Jerzy Janusz Kropiwnicki (born 5 July 1945 in
Częstochowa
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) is a Polish right-wing
politician
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, member of
Law and Justice
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It was founded in 2001 by Jarosław and Lech Kaczyński as a direct su ...
party.
He was leader of small party Christian-National Union (
Zjednoczenie Chrześcijańsko-Narodowe,
ZChN
The Christian National Union ( pl, Zjednoczenie Chrześcijańsko-Narodowe), abbreviated to ZChN,Maher (2004), p. 3458 was a Polish nationalist political party in Poland. Founded on 15 September 1989, the party traced its tradition to the Solida ...
).
[Encyclopedia Solidarnosci (Encyclopedia of ]Solidarity
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)
/ref> He was a president of the city of Łódź
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from 2002 until 2010.
In 2003 he banned "Parade of Freedom" (techno music festival) in the city (which was taking place between 1997 and 2003).
In November 2006 he was reelected for the office of president of the city of Łódź, but was ousted by referendum in January 2010, in which 96 percent of voters (turnout 22.2 percent) voted against him[Piotr Wesołowski, "Jerzy Kropiwnicki odwołany w referendum!", '']Gazeta Wyborcza
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'', 2010-01-17, (parties in favour of Kropiwnicki advised their supporters to boycott the referendum in an effort to bust quorum).
References
1945 births
Living people
People from Częstochowa
Christian National Union politicians
Law and Justice politicians
Members of the Polish Sejm 1991–1993
Members of the Polish Sejm 1997–2001
Solidarity (Polish trade union) activists
Mayors of Łódź
Recipients of the Order of Polonia Restituta
Government ministers of Poland
SGH Warsaw School of Economics alumni
University of Łódź alumni
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