The Federacja Polskiej Przedsiębiorczości (lit. "''Federation of Polish Entrepreneurship''", FPP) was a

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History

The party was established as the Christian Labour Party (''Chrześcijańska Partia Pracy'', ChPP) on 31 March 1990 by representatives of small businesses.Piotr Wróbel (2014) ''Historical Dictionary of Poland 1945-1996'', Routledge, p248 It was part of the

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alliance for the 1991 parliamentary elections. The alliance won five seats in the

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, with Józef Hermanowicz and Henryk Rospara of the ChPP becoming MPs. In 1993 the party was renamed Federacja Polskiej Przedsiębiorczości. It was part of the Catholic Electoral Committee "Homeland" alliance for the 1993 parliamentary elections, but the alliance failed to win any seats. In the late 1990s it became closely aligned with the Movement for Reconstruction of Poland.

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