Jarosław Kaczyński
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Jarosław Aleksander Kaczyński (1949–) is a Polish politician and leader of the Law and Justice Party (Prawo i Sprawiedliwość, PiS) who served as prime minister of Poland from 2006 to 2007 and as the deputy prime minister of twice from 2020 to 2022 and from June to November 2023. Kaczyński is an extreme anti-communist, originating from his past of defying authoritarian communism such as the communist Polish government that controlled Poland at the time, joining protests in March 1968 during a political crisis in the country. He also participated in protests in 1980 and strikes in 1988.[1]
Politics[edit]
Since 1989, Kaczyński engaged in Polish politics and made himself a significant presence by taking part in the Polish Round Table Agreement
that resulted in independent trade unions, and more free elections within communist Poland. Kaczyński later went on to serve as a senator of Poland from 1989 to 1991, starting his career as a politician.
Jarosław co-founded the PiS party with his twin brother Lech Kaczyński (who died the Smolensk air disaster in 2010) in 2001, and Jarosław himself became leader of the party in 2003. He served as prime minister while his brother served as president (a rank case of nepotism).
Jarosław opposes immigration and LGBT rights, decrying them as foreign imports that threaten Poland's Catholic identity and civilization.[2][3] He has stated that immigrants carry foreign and deadly germs, and that all immigration must be stopped. This is despite Poland no longer having any immigrants entering the country.[4]
Despite his party’s anti-Islamic stance, the PiS party (along with Hungary's government) went to Iran to join and support the regime's anniversary of the Iranian revolution despite the rest of EU and their own citizens protesting and boycotting the regime's atrocities.[5][6]
Reign[edit]
Under his leadership, he attempted to ban counterprotesting while painting them as traitors threatening the nation and influence far-right protestors supportive of the PiS party (ironically becoming the very same authoritarianism that he fought against in his younger years).[7]
The only good things[edit]
Kaczyński has had a few stopped clock moments. An example is his support for animal rights by banning of breeding fur animals in Poland, which ensures protections for any animal species in Poland used prior as sources for fur clothing (like foxes, minks, martens, sables, and other species).[8] He’s also considerably less extreme on gay rights than his peers (which isn’t much, but it’s saying something). He claims to view gay people as humans and states that he doesn’t support bigotry against them and similar groups, but proclaims that they cannot mix in society regardless.[9] Also, in contrast to his American and Hungerian counterparts, he is very strongly opposed to Putin's Russia.
See also[edit]
- Donald Trump, his American counterpart.
- Viktor Yanukovych, his Ukrainian counterpart.
- Viktor Orbán, his Hungarian counterpart.
- Geert Wilders, his Dutch counterpart.
- Nigel Farage, his British counterpart.
References[edit]
- ↑ Polish lawmakers slam 1968 purge of Jews, praise protest The Seattle Times
- ↑ Poland's Ruling Party Chair Calls LGBT Rights a Threat to the Nation Time 100
- ↑ Party Leader Calls LGBT Rights an Imported Threat to Poland VOA
- ↑ Migrants carry ‘parasites and protozoa,’ warns Polish opposition leader Politico
- ↑ Defying EU boycott, Poland and Hungary send envoys to Iran Revolution anniversary Times of Israel
- ↑ Poland, Hungary ignore EU boycott to celebrate Iranian revolution in Tehran Politico
- ↑ Poles to the right of Jarosław Kaczyński Politico
- ↑ Kaczyński apeluje z ekranu w Brukseli: niech futra przejdą do historii
- ↑ New Anti-Gay Regime in Poland Catholic ultra-conservatives bash their way to victory. By Tomek Kitlinski and Pawel Leszkowicz The Gully