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Janusz Palikot
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Leader of the Palikot's Movement / Leader of the Your Movement
In office
2 July 2011 – 2 March 2019
Preceded by office established
Succeeded by Marzenna Karkoszka
Kamil Żebrowski
Member of the Sejm
In office
19 October 2005 – 15 September 2015
Constituency 6 – Lublin
Personal details
Born (1964-10-26) 26 October 1964 (age 60)
Biłgoraj, Poland
Political party Your Movement (2011-2023)
Civic Platform (2005–2011)
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Janusz Palikot interviewed in the Sejm

Janusz Marian Palikot ([ˈjanuʂ paˈlikɔt]; born 26 October 1964) is a Polish politician, activist and businessman. Palikot studied philosophy and became wealthy as a businessman who dealt with crates and distilled beverages. He was elected to Sejm on 25 September 2005 in the 6 Lublin district, running on the Civic Platform list, and was re-elected in 2007.

Palikot left Civic Platform in 2011 and founded Movement of Support, later renamed Palikot's Movement, an anti-clerical and liberal party, which won 10 percent of the vote in the 2011 parliamentary election.

Personal life

Palikot was born in Biłgoraj. He studied Philosophy at John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin and earned a master's degree at Warsaw University. He is an entrepreneur and former co-owner of Polmos Lublin S.A. (a vodka business) and Ambra S.A. He is divorced from his first wife, Maria Nowińska, with whom he has two sons, Emil and Aleksander; he has since married Monika Kubat, with whom he has a son, Franciszek, and a daughter, Zofia.

Publications and books

  • Płoną koty w Biłgoraju (autobiography), 2007, ISBN: 978-83-7453-699-8
  • Janusz Palikot, Krzysztof Obłój, Myśli o nowoczesnym biznesie, 2003, ISBN: 83-89405-26-1
  • Poletko Pana P., 2008, ISBN: 978-83-7453-861-9
  • Janusz Palikot, Pop-polityka, 2009, ISBN: 978-83-7453-926-5
  • Ja Palikot (interview by Cezary Michalski), 2010, ISBN: 978-83-7700-001-4
  • Kulisy Platformy (interview by Anna Wojciechowska), 2011, ISBN: 978-83-7700-026-7

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Janusz Palikot para niños

  • Members of Polish Sejm 2005-2007
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