Janusz Palikot Politician
Janusz Marian Palikot ([ˈjanuʂ paˈlikɔt], born 26 October 1964 in Biłgoraj) is a Polish politician, activist and businessman. Palikot studied philosophy and became wealthy as a businessman who dealt with crates and distilled beverages (dealt with international trade with tax havens in the Polish privatization period). He was elected to Sejm on 25 September 2005 in the 6 Lublin district, running on the Civic Platform list, and was reelected in 2007.Palikot left Civic Platform in 2010 and founded Movement of Support, later renamed Palikot's Movement, an anti-clerical and liberal party, which won 10 percent of the vote in the 2011 parliamentary election.
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office | Member of the Sejm Chairperson of the Palikot's Movement Chairperson of the Your Movement |
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