Bogusław Rogalski (born 11 March 1972) is a Polish
far-right
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politician and the current leader of Union of Christian Families.
He graduated in 1997 from the Olsztyn Pedagogical University. As a student, between 1993 and 1997 he was chairman of the Olsztyn district of
All-Polish Youth
The All-Polish Youth () refers to two inter-linked Polish far-right ultranationalist List of youth organizations, youth organizations, with a Political Catholicism, Catholic-nationalist philosophy. Its agenda declares that its aim is "''to raise ...
, and member of the National Party in the same district. he became a member of the Polish-American Historical Association in 2001 and since 2003 is an Honorary Chairman of the Association for Polish Children of War.
He then joined the
League of Polish Families
The League of Polish Families ( Polish: ''Liga Polskich Rodzin,'' , LPR) is a social conservative political party in Poland, with many far-right elements in the past. The party's original ideology was that of the National Democracy movement whic ...
, where he played several key roles. He was elected regional
councillor
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2004 European Parliament election in Poland
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, until 2009 he was a
Member of the European Parliament
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When the European Parliament (then known as the Common Assembly of the European Coal and S ...
(MEP) for the
Podlasie
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Similarly to several other historical regions of Poland, e.g ...
voivodship
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s in the north-east of
Poland
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. He represented the
League of Polish Families
The League of Polish Families ( Polish: ''Liga Polskich Rodzin,'' , LPR) is a social conservative political party in Poland, with many far-right elements in the past. The party's original ideology was that of the National Democracy movement whic ...
and was in the Alliance of a Europe for the Nations Group, he sat on the
European Parliament
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's
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He left LPR in 2005, went on to co-find a new political party, Forward Poland, which existed for two years until 2010. In 2009 he was a candidate for the mayor of Olsztyn in the by-election where he received 4% of the vote.
In 2015 he became chairman and co-founded the Union of Christian Families political party.