Janusz Korwin-Mikke

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Janusz Korwin-Mikke

Janusz Korwin-Mikke Sejm 2016.JPG

Janusz Korwin-Mikke in 2016

Member of the Sejm

Incumbent

Assumed office

12 November 2019

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 (age 77)

Warsaw, General Governorate, Greater German Reich

Political party KORWiN

Confederation

Other political
affiliations SD (1962–1982)

Real Politics Union (1987–2009)

WiP (2009–2011)

KNP (2011–2015)

Spouse(s) Ewa Mieczkowska (1966–73,div.)

Małgorzata Szmit (1993–?,div.)

Dominika Sibiga (2016–)

Children 8

Alma mater University of Warsaw (Master of Philosophy in 1969)

Signature

Website korwin-mikke.pl

Janusz Korwin-Mikke (Polish: [ˈjanuʂ ˈkɔrvʲin ˈmʲikkɛ]; born 27 October 1942) is a far-right[1][2][3][4]
Polish politician and publicist. He was a member of the European Parliament from 2014 until 2018. He
was the leader of the Congress of the New Right (KNP),[5] which was formed in 2011 from Liberty and
Lawfulness, which he led from its formation in 2009, and the Real Politics Union (Unia Polityki Realnej),
which he led from 1990 to 1997 and from 1999 to 2003. Currently, he is the chairman of the party
Liberty, which changed its name from KORWiN, and since 2019 he is a member of the Sejm, elected from
the electoral list of Confederation Liberty and Independence.