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H.E. Magdalena Pietrzak,
Chief Election Commissioner

part i 11. Language (s)
Polish (official) 98.2%, Silesian 1.4%, other 1.1%,
CoUNtrY ProfiLE unspecified 1.3% (2011 est.)

12. Literacy Levels
1. Country Name
Poland 98.74% Male - 99.28%, females - 98.25%
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2. Official Name
Republic of Poland LEgisLAtivE sYstEM
3. Government
Parliamentary Republic LEGISLATURE

4. Head of the Government 1. Structure of National Legislature
Prime Minister – Mateusz Morawiecki Bicameral

5. Head of the State 2. Names of the Houses in vernacular and English
President – Andrzej Duda Upper house and a lower house

6. Capital 3. Total no. of members in each house elected/
Warsaw nominated
In the Senate, plurality votes elects 100 members
7. Currency in single member constituencies. In the Sejm, 460
Polish złoty members are elected through open-list propor-
tional representation system.
8. Ethnic Groups (with %age population)
Polish 96.9%, Silesian 1.1%, German 0.2%, 4. Popular House
Ukrainian 0.1%, other and unspecified 1.7% Both the Senate and the Sejm
(2011 est.)
5. Type of Electoral System
9. Date of Independence and from which Country FPTP and Proportional
11 November 1918 (republic proclaimed); notable
earlier dates: 966 (adoption of Christianity, tradi-
tional founding date), 1 July 1569 (Polish-Lithua-
nian Commonwealth created)
10. Date of adoption of Democratic Constitution
Latest adopted 2 April 1997, approved by referen-
dum 25 May 1997, effective 17 October 1997.

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