Krzysztof Bosak
{{short description|Polish politician (born 1982)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2020}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Krzysztof Bosak
| nationality = Polish
| image = K bosak2020.jpg
| imagesize = frameless
| alt =
| caption = Krzysztof Bosak in 2020
| office = Deputy Marshal of the Sejm
| term_start = 13 November 2023
| term_end =
| 1blankname = {{nowrap|Marshal}}
| 1namedata = Szymon Hołownia
| office1 = Chairman of the National Movement
| term_start1 = 12 May 2023
| term_end1 =
| predecessor1 = Robert Winnicki
| office2 = Member of the Sejm
| term_start2 = 12 November 2019
| term_end2 =
| constituency2 = 33 – Kielce (2019–2023)
24 – Białystok (2023–)
| term_start3 = 25 September 2005
| term_end3 = 4 November 2007
| constituency3 = 8 – Zielona Góra
| party = National Movement (since 2012)
League of Polish Families (2001–2008)
| otherparty = Confederation (since 2019)
| spouse = {{marriage|Karina Bosak|2020}}{{cite web|title=Kim jest Karina Walinowicz? Żona Krzysztofa Bosaka to prawniczka Ordo Iuris [zdjęcia] [instagram]|trans-title=Who is Karina Walinowicz? Krzysztof Bosak's wife is a lawyer Ordo Iuris [photos] [instagram]|url=https://polskatimes.pl/kim-jest-karina-walinowicz-zona-krzysztofa-bosaka-to-prawniczka-ordo-iuris-zdjecia-instagram/ar/c1-14773918|date=8 June 2020|accessdate=30 July 2020|language=Polish}}
| children = 3
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1982|6|13|df=y}}
| birth_place = Zielona Góra, Lubusz Voivodeship, Polish People’s Republic
| death_date =
| death_place =
| alma_mater = Wrocław University of Science and Technology (didn't graduate)
| website = {{url|http://bosak2020.pl/|Campaign website}}
}}
Krzysztof Bosak ({{IPA|pol|ˈkʂɨʂtɔf ˈbɔsak}}, born 13 June 1982) is a far-right{{cite web |last1=Kalan |first1=Dariusz |title=How the far-right could be kingmaker in Poland's knife edge presidential election |url=https://www.euronews.com/2020/07/10/how-the-far-right-could-be-kingmaker-in-poland-s-knife-edge-presidential-election |website=Euronews |accessdate=28 October 2020 |date=10 July 2020}} Polish politician. He serves as the Deputy Marshal of the Sejm of the Republic of Poland. He was a member of the Sejm for the League of Polish Families from 2005 to 2007 and has been a member of the Sejm again since 2019 for the Confederation. Bosak was the chairman of the All-Polish Youth from 2005 to 2006 and was one of the founders and the current chairman of the National Movement. He was a candidate for president in 2020.
Early life and education
Bosak was born in Zielona Góra. He trained acrobatics in his youth, as well as windsurfing, and was a sailing instructor.{{Cite web|url=http://tanieczgwiazdami.onet.pl/29887,pary.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071231153644/http://tanieczgwiazdami.onet.pl/29887,pary.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=31 December 2007|title=Taniec z Gwiazdami - Pary, szósta edycja - Uczestnicy - Para numer 10 - Krzysztof i Kamila|date=31 December 2007|access-date=9 March 2020}} He joined the Polish Scouting and Guiding Association (ZHP).
