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{{Short description|Polish far-right politician and publicist (born 1942)}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name                = Janusz Korwin-Mikke
| image               = Janusz Korwin-Mikke Sejm 2016.JPG
| caption             = Korwin-Mikke in 2016
| office              = Chairman of [[New Hope (Poland)|New Hope]]
| term_start          = 22 January 2015
| term_end            = 15 October 2022
| predecessor         = ''Position established''
| successor           = [[Sławomir Mentzen]]
| office1             = [[Sejm|Member of the Sejm]]
| term_start1         = 12 November 2019
| term_end1           = 12 November 2023
| constituency1       = [[Sejm Constituency no. 19|No. 19 (Warsaw I)]]
| term_start2         = 25 November 1991
| term_end2           = 31 May 1993
| constituency2       = No. 18 ([[Poznań Voivodeship#1975 to 1998|Poznań]])
| constituency_MP3    = [[Silesian (European Parliament constituency)|Silesian]]
| parliament3         = European
| term_start3         = 1 July 2014
| term_end3           = 1 March 2018
| signature           = Janusz Korwin-Mikke Signature.svg
| party               = KORWiN (2024–present){{Efn|Korwin-Mikke split from the [[New Hope (Poland)|New Hope]] party and founded a new party called KORWiN.}}
| birth_name          = Janusz Ryszard Korwin-Mikke
| birth_date          = {{Birth date and age|1942|10|27|df=y}}
| birth_place         = [[Warsaw]], [[General Government|General Governorate]], [[Nazi Germany|German Reich]]<br>([[Occupation of Poland (1939–1945)|German-occupied Poland]])
| otherparty          = {{ubl|class=nowrap|
 |[[Democratic Party (Poland)|SD]] (1962–1982)
 |[[Real Politics Union]] (1987–2009)
 |[[Liberty and Lawfulness|WiP]] (2009–2011)
 |[[Congress of the New Right|KNP]] (2011–2015)
 |[[New Hope (Poland)|KORWiN/New Hope]] (2015–2023)
}}
| spouse              = {{ubl|{{Marriage|Ewa Mieczkowska|1966|1973|end=div}}|{{Marriage|Małgorzata Szmit|1993||end=div}}|{{Marriage|Dominika Sibiga|2016}}}}
| children            = 8
| relatives           = [[Bartłomiej Pejo]] (son-in-law)
| alma_mater          = [[University of Warsaw]] ([[Master of Philosophy|MPhil]])
}}

