Janusz Korwin-Mikke

Janusz Korwin-Mikke
Korwin-Mikke in 2016
Chairman of New Hope
In office
22 January 2015 – 15 October 2022
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded bySławomir Mentzen
Member of the Sejm
In office
12 November 2019 – 12 November 2023
ConstituencyWarsaw I
In office
25 November 1991 – 31 May 1993
ConstituencyPoznań 18
Member of the European Parliament
In office
1 July 2014 – 1 March 2018
ConstituencyKatowice
Personal details
Born
Janusz Ryszard Korwin-Mikke

(1942-10-27) 27 October 1942 (age 82)
Warsaw, General Governorate, German Reich
(German-occupied Poland)
Political party
  • KORWiN (2024–present)[1]
Other political
affiliations
Spouses
  • Ewa Mieczkowska
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    (m. 1966; div. 1973)​
  • Małgorzata Szmit
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    (m. 1993, divorced)​
  • Dominika Sibiga
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    (m. 2016)​
Children8
Alma materUniversity of Warsaw (MPhil)
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Janusz Ryszard Korwin-Mikke (Polish: [ˈjanuʂ ˈkɔrvʲin ˈmʲikkɛ]; born 27 October 1942),[2] also known by his initials JKM or simply as Korwin, is a Polish far-right[3][4][5][6] politician, paleolibertarian[7][8][9] and author. He was a member of the European Parliament from 2014 until 2018. He was the leader of the Congress of the New Right (KNP),[10] which was formed in 2011 from Liberty and Lawfulness, which he led from its formation in 2009, and the Real Politics Union, which he led from 1990 to 1997 and from 1999 to 2003. He was the chairman of the party KORWiN until his resignation on 15 October 2022, and from 2019 to 2023 a member of the Sejm, elected from the electoral list of Confederation Liberty and Independence.

  1. ^ Korwin-Mikke split from the New Hope party and founded a new party called KORWiN
  2. ^ "Dane osoby z katalogu". Biuletyn Informacji Publicznej (in Polish). Archived from the original on 20 September 2020. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
  3. ^ Gera, Vanessa (10 October 2019). "Tension over gay rights moves to fore in Polish election". The Associated Press. Archived from the original on 21 December 2020. Retrieved 30 May 2020.
  4. ^ Rankin, Jennifer (14 March 2017). "Polish MEP punished for saying women are less intelligent than men". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 2 November 2020. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
  5. ^ Soguel, Dominique (9 October 2019). "When the right wing is still 'too socialist': Poland's far-right unites". The Christian Science Monitor. Archived from the original on 6 February 2021. Retrieved 30 May 2020.
  6. ^ Melchior, Sigrid (8 May 2017). A Reporter's Guide to the EU. Taylor & Francis. p. 61. ISBN 978-1-138-67862-0. Archived from the original on 12 March 2021. Retrieved 30 May 2020.
  7. ^ "Polish presidential election: legalise child pornography". telegraph.co.uk. The Telegraph. 10 May 2015. Archived from the original on 1 March 2021. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
  8. ^ "How the far-right could be kingmaker in Poland's knife edge presidential election". euronews.com. Euronews. 10 July 2020. Archived from the original on 1 November 2020. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
  9. ^ "USHERING IN POLAND'S REAGAN DEMOCRATS". sfppr.org. Selous Foundation for Public Policy Research. Archived from the original on 20 January 2021. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
  10. ^ "Korwin-Mikke ousted as leader of New Right". thenews.pl. Polskie Radio. Archived from the original on 8 January 2015. Retrieved 8 January 2015.