From 2001 to 2004, he studied architecture at Wrocław University of Science and Technology. He also studied philosophy as well, but did not complete any of his studies.{{Cite web|url=https://wpolityce.pl/polityka/484568-oni-chca-byc-prezydentem-bosak-i-holownia-bez-studiow|title=Oni chcą być prezydentem? Bosak i Hołownia bez studiów|website=wpolityce.pl|access-date=9 March 2020}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.newsweek.pl/polska/krzysztof-bosak-narodowiec-imprezowy-newsweek-pl,artykuly,274753,1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180211184549/http://www.newsweek.pl/polska/krzysztof-bosak-narodowiec-imprezowy-newsweek-pl,artykuly,274753,1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=11 February 2018|title=Krzysztof Bosak - narodowiec imprezowy - newsweek.pl - Polska - Newsweek.pl|date=11 February 2018|access-date=9 March 2020}} From 2004 to 2008, he studied economics at the SGH Warsaw School of Economics. He later studied at Collegium Humanum, but quit when he became aware of the issues concerning C.H. studies.{{Cite web |date=2024-11-30 |title=Bosak był studentem Collegium Humanum. Pół roku temu zaprzeczał |url=https://tvn24.pl/polska/krzysztof-bosak-mowi-ze-uczestniczyl-w-zajeciach-na-collegium-humanum-pol-roku-temu-zaprzeczal-st8202177 |access-date=2024-12-01 |website=TVN24 |language=pl}}
Political career
File:0.2014 Krzysztof Bosak in Sanok - "Zeit für radikale Veränderung".JPG in 2014]]
He was elected to the Sejm on 25 September 2005, getting 3764 votes in 8 – Zielona Góra as a candidate from the League of Polish Families list. Thus, he was the second-youngest person ever elected to the Polish Sejm. He took part in the sixth Polish edition of Dancing with the Stars.
On 13 June 2008, he resigned his membership of the League of Polish Families and backed out from political life. In 2011, he took part in Congress of the New Right but never joined the party. Later he became one of the founders of the National Movement.
He contested the 2019 European Parliament election, but was not elected as the coalition did not pass the electoral threshold of 5%.{{cite news |title=Krzysztof Bosak zapowiada dalszą współpracę Konfederacji! "Mamy zamiar w obecnym składzie kandydować jesienią" {{!}} nczas.com |url=https://nczas.com/2019/06/02/krzysztof-bosak-zapowiada-dalsza-wspolprace-konfederacji-mamy-zamiar-w-obecnym-skladzie-kandydowac-jesienia/ |accessdate=4 June 2019 |language=pl-PL}}
In the 2019 Polish parliamentary election, he was elected member of the Sejm. He received 22,158 votes in the 33- Kielce.{{Cite web|url=https://sejmsenat2019.pkw.gov.pl/sejmsenat2019/pl/wyniki/komitet/26073/sejm/okr/33|title=Wybory do Sejmu i Senatu Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej 2019 r.|website=sejmsenat2019.pkw.gov.pl}} He was named the vice-chairman and spokesperson for Confederation in the Sejm.{{Cite web|url=https://www.dorzeczy.pl/kraj/117849/kolo-konfederacji-wybralo-juz-wladze.html|title=Koło Konfederacji wybrało już władze|date=18 October 2019|website=Do Rzeczy}}
He was a candidate in the 2020 Confederation presidential primary. He has a strong support among the many factions in his political group as well as the general public.{{Cite web|url=https://wiadomosci.radiozet.pl/Polska/Polityka/Sondaz-IBRiS-dla-Rzeczpospolitej-Polacy-wybrali-najlepszych-kandydatow-na-prezydenta|title=Sondaz IBRiS dla Rzeczpospolitej: Polacy wybrali najlepszych kandydatów na prezydenta - Wiadomości|date=24 October 2019|website=wiadomosci.radiozet.pl}} He won the nomination held at the party convention in Warsaw on 18 January.{{Cite web|url=https://www.dorzeczy.pl/kraj/126752/znamy-kandydata-konfederacji-na-prezydenta.html|title=Znamy kandydata Konfederacji na prezydenta|date=18 January 2020|website=Do Rzeczy}} In the election he finished in fourth place receiving 6.8% and over 1.3 million votes.
