Poland

Senate

Political system
Presidential-Parliamentary
Structure of parliament
Bicameral
IPU membership
Yes

Administration

Parliamentary and State budget

Legal document(s) specifying parliament’s power over its budget
Constitution
Standing Orders of Parliament
Other

Notes: 1. Act of 9 May 1996 on the Exercise of the Mandate of Deputy or Senator; 2. Act of 27 August 2009 on Public Finance, including amendments and related regulations; 3. Draft Budget Act 2014, and related laws, as well as internal acts and orders of the Sejm and the Chancellery of the Sejm.

Responsibility for preparing the proposal for the parliamentary budget
Other
Decision-making about the maximum amount of the parliamentary budget
Parliament decides the maximum amount of the budget
Decision-making about the allocation of the parliamentary budget
Other
National currency
Polish Zloty (PLN)
PPP (Purchasing Power Parity) conversion factor
1.890
(2023)
Parliament’s budget, per year
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Parliament’s budget, per year in PPP
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Offices included in the parliamentary budget
No information available
Budget for the chamber
100,200,000 PLN
(2023)
Chamber budget, per year in PPP
53,015,873
There is a separate budget for each chamber in a bicameral parliament
Yes
(2023)
State budget, per year
672,543,808,000 PLN
(2022)
Proportion of the State budget devoted to parliament, per year
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Parliamentary staff

The parliamentary administration is independent from the government
Yes
Parliament has control over the recruitment of parliamentary staff
No
There is one or more gender equality policy that applies to the parliamentary administration
Yes
Links to gender equality policies
Number of staff employed by the parliament (FTE)
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Number of staff employed by the chamber (FTE)
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Not applicable. The staff work for the entire parliament.
No

Secretary General

Authority that selects the Secretary General
The Speaker
Chamber/Parliament votes to approve the selection of the Secretary General
No
Length of term of the Secretary General
No fixed term
Previous occupation of the current Secretary General
Parliamentary staff

Historical data for IPU membership

Historical data for IPU membership
Year IPU membership
2020-09
List of values for 2020-09
No
2019-04
List of values for 2019-04
No
2018-06
List of values for 2018-06
No