'''Janusz Ryszard Korwin-Mikke''' ({{IPA|pol|ˈjanuʂ ˈkɔrvʲin ˈmʲikkɛ|lang}}; born 27 October 1942),<ref>{{Cite web|title=Dane osoby z katalogu|url=https://katalog.bip.ipn.gov.pl/informacje/40225|url-status=live|access-date=7 March 2021|website=Biuletyn Informacji Publicznej|language=pl|archive-date=20 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200920151016/https://katalog.bip.ipn.gov.pl/informacje/40225}}</ref> also known by his initials '''JKM''' or simply as '''Korwin''', is a Polish [[far-right]]<ref>{{cite news |last1=Gera |first1=Vanessa |title=Tension over gay rights moves to fore in Polish election |url=https://apnews.com/7b21d8c690b94980a70c1b043a681c1a |access-date=30 May 2020 |work=The Associated Press |date=10 October 2019 |archive-date=21 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201221011947/https://apnews.com/7b21d8c690b94980a70c1b043a681c1a |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Rankin |first1=Jennifer |title=Polish MEP punished for saying women are less intelligent than men |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/mar/14/polish-mep-janusz-korwin-mikke-punished-saying-women-less-intelligent-men |access-date=25 May 2020 |work=The Guardian |date=14 March 2017 |archive-date=2 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201102160318/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/mar/14/polish-mep-janusz-korwin-mikke-punished-saying-women-less-intelligent-men |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Soguel |first1=Dominique |title=When the right wing is still 'too socialist': Poland's far-right unites |url=https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Europe/2019/1009/When-the-right-wing-is-still-too-socialist-Poland-s-far-right-unites |access-date=30 May 2020 |work=The Christian Science Monitor |date=9 October 2019 |archive-date=6 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210206090720/https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Europe/2019/1009/When-the-right-wing-is-still-too-socialist-Poland-s-far-right-unites |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Melchior |first1=Sigrid |title=A Reporter's Guide to the EU |date=8 May 2017 |publisher=Taylor & Francis |isbn=978-1-138-67862-0 |page=61 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CislDwAAQBAJ&q=Janusz+Korwin-Mikke+far-right&pg=PA61 |access-date=30 May 2020 |archive-date=12 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210312003117/https://books.google.com/books?id=CislDwAAQBAJ&q=Janusz+Korwin-Mikke+far-right&pg=PA61 |url-status=live }}</ref> politician, [[paleolibertarian]]<ref name=telegraph15>{{cite web|title=Polish presidential election: legalise child pornography|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/poland/11595712/Polish-presidential-election-legalise-child-pornography-and-scrap-benefits-promises-candidate.html|website=telegraph.co.uk|date=10 May 2015 |publisher=The Telegraph|access-date=3 December 2020|archive-date=1 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210301021058/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/poland/11595712/Polish-presidential-election-legalise-child-pornography-and-scrap-benefits-promises-candidate.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=euronews20>{{cite web|title=How the far-right could be kingmaker in Poland's knife edge presidential election|url=https://www.euronews.com/2020/07/10/how-the-far-right-could-be-kingmaker-in-poland-s-knife-edge-presidential-election|website=euronews.com|date=10 July 2020|publisher=Euronews|access-date=3 December 2020|archive-date=1 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201101032501/https://www.euronews.com/2020/07/10/how-the-far-right-could-be-kingmaker-in-poland-s-knife-edge-presidential-election|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=sfppr20>{{cite web|title=USHERING IN POLAND'S REAGAN DEMOCRATS|url=http://sfppr.org/2015/11/ushering-in-polands-reagan-democrats/|website=sfppr.org|publisher=Selous Foundation for Public Policy Research|access-date=3 December 2020|archive-date=20 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210120131824/https://sfppr.org/2015/11/ushering-in-polands-reagan-democrats/|url-status=live}}</ref> and author. He was a member of the [[European Parliament]] from 2014 until 2018. He was the leader of the [[Congress of the New Right]] (KNP),<ref name=ouster>{{cite web|title=Korwin-Mikke ousted as leader of New Right|url=http://www.thenews.pl/1/9/Artykul/192851,KorwinMikke-ousted-as-leader-of-New-Right|website=thenews.pl|publisher=Polskie Radio|access-date=8 January 2015|archive-date=8 January 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150108131534/http://www.thenews.pl/1/9/Artykul/192851,KorwinMikke-ousted-as-leader-of-New-Right|url-status=live}}</ref> which was formed in 2011 from [[Liberty and Lawfulness]], which he led from its formation in 2009, and the [[Real Politics Union]], which he led from 1990 to 1997 and from 1999 to 2003. He was the chairman of the party [[KORWiN]] until his resignation on 15 October 2022, and from 2019 to 2023 a member of the [[Sejm]], elected from the electoral list of [[Confederation Liberty and Independence]].

==Biography==
=== Birth and early life ===
Janusz Korwin-Mikke was born in [[Occupation of Poland (1939–1945)|German-occupied]] [[Warsaw]] on 27 October 1942.<ref>{{Cite web |date=1942-10-27 |title=8. Wahlperiode {{!}} Janusz KORWIN-MIKKE {{!}} Abgeordnete {{!}} Europäisches Parlament |url=https://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/de/124879/JANUSZ_KORWIN-MIKKE/history/8 |access-date=2025-03-30 |website=www.europarl.europa.eu |language=de}}</ref> He was the only child of Ryszard Mikke (6 February 1911 &ndash; 25 April 1966) and Maria Rosochacka (3 April 1917 &ndash; 4 August 1944). His father, Ryszard, was the head of the engineering department of the {{ill|State Aviation Works|pl|Państwowe Zakłady Lotnicze}}. Korwin-Mikke's uncle, {{ill|Tadeusz Mikke|pl|Tadeusz Mikke}}, was a [[Podpolkovnik|Lieutenant Colonel]] in the [[Polish_cavalry#World_War_II|Polish Cavalry]] during the [[Second World War]], he died on 12 September 1939 while commanding [[15th Poznań Uhlan Regiment]] at the [[Battle of the Bzura]], during the [[September Campaign]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Jakman |first1=Alan |title=Genealogia Janusza Korwin-Mikkego [skany i wywód przodków] |date=22 October 2015 |url=https://moremaiorum.pl/genealogia-janusza-korwin-mikkego-skany-i-wywod-przodkow/ |publisher=More Maiorum |access-date=29 October 2023}}</ref>

In 1944, his mother, Maria, was killed during the [[Warsaw Uprising]] against the occupying German forces.{{Citation needed|date=March 2025}} From then, he was under the care of his grandmother and later his stepmother. Korwin-Mikke's great-grandfather was Gustaw Izydor Mücke, son of Samuel Beniamin Mücke (who was a brewer in [[Kielce]]).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.moremaiorum.pl/genealogia-janusza-korwin-mikkego-skany-i-wywod-przodkow/|title=Genealogia Janusza Korwin-Mikkego [skany i wywód przodków]|last=Jakman|first=Alan|date=22 October 2015|website=More Maiorum|language=pl-PL|access-date=6 February 2020|archive-date=3 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200203171658/http://www.moremaiorum.pl/genealogia-janusza-korwin-mikkego-skany-i-wywod-przodkow/|url-status=live}}</ref>

