National Party of Retirees and Pensioners ( pl, Krajowa Partia Emerytów i Rencistów, KPEiR) is a minor

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. The main goal of KPEiR is protecting retired seniors, pensioners and trust-busting. The current leader (Prezes, President in

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) is former

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 ...

Member

Tomasz Mamiński Tomasz Mamiński (born 9 July 1943 in Puławy, General Government) is a Polish politician, a leader of the National Party of Retirees and Pensioners (KPEiR) and former Sejm The Sejm (English: , Polish: ), officially known as the Sejm of th ...

. KPEiR was founded in 1994. However, party lost the parliamentary election in 1997 winning just 284 826 votes (2.18%) and no seat in

and

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. During municipal elections of 1998 KPEiR, allied with

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 Pol ...

(SLD),

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 i ...

(PSL) and

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(UP) won some seats. During the 2001 parliamentary election KPEiR run in coalition with SLD, UP and Democratic Party. Coalition won the election in landslide and SLD/UP formed government together with PSL.

, party leader, had won a Sejm seat in

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. However, Mamiński was expelled from Parliamentary club of SLD after scandal in Sejm restaurant. Then he joined

Federacyjny Klub Parlamentarny The Federated Parliamentary Club (''Federacyjny Klub Parlamentarny'', ''FKP'') was a parliamentary faction in Polish Sejm consisting of the People's Democratic Party and National Party of Retirees and Pensioners and former members of Polish Peop ...

, which included various Sejm members from various parties. Party did not run in 2005 and 2007 parliamentary election and didn't endorsed any other list. Their future is unclear.

References

External links

Official site
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