Roman Kotliński (born March 15, 1967, in
Koło
Koło (; during the German occupation called ''Wartbrücken'' in 1940–41, ''Warthbrücken'' in 1941–45) is a town on the Warta River in central Poland with 23,101 inhabitants (2006). It is situated in the Greater Poland Voivodship (since 19 ...
) is a Polish publisher, writer, journalist and politician; formerly he was Roman Catholic priest during 3 years. He published a trilogy ''Byłem księdzem'' (''I was a priest'') and in March 2000 he began publishing the newspaper "
Fakty i Mity", left-wing and anticlerical oriented weekly magazine. He was member of
Democratic Left Alliance
The Democratic Left Alliance () was a social-democratic political party in Poland. It was formed in 9 July 1991 as an electoral alliance of centre-left parties, and became a single party on 15 April 1999. It was the major coalition party in Po ...
for several years, then become co-founder of
Reason Party. In the
October 2011 parliamentary elections, he was elected to the
Sejm
The Sejm (English: , Polish: ), officially known as the Sejm of the Republic of Poland (Polish: ''Sejm Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej''), is the lower house of the bicameral parliament of Poland.
The Sejm has been the highest governing body of t ...
as a candidate of the
Palikot's Movement
Your Movement ( pl, Twój Ruch, which can also be translated as ''Your Move'', TR) is a social liberal, populist and anti-clerical political party in Poland. The party was founded by Janusz Palikot, a former Civic Platform MP, in October 2010 ...
receiving 17 720 votes in Łódź district.
Voting results: National Electoral Commission
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Roman Kotliński believes that Grzegorz Piotrowski
Grzegorz (german: Falkenstein) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Chełmża, within Toruń County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. It lies approximately north-east of Chełmża and north of Toruń
...
abducted Jerzy Popiełuszko
Jerzy Popiełuszko ( born Alfons Popiełuszko; 14 September 1947–19 October 1984) was a Polish Roman Catholic priest who became associated with the opposition Solidarity trade union in communist Poland. He was murdered in 1984 by three agen ...
but didn't kill him. "Fakty i Mity" cooperated with Grzegorz Piotrowski.
Sources
lewica.pl: Łódzkie: Roman Kotliński liderem listy Ruchu Palikota
(Polish)
1967 births
Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University in Warsaw alumni
Your Movement politicians
Democratic Left Alliance politicians
Living people
Polish journalists
Members of the Polish Sejm 2011–2015
People from Koło County
Laicized Roman Catholic priests
Former Roman Catholics
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