The Korwin-Mikke family, with its origins in the [[Kingdom of Sweden]], migrated through the [[Electorate of Saxony]] to [[Crown of the Kingdom of Poland|Poland]], following the [[Great Famine of 1695–1697]], alongside [[Augustus II the Strong]], after he was [[1697 Polish–Lithuanian royal election|elected king]] of the [[Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth]] in 1697. The [[Germanic languages|Germanic]] surname Mücke was [[polonized]] to Mikke after the family received the [[Korwin coat of arms]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Jakman |first1=Alan |title=Genealogia Janusza Korwin-Mikkego [skany i wywód przodków] |date=22 October 2015 |url=https://moremaiorum.pl/genealogia-janusza-korwin-mikkego-skany-i-wywod-przodkow/ |publisher=More Maiorum |access-date=29 October 2023}}</ref> Before converting to [[Catholicism]], Korwin-Mikke's family adhered to the [[Augsburg Confession]], which is the primary confession of faith of the [[Lutheran Church]] and one of the most significant documents of the [[Protestant Reformation]].

Korwin-Mikke is a distant relative of [[Hellmuth von Mücke]], an officer of the [[Kaiserliche Marine]], the navy of the [[German Empire]], in the early 20th century and [[World War I]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Malinowska |first1=Agnieszka |title=Janusz Korwin Mikke: Mój stryj dowodził pułkiem w bitwie nad Bzurą [WYWIAD] |url=https://prawy.pl/125882-Janusz-Korwin-Mikke-Moj-stryj-dowodzil-pulkiem-w-bitwie-nad-Bzura-WYWIAD-2 |website=prawy.pl |date=September 2018 |access-date=8 November 2023}}</ref> He is also related to {{ill|Jerzy Mikke|pl|Jerzy Mikke}}, a Polish historian, publicist and writer.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Czuchnowski |first1=Wojciech |title=Człowiek w muszce. Obraża i przeraża |url=https://wyborcza.pl/politykaekstra/7,132907,16132384,czlowiek-w-muszce-obraza-i-przeraza.html |website=Gazeta Wyborcza |access-date=8 November 2023}}</ref>

=== Detention by communists ===
Korwin-Mikke studied at the Faculty of Mathematics and Faculty of Philosophy of the [[University of Warsaw|Warsaw University]]. For his [[anti-communist]] activities, in 1964 he was detained by the communist authorities while studying psychology, law, philosophy and sociology. During the [[1968 Polish political crisis]], he was again arrested, jailed and expelled from the university for his participation in student protests.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Ostaszewski|first1=Krzysztof|title=The Market Solution to Economic Development in Eastern Europe|url=http://math.illinoisstate.edu/krzysio/SocialExperiment.pdf|website=Illinois State University|location=[[Lewiston, New York]] |publisher=[[Edwin Mellen Press]]|access-date=26 July 2014|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304093741/http://math.illinoisstate.edu/krzysio/SocialExperiment.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> Despite his anti-communist activities, Korwin-Mikke was reinstated and allowed to finish his studies with the [[Dean (education)|dean]] Klemens Szaniawski. He successfully defended his master thesis ''Metodologiczne aspekty poglądów Stephena Toulmina'' (eng. Methodological aspects of [[Stephen Toulmin]]'s views), written under the guidance of [[Henryk Jankowski]].<ref>Cezary Zawalski: Prezes. Janusz Korwin-Mikke – publicysta i polityk. Warszawa: Von Borowiecky, 2003. p. 29-30. {{ISBN|83-87689-53-X}}.</ref>

=== Meeting with Milton Friedman ===
Korwin-Mikke met with [[Milton Friedman]] when Friedman toured Europe advocating free-market policies. Friedman wrote about Janusz Korwin-Mikke in his memoirs:<ref name="Milton">{{cite book|title=''Two Lucky People: Memoirs'' – Milton Friedman, Rose. D. Friedman}}</ref>

{{blockquote|text=Janusz Korwin-Mikke, with whom I corresponded, had been active before liberation as an underground publisher, bringing out a translation of ''Capitalism and Freedom'' and Hayek's ''Road to Serfdom'', as well as other libertarian literature. Subsequently, he ran for president on a strict libertarian platform. At the time we were in Warsaw, his Union of Real Policy was housed in a former dwelling that was a literal maze of small offices, all occupied by young people actively working on spreading the libertarian gospel. We had very good, lively discussions with them.|sign=Milton Friedman|source=''Two lucky people: Memoirs'' by Milton Friedman, Rose. D. Friedman}}

=== Far-right politics ===
From 1962 to 1982 he was a member of the [[Alliance of Democrats (Poland)|Democratic Party]]. In August 1980 he supported the political strike of the Szczecin Shipyard workers, and later he was an adviser of NSZZ Rzemieślników Indywidualnych "[[Solidarity (Polish trade union)|Solidarność]]" (Independent Craftsmen's Union). In 1987 he founded a [[national conservative]], [[economically liberal]] political party called ''Ruch Polityki Realnej'' (Movement of Real Politics), later renamed - ''Unia Polityki Realnej'' (UPR, Union of Real Politics).

