The National Party (, SN) was a political party in Poland which was reactivated in 1989 in

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by Jan Ostoja Matłachowski,

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, Bogusław Jeznach, Bogusław Rybicki and others as the successor to the pre-war National Party. Its first chairman was Stefan Jarzębski. The re-activated SN was officially registered on 21 August 1990. The party adhered to the tradition of endecja, mainly the ideas of

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. The party opposed Poland's membership in the EU and

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. In the Polish parliamentary election in 1991, the party won 74 082 votes equating to 0,66%. In 1992, the party underwent a split, as one faction led by Bogusław Rybicki formed the Stronnictwo Narodowe “Ojczyzna” (National Party “Fatherland”), which advocated

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and anti-German views. Most of its members eventually entered the

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(LPR) and dissolved the National Party in 2001.

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