National Party (Poland, 1989)

National Party
Stronnictwo Narodowe (Polish)
AbbreviationSN
LeaderJan Matłachowski (1989)
Adam Krajewski (1989-1990)
Stefan Jarzębski (1990-1991)
Maciej Giertych (1991-2001)
FounderJan Ostoja Matłachowski
Founded8 July 1989
Registered21 August 1990
Dissolved30 May 2001
Preceded byNational Party (Poland)
Succeeded byLeague of Polish Families
HeadquartersPiekarska 6,
00-288 Warszawa[1]
NewspaperNational Review
(Polish: Przegląd Narodowy)[2]
Membership (1993)5000[3]
IdeologyNational Democracy[4]
Catholic Nationalism[4]
Polish nationalism[5]
Anti-neoliberalism[6]
Factions:
National communism[7]
Left-wing nationalism[8]
Socialism[9]
Political positionBig tent[10]
Grunwald faction:
Far-left
Pink faction:
Left-wing
Blue faction:
Right-wing
ReligionRoman Catholic
AlliancesReal Politics Union (1993)
National Christian Bloc for Poland (1997)
Colors
  •   Blue

The National Party (Polish: Stronnictwo Narodowe, SN) was a political party in Poland which was reactivated in 1989 in Warsaw by Jan Ostoja Matłachowski, Leon Mirecki, Maciej Giertych, Bogusław Jeznach, Bogusław Rybicki and others as the successor to the pre-war National Party. Its first chairman was Stefan Jarzębski. The re-activated SN was officially registered on 21 August 1990.

The party adhered to the tradition of endecja, mainly the ideas of Roman Dmowski. The party opposed Poland's membership in the EU and NATO. In the Polish parliamentary election in 1991, the party won 74 082 votes equating to 0,66%. In 1992, the party underwent a split, as one faction led by Bogusław Rybicki formed the Stronnictwo Narodowe “Ojczyzna” (National Party “Fatherland”).[11] Most of its members eventually entered the League of Polish Families (LPR) and dissolved the National Party in 2001.

  1. ^ Tomasiewicz 2003, p. 74
  2. ^ Tomasiewicz 2003, p. 75
  3. ^ Tomasiewicz 2003, p. 83
  4. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference waniek was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ Tomasiewicz 2003, pp. 87–88
  6. ^ Cite error: The named reference tom_har_80 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  7. ^ Tomasiewicz 2003, p. 76
  8. ^ Tomasiewicz 2003, p. 81
  9. ^ Tomasiewicz 2003, p. 245
  10. ^ Tomasiewicz 2003, pp. 79–80
  11. ^ Liang, C.S. (2007). Europe for the Europeans: The Foreign and Security Policy of the Populist Radical Right. Ashgate. p. 266. ISBN 9780754648512. Retrieved 2015-06-24.