In 1990, he established a [[Libertarian conservatism|libertarian conservative]] sociopolitical [[weekly newspaper]] ''[[Najwyższy Czas!]]'' (About Time!).<ref>{{Cite book|last=Informacyjna|first=Polska Agencja|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RFlmAAAAMAAJ&q=najwyzszy+czas+za%C5%82o%C5%BCyciel+mikke|title=Kto jest kim w polityce polskiej|date=1993|publisher=Wydawnictwa Informacyjne PAI|isbn=978-83-223-2645-9|pages=142|language=pl|access-date=7 September 2020|archive-date=20 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210620034247/https://books.google.com/books?id=RFlmAAAAMAAJ&q=najwyzszy+czas+za%C5%82o%C5%BCyciel+mikke|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|first1=Rafal|last1=Pankowski|first2=Marcin|last2=Kornak|title=Poland|editor-first=Cas|editor-last=Mudde|work=Racist Extremism in Central and Eastern Europe|publisher=Routledge|year=2005|page=151|isbn=9781134252527|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=azJ-AgAAQBAJ&q=Czas+Korwin-Mikke&pg=PT251|access-date=1 November 2020|archive-date=20 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210620034247/https://books.google.com/books?id=azJ-AgAAQBAJ&q=Czas+Korwin-Mikke&pg=PT251|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 1991, Korwin-Mikke became a member of the [[Sejm]], between 1991 and 1993, during the first parliamentary term after the establishment of the [[Third Polish Republic]]. Notably, during his time as deputy, he was the originator of the {{ill|vetting resolution of 28 May 1992|pl|Uchwała lustracyjna}}, which obliged the [[Minister of Internal Affairs (Poland)|Minister of Internal Affairs]] to disclose the names of all politicians who had been communist [[Służba Bezpieczeństwa|secret police]] agents. The disclosed list contained numerous prominent politicians of most political factions. This led to the dissolution of the [[Cabinet of Jan Olszewski]] during the {{ill|Night of the Briefcases|pl|Noc teczek}} – a term used in journalism to describe the events of the night from 4 to 5 June 1992, associated with the dismissal of the government of [[Jan Olszewski]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://niezalezna.pl/56012-4-czerwca-1992-r-skonczyla-sie-wolnosc-zobacz-piosenke-pawla-kukiza|title=4 czerwca 1992 r. skończyła się wolność. ZOBACZ PIOSENKĘ PAWŁA KUKIZA|date=4 June 2014|website=NIEZALEZNA.PL|access-date=20 December 2020|archive-date=19 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200919160721/https://niezalezna.pl/56012-4-czerwca-1992-r-skonczyla-sie-wolnosc-zobacz-piosenke-pawla-kukiza|url-status=live}}</ref>

Korwin-Mikke is a [[perennial candidate]] in Polish presidential elections, obtaining 2.4% of the vote in 1995, 1.43% in 2000, 1,4% in 2005, 2.48% in 2010, 3.3% in 2015.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.newpolandexpress.pl/polish_news_story-7266-pis_sit_top_after_election_results.php|agency=New Poland Express|access-date=29 May 2015|date=16 May 2015|title=PiS sit top after election results|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150529131939/http://www.newpolandexpress.pl/polish_news_story-7266-pis_sit_top_after_election_results.php|archive-date=29 May 2015}}</ref>

He is a self-declared [[monarchism|monarchist]] who claims that democracy is "[[Criticism of democracy|the most stupid form of government ever conceived]]".<ref name="Guardian">{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/may/26/meet-the-new-faces-in-the-european-parliament|title=Meet the new faces ready to sweep into the European parliament|date=26 May 2014|newspaper=The Guardian|access-date=14 December 2016|archive-date=9 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180209021052/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/may/26/meet-the-new-faces-in-the-european-parliament|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2008, his blog was the most popular political blog in Poland.<ref>[http://media2.pl/badania/44293-blog-janusza-korwin-mikke-najpopularniejszy-w-internecie.html Blog Janusza Korwin-Mikke najpopularniejszy w Internecie – blog, Janusz Korwin-Mikke] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721072413/http://media2.pl/badania/44293-blog-janusza-korwin-mikke-najpopularniejszy-w-internecie.html |date=21 July 2011 }}. media2.pl (27 March 2012). Retrieved on 6 April 2012.</ref>

