League of Polish Families
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League of Polish Families
Liga Polskich Rodzin |
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| Leader | Witold Bałażak |
| Founded | 30 May 2001 |
| Headquarters | ul. Hoża 9, 00-528 Warsaw |
| Ideology |
National Democracy Polish nationalism Social conservatism Christian right Euroscepticism |
| Political position | Right-wing |
| Religion | Roman Catholicism |
| Colours | Blue |
| Sejm |
0 / 460
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| Senate |
0 / 100
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| European Parliament |
0 / 51
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| Website | |
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The League of Polish Families (Polish: Liga Polskich Rodzin, LPR) is a nationalist conservative political party in Poland, part of the Catholic-National Movement and with many elements of far-right ideology. The party's original ideology was that of the national democracy movement which was headed by Roman Dmowski, however in 2006 its leader Roman Giertych distanced himself from that heritage.
It was represented in the Polish parliament, forming part of the cabinet of Jarosław Kaczyński, until the latter dissolved in September 2007. In the 2007 Parliamentary election it failed to gain the 5% of votes required to enter the Sejm and lost all the seats it previously held, in addition to failing meeting the 3% of votes requirement for eligibility to receive government funding. Since then the party has become a minor political force but continues to exist.
The All-Polish Youth used to be affiliated with the party as its youth wing.
The LPR was created just before the elections in 2001 and gained 8% of the vote, giving it 38 out of 460 seats in the Sejm and 2 seats in the Senate. Its former leader, Roman Giertych, studied Law and History at Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań. During his career his political alliances have included such Polish National Democrats as Jan Łopuszański, Antoni Macierewicz, Gabriel Janowski.
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