The Polski Blok Ludowy (PBL) (''Polish Peasant Bloc'') was a short lived
political party
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in
Poland
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, founded in 2002 by dissenting members from the parliamentary bodies of the
Polish People's Party
The Polish People's Party ( pl, Polskie Stronnictwo Ludowe, PSL) is an agrarian political party in Poland. It is currently led by Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz.
Its history traces back to 1895, when it held the name People's Party, although it ...
(''PSL'') and
Self-Defense of the Polish Republic
Self-Defence of the Republic of Poland ( pl, Samoobrona Rzeczpospolitej Polskiej, SRP) is a nationalist, populist, and agrarian political party and trade union in Poland. Its platform combines left-wing populist economic policies with religious ...
(''Samoobrona''). Its leader was
Wojciech Mojzesowicz.
The PBL functioned as a political grouping until January 2005. Thereafter the group splintered and its representatives joined various other political parties.
Among the Bloc's former parliamentary representatives were:
Wacław Klukowski (
Szczecin
Szczecin (, , german: Stettin ; sv, Stettin ; Latin: ''Sedinum'' or ''Stetinum'') is the capital and largest city of the West Pomeranian Voivodeship in northwestern Poland. Located near the Baltic Sea and the German border, it is a major s ...
constituency),
Piotr Smolana (
Bielsko-Biała
Bielsko-Biała (; cs, Bílsko-Bělá, german: Bielitz-Biala, szl, Bjylsko-Bjoło) is a city in southern Poland, with a population of approximately 168,319 as of December 2021, making it the 22nd largest city in Poland, and an area of . It is a ...
) and Mojzesowicz himself (
Bydgoszcz
Bydgoszcz ( , , ; german: Bromberg) is a city in northern Poland, straddling the meeting of the River Vistula with its left-bank tributary, the Brda. With a city population of 339,053 as of December 2021 and an urban agglomeration with more ...
)
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