The republic - Poland is a republic with many parties. The republic has a “two” chamber parliaments and elections are held every four years. The foundations of the statute laws of Poland are embedded in the constitution of the Polish Republic from April 2, 1997.
The president - as stated in the constitution, the president is the highest representative of the Polish authority. He must guarantee continuity of the imperial authority and he representatives the highest seat of the state within the reach of the Executive. From December 23, 2005 – Lech Kaczyński. The president of Poland, who is elected by general democratic elections, serves a term of five years from the day he is sworn in.
The parliament - the « Sejm », consist of a “Lower House” with 460 representatives, who are elected via general elections. The term of the parliament is four years. The “Upper House”, the senate, consist of 100 senators and the term served is also four years. The Premier is in many countries the head of the Government. The official name of the Prime Minister in Poland is the “Premier”. Since October 2005, Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz has served as the Prime Minister. He was succeeded on July 10, 2006 by Jaroslaw Kaczyński, a twin-brother of the president.
Territorial partition of Poland - there are 16 provinces (voivodships) which are divided into 315 districts or counties (the so-called powiats). In these districts there are 2.489 municipalities (the so-called gmina).