He frequently refers to figures such as [[Frédéric Bastiat]], [[Alexis de Tocqueville]], [[Friedrich Hayek]], [[Milton Friedman]], [[Margaret Thatcher]] and [[Nicolás Gómez Dávila]], among others.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://nczas.com/wiadomosci/polska/korwin-mikke-potrzebujemy-takich-przywodcow-jak-margaret-thatcher/|title=Korwin-Mikke: Potrzebujemy takich przywódców jak Margaret Thatcher! - Najwyższy Czas!|first=Magda|last=Papierz|date=8 April 2015|access-date=15 March 2017|archive-date=30 December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161230155819/http://nczas.com/wiadomosci/polska/korwin-mikke-potrzebujemy-takich-przywodcow-jak-margaret-thatcher/|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== Member of the European Parliament ===

In the [[2014 European Parliament election]], Korwin-Mikke was elected as a [[Member of the European Parliament]], standing as a candidate of the [[Congress of the New Right]]. On 28 January 2018, he officially announced his intention to resign from the [[European Parliament]] and return to [[Polish politics]]. He was replaced by [[Dobromir Sośnierz]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=PAP |first1=PAP |title=Janusz Korwin-Mikke ogłosił: Rezygnuję |url=https://www.gazetaprawna.pl/wiadomosci/artykuly/1100199,janusz-korwin-mikke-oglosil-rezygnuje-z-mandatu-europosla.html |website=Dziennik Gazeta Prawna |date=25 January 2018 |access-date=29 October 2023}}</ref>

=== Return to Polish politics ===
On 6 December 2018, the decision to jointly participate in the [[2019 European Parliament election|European elections]] was made by Korwin-Mikke's [[KORWiN]] party and the [[National Movement (Poland)|National Movement]] party. In January 2019, the coalition was joined by [[Grzegorz Braun]], [[Piotr Liroy-Marzec]] and [[Kaja Godek]]. In February 2019, the coalition began using the name "Koalicja ProPolska" (ProPoland Coalition). However, on 27 February 2019, the official name "[[Confederation KORWiN Braun Liroy Nationalists]]" was announced. In March 2019, an application for the registration of a party under this name was submitted. Later on the new political entity would be called [[Confederation Liberty and Independence]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Narodowe |first1=Media |title="Łączy nas Polexit". Narodowcy i Korwin-Mikke łączą siły przed wyborami do PE |url=https://dorzeczy.pl/kraj/86059/laczy-nas-polexit-narodowcy-i-korwin-mikke-lacza-sily.html |website=Do Rzeczy |date=6 December 2018 |access-date=29 October 2023}}</ref>

In 2019, Korwin-Mikke was elected as deputy in the lower chamber of the Polish Parliament ([[Sejm]]), effectively returning to [[Polish politics]] after 26 years of absence.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://sejm.gov.pl/Sejm9.nsf/posel.xsp?id=168&type=A|title=Janusz Korwin-Mikke|website=sejm.gov.pl|access-date=30 January 2020|archive-date=20 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200620205116/http://www.sejm.gov.pl/Sejm9.nsf/posel.xsp?id=168&type=A|url-status=live}}</ref>

On 15 October 2022, Janusz Korwin-Mikke resigned from his position as the chairman of the [[KORWiN]] party. Stepping into his role is the former vice president of the party, [[Sławomir Mentzen]]. Under new leadership, the party underwent a [[rebranding]] and is now known as [[New Hope (Poland)|New Hope]] (Nowa Nadzieja).<ref>{{cite web |last1=Nizinkiewicz |first1=Jacek |title=Janusz Korwin-Mikke odchodzi ze stanowiska prezesa partii KORWiN |url=https://www.rp.pl/polityka/art37143841-janusz-korwin-mikke-odchodzi-ze-stanowiska-prezesa-partii-korwin |website=Rzeczpospolita |access-date=29 October 2023}}</ref>

During the [[2025 Polish presidential election]], he was closely associated with [[Grzegorz Braun]] and his campaign.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Człowiek Brauna jasno przed II turą wyborów. "Chcę, by to wybrzmiało" |url=https://natemat.pl/606404,czlowiek-brauna-i-poparcie-przed-ii-tura-wyborow-chce-by-to-wybrzmialo |access-date=2025-06-01 |website=naTemat.pl |language=PL-pl}}</ref>

=== Electoral defeat and suspension ===

Soon before the election, during an interview Korwin-Mikke said "There are girls that are 12-13 years old and are mature and there are girls that are 19 years old and are immature. State shouldn't decide when girl achieved sexual maturity, it is determined by nature."<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-10-07 |title=Skandaliczne wypowiedzi Korwin-Mikkego. "Dają przestępcom przyzwolenie, żeby działali" |url=https://tvn24.pl/polska/skandaliczne-wypowiedzi-korwin-mikkego-daja-przestepcom-przyzwolenie-zeby-dzialali-7379283 |access-date=2024-01-29 |website=TVN24 |language=pl}}</ref>