In the 2023 Polish parliamentary election he headed the election list of the Confederation Freedom and Independence in the Białystok parliamentary constituency.{{cite web|url=https://wiadomosci.radiozet.pl/polska/polityka/konfederacja-listy-wyborcze-2023-kandydaci-okregi-warszawa-gdansk-lodz-katowice|title=KONFEDERACJA: listy wyborcze 2023, okręgi, kandydaci do Sejmu|lang=pl|date=2023-09-21|accessdate=2023-10-03|publisher=radiozet.pl}}{{cite web|url=https://www.radio.bialystok.pl/wiadomosci/index/id/228940|title=Krzysztof Bosak liderem podlaskiej listy wyborczej Konfederacji do Sejmu|date=2023-07-20|accessdate=2023-10-03|publisher=Polish Radio}}
On 13 December 2023, a motion was submitted to the Sejm to dismiss Bosak from the position of Deputy Marshal of the Sejm. It was indicated in the motion that Bosak enabled Grzegorz Braun to deliver an anti-Semitic speech in which, among other things, he referred to the ceremony of lighting Hanukkah candles as "racist."{{Cite web |title=Do Sejmu wpłynął wniosek Lewicy o odwołanie wicemarszałka Sejmu Krzysztofa Bosaka. PiS nie wyklucza poparcia. |url=https://www.pap.pl/aktualnosci/do-sejmu-wplynal-wniosek-lewicy-o-odwolanie-wicemarszalka-sejmu-krzysztofa-bosaka-pis |access-date=2023-12-18 |website=www.pap.pl}}{{Cite news |last=Bayer |first=Lili |date=2023-12-12 |title=Far-right Polish MP uses fire extinguisher to put out Hanukah candles after Donald Tusk speaks out against xenophobia – as it happened |language=en-GB |work=the Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2023/dec/12/donald-tusk-prime-minister-poland-parliament-coalition-europe-latest-news |access-date=2023-12-18 |issn=0261-3077}}
Political stances
Bosak is a hard eurosceptic who is pursuing a Polish withdrawal from the EU.{{cite news |last1=Krawatzek |first1=Félix |title=Poland’s viral election |url=https://www.zois-berlin.de/en/publications/polands-viral-election |access-date=26 September 2024 |work=Centre for East European and International Studies |date=6 May 2020}} He identifies as a national conservative and a traditional Catholic. In his view, the major right-wing parties of Western Europe have capitulated to the liberal revolution and no longer promote conservative values. He is also critical of the Law and Justice party, which, according to him, will most likely follow the same path as right-wing parties in the West.{{Cite web|url=http://www.gazetaprawna.pl/artykuly/1393773,krzysztof-bosak-o-prawie-i-sprawiedliwosci-i-kandydowaniu-do-pe.html|title=PiS tylko udaje partię antyunijną i konserwatywną. Bosak: To partia etatystycznej centrolewicy [WYWIAD]|website=www.gazetaprawna.pl|date=23 January 2019}}
Electoral history
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!% !Position !Result !Votes !% !Position !Result |
| 2020
| 1,317,380 | 6.78 | #4 | Run-off | | | | |
Personal life
Bosak is married to Karina, a politician and legal counsel working for a right-wing populist, conservative Catholic law organization Ordo Iuris. They have two sons and a daughter.{{Cite web|url=https://www.fakt.pl/wydarzenia/polityka/kim-jest-zona-krzysztofa-bosaka-slub-i-wesele-krzysztofa-bosaka/nb4cgz1|title = Pierwszy taniec Bosaka z żoną! Tylko w Fakt24|date = 9 February 2020}}{{cite web |title=Karina Bosak zdradziła płeć dziecka. Mówiła też o hotelach dla małżeństw |url=https://www.polsatnews.pl/wiadomosc/2023-10-19/karina-bosak-nie-widze-problemu-w-przychodzeniu-z-dzieckiem-do-sejmu/ |website=Polsat News |language=pl |date=19 October 2023}}{{Cite web|url=https://wydarzenia.interia.pl/kraj/news-krzysztof-bosak-zostal-ojcem-na-swiat-przyszla-emilia-maria,nId,7157141|title = Krzysztof Bosak został ojcem. Na świat przyszła Emilia Maria|date = 18 November 2023}}
See also
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20060805134106/http://www.sejm.gov.pl/poslowie/posel5/024.htm Krzysztof Bosak – parliamentary page] – includes declarations of interest, voting record, and transcripts of speeches.
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Category:People from Zielona Góra
Category:Far-right politics in Poland
Category:Members of the Polish Sejm 2005–2007
Category:Members of the Polish Sejm 2019–2023
Category:League of Polish Families politicians
Category:Polish traditionalist Catholics
Category:Polish critics of Islam
Category:Anti-Islam sentiment in Poland
Category:Candidates in the 2020 Polish presidential election