Jacek Wilk (born 17 August 1974 in

Kocina, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship Kocina is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Opatowiec, within Kazimierza County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, in south-central Poland. It lies approximately north of Opatowiec, east of Kazimierza Wielka, and south of the regio ...

) is a Polish barrister, economist and politician. He was the official candidate of the

Congress of the New Right The Congress of the New Right ( pl, Kongres Nowej Prawicy, Nowa Prawica or just KNP) is an economically libertarian, socially conservative and Eurosceptic political party in Poland. The party was founded on 25 March 2011 by Janusz Korwin-Mikke ...

party for the office of

President of Poland The president of Poland ( pl, Prezydent RP), officially the president of the Republic of Poland ( pl, Prezydent Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej), is the head of state of Poland. Their rights and obligations are determined in the Constitution of Polan ...

in the

2015 Polish presidential election Presidential elections were held in Poland on 10 and 24 May 2015. In the first round of voting Law and Justice (PiS) candidate, lawyer and Member of the European Parliament, Andrzej Duda received the greatest number of votes with a share of 34.7 ...

s after resigning from supporting its quitting member

Janusz Korwin-Mikke Janusz Ryszard Korwin-Mikke (; 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 ...

. In the first round he received 0.46% of votes, which gave him the tenth place among the candidates. In 2015, he was elected to

Sejm The Sejm (English: , Polish: ), officially known as the Sejm of the Republic of Poland ( Polish: ''Sejm Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej''), is the lower house of the bicameral parliament of Poland. The Sejm has been the highest governing body of ...

, starting from the Kukiz15 lists in the Warsaw I constituency. Later he joined Konfederacja. He was not re-elected in 2019. He was a candidate in the 2019–20 Confederation presidential primary but was eliminated after the third round of voting. He then endorsed Krzysztof Bosak.

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Candidates in the 2015 Polish presidential election Congress of the New Right politicians Kukiz'15 politicians 20th-century Polish lawyers 1974 births Living people People from Kazimierza County 21st-century Polish lawyers {{Poland-politician-stub