Mirosław Mariusz Piotrowski (born 9 January 1966 in

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) is an

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and

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(MEP). He was originally elected in 2004 with the

League of Polish Families The League of Polish Families (Polish: ''Liga Polskich Rodzin'', LPR) is a conservative political party in Poland, with many far-right elements in the past. The party's original ideology was that of the National Democracy movement which was heade ...

, then part of the

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grouping. At the 2009 election, he was re-elected for

Law and Justice Law and Justice ( pl, Prawo i Sprawiedliwość , PiS) is a right-wing populist and national-conservative political party in Poland. Its chairman is Jarosław Kaczyński. It was founded in 2001 by Jarosław and Lech Kaczyński as a direct su ...

. He left Law and Justice in January 2012 and to sit as an independent MEP in the

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group, alongside Law and Justice, but became reconciled with his old party, to again become its representative for the 2014 European Parliamentary elections. Piotrowski was a member of the

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's Committee on Foreign Affairs. He was a substitute for the

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and a vice-chair of the Delegation for Relations with Australia and New Zealand. He participated in the

2020 Polish presidential election Presidential elections were held in Poland on 28 June 2020. As no candidate received a majority of the vote, a second round was held on 12 July, in which incumbent president Andrzej Duda, running with the support of Law and Justice, faced off ag ...

during which he received 21,065 votes (0.11%), coming last out of eleven candidates.https://wybory.gov.pl/prezydent20200628/pl/wyniki/pl (in Polish)

Education

* 2003: Masters (1990), Doctorate (1993),

Catholic University of Lublin John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin ( pl, Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski Jana Pawła II, la, Universitas Catholica Lublinensis Ioannis Pauli II, abbreviation KUL), established in 1918. It is the only private college in Poland with the s ...

(KUL), assistant professor, Nicolas Copernicus University (2001) and associate professor KUL

Career

* 1994-2000: Scholarships from the Herder Institut (Germany),

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(Germany), Conference of German Academies of Sciences (Germany), the

Foundation for Polish Science The Foundation For Polish Science ( pl, Fundacja na rzecz Nauki Polskiej, FNP) is an independent, non-profit making organisation which aim at improving the opportunities for doing research in Poland. Established in 1990, registered in 1991, the ...

(Poland), and the University of Leuven (Belgium). * 2002: Prize of the Prime Minister of the Republic of Poland awarded to the qualifying thesis for an assistant professorship on the remigration of Poles from Germany 1918-1939 'Reemigracja Polaków z Niemiec 1918-1939'

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* * * 1966 births Living people People from Zielona Góra John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin alumni Law and Justice MEPs League of Polish Families MEPs MEPs for Poland 2004–2009 MEPs for Poland 2009–2014 MEPs for Poland 2014–2019 Candidates in the 2020 Polish presidential election {{Poland-MEP-stub