Jerzy Janusz Kropiwnicki (born July 5, 1945 in Częstochowa

Czestochowa

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) is a Polish

Poland

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 right-wing politician

Politician

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, member of Law and Justice

Law and Justice

Law and Justice , abbreviated to PiS, is a right-wing, conservative political party in Poland. With 147 seats in the Sejm and 38 in the Senate, it is the second-largest party in the Polish parliament....

 party.

He was leader of small party Christian-National Union (Zjednoczenie Chrześcijańsko-Narodowe

Zjednoczenie Chrześcijańsko-Narodowe

The Christian National Union , abbreviated to ZChN, is a Polish national conservative political party. Founded on 15 September 1989, the party traced its tradition to the Solidarity movement, as well as pre-war National Democracy and Polish Christian Democratic Party.The party adhered to the...

, ZChN). He was a president of the city of Łódź from 2002 until 2010. On November 2006 he was reelected for the office of president of the city of Łódź, but was ousted by referendum in January 2010, in which 96 percent of voters (turnout 22.2 percent) voted against him.