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Normal Country
Normal Country (, NK) is a Polish right-wing political party founded in January 2015 as a result of a split in Association "Republicans". It was formally registered on 30 April 2015. Until 14 June 2015, it was known as Republican Congress (). History The creation of Republican Congress was announced in January 2015 by members of Association "Republicans" (''Stowarzyszenie "Republikanie"'') dissatisfied with the leadership of Przemysław Wipler, including Tomasz Jaskóła (who soon left the Congress in favor of Kukiz’15). Krzysztof Fluder became its chairman. During its first convention on 14 June 2015, it was renamed to Normal Country and former Congress of the New Right member Wiesław Lewicki became its new chairman. The party also cut ties with the idea of republicanism, taking on an anti-establishment and strongly right-wing bend. The former chairman Krzysztof Flunder founded a centre-right splinter party Republicans RP (''Republikanie RP'') which dissolved in 2017. No ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wiesław Lewicki (Normal Country)
Wiesław Lewicki is a Polish politician and leader of the Normal Country party. Biography Wiesław Lewicki was born in 1971 in Łodygowice. He is a small businessman. Lewicki used to be the vice-chairman of Janusz Korwin-Mikke's Congress of the New Right. As part of the Congress' activities, he filed a motion to disband the City Guard of Żywiec in 2013. Later, he joined the Republicans association of Przemysław Wipler, from which he led a split in 2015, leading to the foundation of the party Normal Country. Lewicki contested several elections. In 2023, he contested a seat in Sejm Constituency no. 33, winning 238 votes (0.04%). In 2024, he ran for a seat in the Silesian Voivodeship Sejmik, winning 111 votes (0.05%). He declared his candidacy in the 2020 The year 2020 was heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to global Social impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, social and Economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, economic disruption, mass cancellations an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Republicanism
Republicanism is a political ideology that encompasses a range of ideas from civic virtue, political participation, harms of corruption, positives of mixed constitution, rule of law, and others. Historically, it emphasizes the idea of self-governance and ranges from the rule of a representative minority or aristocracy to popular sovereignty. It has had different definitions and interpretations which vary significantly based on historical context and methodological approach. In countries ruled by a monarch or similar ruler such as the United Kingdom, republicanism is simply the wish to replace the hereditary monarchy by some form of elected republic. Republicanism may also refer to the non-ideological scientific approach to politics and governance. As the republican thinker and second president of the United States John Adams stated in the introduction to his famous '' A Defense of the Constitutions of Government of the United States of America'', the "science of politics ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gmina
The gmina (Polish: , plural ''gminy'' ) is the basic unit of the administrative division of Poland, similar to a municipality. , there were 2,479 gminy throughout the country, encompassing over 43,000 villages. 940 gminy include cities and towns, with 322 among them constituting an independent urban gmina () consisting solely of a standalone town or one of the 107 cities, the latter governed by a city mayor (''prezydent miasta''). The gmina has been the basic unit of territorial division in Poland since 1974, when it replaced the smaller gromada (cluster). Three or more gminy make up a higher level unit called a powiat, except for those holding the status of a city with powiat rights. Each and every powiat has the seat in a city or town, in the latter case either an urban gmina or a part of an urban-rural one. Types There are three types of gmina: #302 urban gmina () constituted either by a standalone town or one of the 107 cities, the latter governed by a city mayor (prezyd ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2024 Polish Local Elections
Local elections were held in Poland on 7 April 2024 to elect members for all 16 regional assemblies (''sejmik wojewódzki''), 314 county (''powiat'') councils, and 2477 municipal (''gmina'') councils, heads (''wójt'') of municipalities and mayors of cities, as well as 18 district councils of Warsaw. While Law and Justice remained the strongest party, the Civic Coalition (Poland), Civic Coalition and its partners saw some improvement, providing them with majorities in up to 11 of the 16 regional assemblies. The second round to elect heads of municipalities, mayors and city presidents was held on 21 April in places where no candidate obtained more than 50% of votes. Background 2018 Polish local elections In the previous local elections held in autumn 2018, Law and Justice (PiS), Poland's ruling party at the time, won the most votes in the regional assembly elections, allowing it to take power in eight of the 16 voivodeships, mainly in eastern and southern Poland. The runner- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Krzysztof Tołwiński
Krzysztof Tołwiński (born 28 February 1968 in Siemiatycze) is a Polish agrarian politician, farmer, and former deputy minister of the treasury from September to November 2007. In 2010 he became a deputy in the Sejm from the Białystok constituency. He replaced Krzysztof Putra who died in the Smolensk air disaster. He ran for election in 2019 starting from the Confederation list but was not elected. He was a candidate in the 2019–20 Confederation presidential primary. In 2022, he became the leader of the Front party. In January 2025, Tołwinski was widely criticized for visiting, together with his party colleague Wacław Klukowski, Belarus and praising the presidential elections A presidential election is the election of any head of state whose official title is President. Elections by country Albania The president of Albania is elected by the Assembly of Albania who are elected by the Albanian public. Chile The ... there as flawless and a role model for democracy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Front (Polish Party)
Front is a Russophilia, Russophilic List of political parties in Poland, political party in Poland. The party was founded in 2022 by Krzysztof Tołwiński, a former politician of Polish People's Party and Law and Justice that was the Polish Ministry of State Treasury (Poland), Vice-Minister of the State Treasury in 2007. The party became controversial for entering a formal agreement with the Liberal Democratic Party of Belarus and publicly expressing support for the presidents of Belarus and Russia, Alexander Lukashenko and Vladimir Putin. Front also became known for its members serving as the bodyguards of Russian ambassador in Poland Siergiej Andriejew, who was previously attacked by anti-Russian protesters when visiting the Mausoleum of the Soviet Soldiers Cemetery. The party is associated with anti-war, socialist and pro-Russian parties in Poland, and in 2024 it co-founded the political coalition Voice of Strong Poland. History The party was registered on 7 March 2023 by former ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