During the [[2023 Polish parliamentary election]], Korwin-Mikke was defeated by [[Karina Bosak]], the wife of the chairman of [[National Movement (Poland)|National Movement]], [[Krzysztof Bosak]]. She achieved a surprisingly good result, garnering support from over 21 thousand voters. In doing so, she surpassed the party's number one candidate, Janusz Korwin-Mikke, who received votes from just under 9.5 thousand people and consequently did not secure a seat in the [[Sejm]] from the [[Sejm Constituency no. 20]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=TVN24 |first1=TVN24 |title=Wypchnęła Korwin-Mikkego z sejmowych ław, sama zasiądzie w nich z mężem. Kim jest Karina Bosak? |url=https://tvn24.pl/polska/kim-jest-karina-bosak-zona-krzysztofa-bosaka-i-nowa-poslanka-konfederacji-to-z-nia-przegral-korwin-mikke-7396168 |website=TVN24 |date=17 October 2023 |access-date=29 October 2023}}</ref>

On 18 October 2023, the head of Confederation's [[electoral campaign]], [[Witold Tumanowicz]], informed the [[Polish Press Agency]] that a decision had been made by the party court to "expel Janusz Korwin-Mikke from the Council of Leaders and suspend him" in the rights of a Confederation member, after Tumanowicz blamed Korwin-Mikke for the electoral defeat of the whole party. Tumanowicz further emphasized that "if he violates the suspension conditions, the party court will consider his removal from Confederation."<ref>{{cite web |last1=PAP |first1=PAP |title=Korwin-Mikke zawieszony w prawach członka Konfederacji i wyrzucony z Rady Liderów. Jest odpowiedź polityka |url=https://www.pap.pl/aktualnosci/korwin-mikke-zawieszony-w-prawach-czlonka-konfederacji-i-wyrzucony-z-rady-liderow-jest |website=Polska Agencja Prasowa |access-date=29 October 2023}}</ref>

On 29 October 2023, [[Sławomir Mentzen]], the chairman of [[New Hope (Poland)|New Hope]] party, announced on social media that Janusz Korwin-Mikke will not be running on the Confederation's list in the next elections. Mentzen added that he faced a "tragic choice" and stated: "Unfortunately, the responsibility for the political project, for future results, for ensuring that the effort of our candidates and supporters is not wasted, forces me to make this difficult decision."<ref>{{cite web |last1=TVN24 |first1=TVN24 |title=Jest decyzja w sprawie Janusza Korwin-Mikkego. "Nie chciałem tego" |url=https://tvn24.pl/polska/konfederacja-slawomir-mentzen-o-januszu-korwin-mikke-nie-bedzie-kandydowal-z-list-konfederacji-w-kolejnych-wyborach-7413781 |website=TVN24 |date=29 October 2023 |access-date=29 October 2023}}</ref>

== Views ==
{{Conservatism in Poland|Politicians}}
[[File:Korwinmikke.jpg|thumb|right|During the [[2000 Polish presidential election|2000 presidential campaign]] in Poland]]Korwin-Mikke has been described as a "perpetual political gadfly" by ''[[Politico]]'', and as "a colorful and abrasive character" by ''[[The Guardian]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |date=13 October 2019 |title=Poland's PiS wins election, but its grip on power is weakened |url=https://www.politico.eu/article/polands-pis-wins-parliamentary-election |access-date=19 July 2022 |website=Politico}}</ref><ref name="Guardian" />

At the plenary session of the European Parliament held after the [[Charlie Hebdo shooting|assault at ''Charlie Hebdo'']], Korwin-Mikke expressed his dissatisfaction with the public reaction to those events by stating 'I am not Charlie. I am for death penalty' and presenting it to the public instead of a sign 'Je suis Charlie' held by the other MEPs.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-30776186|title=UKIP's Nigel Farage urges 'Judeo-Christian' defence after Paris attacks|work=BBC News|date=12 January 2015|access-date=15 March 2017|archive-date=8 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308005440/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-30776186|url-status=live}}</ref>

[[File:Janusz Korwin-Mikke Sejm 2015 01.JPG|thumb|Korwin-Mikke during a press conference in the Polish [[Sejm]], 2015]]In 1991 Korwin-Mikke published his guidebook for men, "Father's Vademecum", in which he wrote many pieces of advice that have been recognized as highly controversial and sexist, such as "If you cannot resolve conflict with your wife in any way, if you cannot convince her, then, unfortunately, you have to use physical force."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://kobieta.onet.pl/janusz-korwin-mikke-28-lat-temu-napisal-poradnik-dla-mezczyzn-przeczytalismy/52c9nxn|title=Podróż do jądra ciemności Janusza Korwin-Mikkego|date=5 November 2019|access-date=2 August 2020|archive-date=11 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210311212111/https://kobieta.onet.pl/janusz-korwin-mikke-28-lat-temu-napisal-poradnik-dla-mezczyzn-przeczytalismy/52c9nxn|url-status=live}}</ref>

