Jan Filip Libicki (born 17 January 1971 in

Poznań Poznań () is a city on the River Warta in west-central Poland, within the Greater Poland region. The city is an important cultural and business centre, and one of Poland's most populous regions with many regional customs such as Saint John ...

) is a Polish politician.

Early life

Jan Filip Libicki was born on 17 January 1971 in

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. His father,

Marcin Libicki Marcin Wojciech Libicki (born 2 February 1939 in Poznań) is a Polish politician, former member of the Polish parliament (Sejm), elected for the Poznań constituency. He is one of the leaders of the Law and Justice party. On 13 June 2004, he was ...

, is a member of the

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. He was born with

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. Due to his health state, he moves with a wheelchair.

Career

He was elected to

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on 25 September 2005, getting 17503 votes in 39

district, standing 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 joined Poland Comes First when that party split from Law and Justice in 2010. In 2011, he successfully ran for Poland's Senate as a Civic Platform candidate. In 2012, he officially became a member of Civic Platform. He left Civic Platform within the protest of suspending the 3 MP's of PO after voting against abortion law liberalization which was under the party discipline in that voting. Before

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he joined at Polish People's Party and having been elected as a senator. He was successfully cured of

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being hospitalized for a few weeks.

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Libicki supports banning abortion in case of fetal abnormalities. He opposes introduction of

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in Poland. He identifies as

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External links

Jan Filip Libicki - parliamentary page
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