Janusz Korwin-Mikke

Janusz Korwin-Mikke
Janusz Korwin-Mikke
	Korwin-Mikke in 2016
Chairman of New Hope
	In office; 22 January 2015 – 15 October 2022
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Sławomir Mentzen
Member of the Sejm
	In office; 12 November 2019 – 12 November 2023
Constituency	Warsaw I
	In office; 25 November 1991 – 31 May 1993
Constituency	Poznań 18
Member of the European Parliament
	In office; 1 July 2014 – 1 March 2018
Constituency	Katowice
Personal details
Born	Janusz Ryszard Korwin-Mikke; 27 October 1942; Warsaw, General Governorate, German Reich; (German-occupied Poland)
Political party	New Hope (Poland); Confederation;
Other political; affiliations	SD (1962–1982); Real Politics Union (1987–2009); WiP (2009–2011); KNP (2011–2015);
Spouses	Ewa Mieczkowska (m. 1966; div. 1973); Małgorzata Szmit (m. 1993, divorced); Dominika Sibiga (m. 2016);
Children	8
Alma mater	University of Warsaw (MPhil)
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Janusz Ryszard Korwin-Mikke (Polish: [ˈjanuʂ ˈkɔrvʲin ˈmʲikkɛ]; born 27 October 1942), also known by his initials JKM or simply as Korwin, is a Polish far-right politician, paleolibertarian 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), 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.

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