He believes that women are, on average, less intelligent than men, citing [[Chess|chess results]] to back up his claims.<ref>{{citation|last=sihi|title=Right-wing: political correctness, Le Pen, antisemitism, intelligence of women, socialism|date=26 July 2016|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-6ndZTNez4|access-date=29 December 2016|archive-date=28 May 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200528102133/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-6ndZTNez4&gl=US&hl=en|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="natemat" /> He has cited [[Margaret Thatcher]] as his political model.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://prawy.pl/portal_aktual/z-zagranicy2/2922-swiatowe-media-pisza-o-korwinie-na-pogrzebie-lady-thatcher|title=Światowe media piszą o Korwinie na pogrzebie Lady Thatcher|author=Jakub Klimkowicz|date=17 April 2013|website=prawy.pl|archive-date=4 June 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130604041926/http://prawy.pl/portal_aktual/z-zagranicy2/2922-swiatowe-media-pisza-o-korwinie-na-pogrzebie-lady-thatcher|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://wiadomosci.dziennik.pl/polityka/artykuly/425400,janusz-korwin-mikke-w-brytyjskiej-prasie-o-tusku-i-walesie-ani-slowa.html|title=Korwin-Mikke w brytyjskiej prasie. O Tusku i Wałęsie ani słowa|date=18 April 2013|website=wiadomosci.dziennik.pl|access-date=20 December 2020|archive-date=9 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200809105023/https://wiadomosci.dziennik.pl/polityka/artykuly/425400,janusz-korwin-mikke-w-brytyjskiej-prasie-o-tusku-i-walesie-ani-slowa.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/margaret-thatcher/10001480/Margaret-Thatcher-funeral-mourners-from-far-and-wide-lined-the-route.html|title=Margaret Thatcher funeral: mourners from far and wide lined the route|website=The Telegraph|date=17 April 2013 |access-date=3 April 2018|archive-date=28 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201128075132/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/margaret-thatcher/10001480/Margaret-Thatcher-funeral-mourners-from-far-and-wide-lined-the-route.html|url-status=live}}</ref> He stated that the difference between rape and consensual sex is very subtle,<ref name=":0">{{cite web|first=Aleks|last=Szczerbiak|title=The Congress of the New Right is the latest anti-establishment party to have success in Poland, but it may struggle to secure long-term support|work=EUROPP — European Politics and Policy blog|publisher=London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)|date=10 June 2014|url=http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2014/06/10/the-congress-of-the-new-right-is-the-latest-anti-establishment-party-to-have-success-in-poland-but-it-may-struggle-to-secure-long-term-support/|access-date=17 June 2014|archive-date=16 June 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140616044551/http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2014/06/10/the-congress-of-the-new-right-is-the-latest-anti-establishment-party-to-have-success-in-poland-but-it-may-struggle-to-secure-long-term-support/|url-status=live}}</ref> even going so far as to say, "Were you to understand woman's nature, sir, you would know that there is an element of rape in every sexual intercourse".<ref>{{cite web|first=Pawel|last=Kowal|title=Awantura u Olejnik. Korwin-Mikke do Kowala: "Gwałt? Kobieta zawsze udaje, że stawia opór|date=19 May 2014 |url=http://wiadomosci.gazeta.pl/wiadomosci/1,114871,15992777,Awantura_u_Olejnik__Korwin_Mikke_do_Kowala___Gwalt_.html|access-date=27 December 2019|archive-date=31 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210131093339/https://wiadomosci.gazeta.pl/wiadomosci/1,114871,15992777,Awantura_u_Olejnik__Korwin_Mikke_do_Kowala___Gwalt_.html|url-status=live}}</ref> He further claimed that "there is a hypothesis that the attitudes of men are passed to women they sleep with".<ref name="theguardian.com">{{cite news|first=Emma|last=Graham-Harrison|title=Nigel Farage's new friend in Europe: 'When women say no, they don't always mean it'|newspaper=The Guardian/The Observer|date=8 November 2014|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2014/nov/08/nigel-farage-ukip-europe-janusz-korwin-mikke|access-date=14 December 2016|archive-date=11 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201111204312/http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2014/nov/08/nigel-farage-ukip-europe-janusz-korwin-mikke|url-status=live}}</ref> He also said: "I am against voting rights for women. This is biology. A woman at the age of 55, when estrogen stops working, reaches the age when she can finally vote."<ref>{{Cite web |date=5 September 2023 |title=Meet the far-right potential kingmakers in Poland's election |url=https://www.politico.eu/article/meet-far-right-potential-kingmaker-poland-election/ |access-date=9 September 2023 |website=POLITICO |language=en}}</ref>

