but did not accept it for wellness reasons, after which he announced the end of political activity.
It was made public in 2023 and 2024 due to court judgments which found him guilty of taxation fraud (concerned the financing of the 2014 presidential campaign). At first instance, he was sentenced to 1 year in prison, suspended for 2 years. The appeal court has upheld the sentence.
"Andrzej Kiska lost a life pension that all presidents and presidents have been collecting. (...) The erstwhile president describes this step as a political revenge by Prime Minister Robert Fic", wrote the media.
But they besides indicate that Kiska is simply a philanthropist. Years ago, he founded the Good Angel Foundation, which helps families struggling with financial difficulties due to serious wellness problems.
In April 2025 he was in Kraków. He had a lecture at the Jagiellonian University.
Miloš Zeman, president of the Czech Republic (2013–2023)
Also their relations are hard to call friendly, but as if they were not, in 2024 Andrzej Duda was at his 80th birthday in Prague. Zeman then said of his guests, "These are not my political friends, but real friends."
There was quite a few confusion around this visit. “The MFA twice suggested to president Andrzej Duda not to go to the erstwhile Czech president Miloš Zeman’s birthday,” said Władysław Bartoszewski, Deputy Head of the MFA.
Except for the large birthday party, Zeman's got loud due to the fact that of... plumovica. In April 2025, Slovak media wrote about the scandal. According to them, Zeman as president was to service his abroad guests with alcohol of unknown origin. Sam was expected to get so much plumovica that the undrunk was expected to be poured into another bottles. specified a gift – 10 bottles without excise work – was besides to be given to president Andrzej Duda.
What's Milosz Zeman doing today?
A period after leaving the presidential palace, he opened his office in Prague (the local hired from the Archdiocese of Prague, the costs were covered by his friends) and announced that he would receive guests there erstwhile a week and give interviews. His wife Ivan was expected to be his assistant.
In 2024, Zeman underwent surgery to remove the clot in his leg. It was written that he was planning to limit public activity.
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János Áder, president of Hungary (2012–022)
In 2017, he prayed with his wife on Jasna Góra. Together with Duda they talked a lot about Polish-Hungarian relationship and they showed each another for it. Áder awarded Duda the Cross of the Grand Order of Merit with the Chain and Gold Star, Duda Áder the Order of the White Eagle. “Since 2012, you have been the head of the state of this relationship between Poland and Hungary building, for that we are very, unspokenly grateful,” said the president of Poland.
Today Áder is the chief environmentalist of Hungary. president of the Blue Planet Climate Protection Foundation (Kék Bolygó), which he founded a fewer years earlier. A associate in global climate protection initiatives. Promoter of environmental education in schools. And an active environmental activist.
For example, its foundation has developed a curriculum on sustainable development, which includes training for teachers and textbooks. late he has been the patron of the competition for youth and students Our Common Future – Karpacka Basin. During his speech, he encouraged young people to proceed to take an interest in climate issues and share their cognition with others. He besides invited them to participate in Planet Budapest 2026, which is organized by his foundation.
The erstwhile president besides runs a podcast "Blue Planet" in which he discusses issues related to climate, digitization and environmental education.
He and his wife Anita Herczegh besides founded the István Regőchi Foundation, which provides long-term and individual care to children orphaned during the coronavirus pandemic.
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Jair Bolsonaro, president of Brazil (2019–022)
Andrzej Duda spoke of him as agreeing ideologically. He even invited him to Poland, but the visit never happened. He's our biggest partner in South America. Through my gathering with the President, I would like to deepen this relationship," said Duda.
The failure of the right-wing populist must have been a blow to him. I'm certain it was for Bolsonaro due to the fact that he didn't admit the election results and he wouldn't quit power. He was accused of attempting to carry out a coup with the support of the military and his allies. They endanger him – and another defendants – with penalties up to 40 years in prison.
The historical trial is pending before the Brazilian ultimate Court.
Bolsonaro denies the charges. Called the "Brazilian Trump" all the time, he interrupted it only in the spring of that year erstwhile he underwent abdominal surgery (he has wellness problems since being stabbed). He drives around the country, meets with his sympathizers. Although he has a decreed ban on public office by 2030, he is inactive visible and wants to fight for the presidency in 2026.
What another presidents from the presidency of Andrzej Duda do
The fates of the presidents, whose presidents caught up with Duda – whether they were close to him or not.
For example, Klaus Iohanis, the erstwhile president of Romania (2014-2025), resigned in February 2025 and is inactive not known what he does.
Zuzana Čaputová, erstwhile president of Slovakia (2019-2024) began working very rapidly with the Institute of global Studies Freeman Spogli (FSI) at Stanford University, USA.
François Hollande, erstwhile president of France (2012–2017), withdrew from the active political scene. He writes books, gives political comments, sometimes participates in debates and conferences as a policy expert.
Former Ukrainian president Petro Poroshenko (2014–2019) became the leader of the political opposition and promotes the European integration of Ukraine.
And there's the erstwhile president of Slovenia, especially active.
Borut Pahor, president of Slovenia (2012-2022)
After the presidency, he took on academic activity – he took up the recently created cathedral at the University of Nova Gorica (research on the Slovenian National Programme).
He wrote a book titled "Victory is the Beginning" – a kind of guide for beginner politicians – in which he shares his experiences with over 30 years of political career.
He founded a non-profit organization "Friends of the Western Balkans", which promotes dialog and integration of Western Balkan countries into the European Union. The erstwhile president besides runs his own podcast devoted to the Western Balkans.
In 2024 he considered moving for the position of peculiar EU typical for the Belgrade-Prisztin dialogue, but yet resigned. For this he joined the London talker Bureau agency and here offers his services as a talker at various events.
Which way will Andrew Duda go? Could any of the erstwhile presidents he met on his way be an inspiration to him about what then? We'll see.