On 1 March 2017, Korwin-Mikke sparked controversy by stating that women were paid less than their male counterparts on average due to them being "smaller, weaker and less intelligent", during a debate in the [[European Parliament|EP]] regarding the [[gender pay gap]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Women 'weaker, less intelligent' - Polish MEP Korwin-Mikke |publisher=BBC |date=3 March 2017 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-39152562 |access-date=21 June 2018 |archive-date=25 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201125175554/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-39152562 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=3 March 2017 |url=http://bigstory.ap.org/article/2576a681dcac447eb9978df637cbc81e/polish-eu-lawmaker-says-women-intellectually-inferior-men |title=Polish EU lawmaker says women intellectually inferior to men |publisher=ap.org |agency=Associated Press |quote=Korwin-Mikke has a history of getting attention for outrageous comments... |access-date=4 March 2017 |archive-date=8 May 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170508130652/http://bigstory.ap.org/article/2576a681dcac447eb9978df637cbc81e/polish-eu-lawmaker-says-women-intellectually-inferior-men |url-status=live }}</ref> Two days later, Korwin-Mikke made further comments stating that there was a stereotype that "women have the same intellectual potential as men” and it “must be destroyed because it is not true.”<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cbsnews.com/news/janusz-korwin-mikke-women-less-intelligent-than-men/|title=Lawmaker: Women "less intelligent" than men|website=[[CBS News]]|date=3 March 2017 |access-date=15 March 2017|archive-date=7 March 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170307194153/http://www.cbsnews.com/news/janusz-korwin-mikke-women-less-intelligent-than-men/|url-status=live}}</ref>

The situations described above, that took place in the [[gender pay gap]] debate, culminated in a court hearing. On 31 May 2018 European [[General Court (European Union)|General Court]] in the Case T‑352/17 Korwin-Mikke v Parliament lifted sanctions from 14 March 2017 imposed on Korwin Mikke by the President of the Parliament, under which he was suspended for ten days from the plenary sessions of the [[European Parliament|EP]]. The Court in Case T-352/17 described interpretation of the provisions of the Rules of Procedure made by the President of the European Parliament and the Bureau of the Parliament, which was the basis for imposing sanctions on Korwin-Mikke, as leading to "an arbitrary restriction of the freedom of expression of MEPs".<ref>Judgement of the General Court (EU), (Sixth Chamber, Extended Composition) in Case T‑352/17 from 31 May 2018.</ref>

In 2020, a Polish court overturned a rape conviction because while the victim stated it was non-consensual, she did not scream. Korwin-Mikke was one of the few voices supporting the ruling, saying on Twitter, "If they don’t scream, it shows they want it," and "This criterion has worked for 6,000 years," drawing criticism.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bretan |first=Juliette |date=16 September 2020 |title=Polish court rules 14-year-old girl was not raped "because she did not scream" |url=https://notesfrompoland.com/2020/09/16/polish-court-rules-14-year-old-girl-was-not-raped-because-she-did-not-scream/ |access-date=19 July 2022 |website=Notes From Poland |language=en-US}}</ref>

Following the [[2023 Polish parliamentary election]], Korwin-Mikke faced a defeat, losing his seat to [[Karina Bosak]], the wife of one of the co-chairmen of [[Confederation Liberty and Independence|Confederation]], [[Krzysztof Bosak]]. In the aftermath, a controversy unfolded as Korwin-Mikke denied allegations that he had insulted Karina Bosak, after he claimed that women, in his opinion, should not be granted suffrage because men, not women, vote for women. In his own words "this is proof that women shouldn’t have the right to vote. Take a look at the [[2020 United States presidential election|results in the United States]]: [[Donald Trump|Trump]] would have won if only men had voted, and if (only) women had voted, he would not have won in any state."<ref>{{cite web |last1=Harper |first1=Jo |title=After election loss, far-right Polish politician decries women's right to vote |url=https://www.aa.com.tr/en/europe/after-election-loss-far-right-polish-politician-decries-women-s-right-to-vote/3023099 |website=Anadolu Ajansı |access-date=17 October 2023}}</ref> Additionally, he commented on Karina Bosak's candidacy, suggesting that she was there primarily for her surname and had not actively campaigned. He took to social media to refute the claims, and remarked that he was "more likely to be prosecuted for the suspicion of making [[Kaszanka|Polish blood sausages]] from the blood of Jewish infants than for insulting women."<ref>{{cite web |last1=Korwin-Mikke |first1=Janusz |title=Tweet by Janusz Korwin-Mikke |url=https://twitter.com/JkmMikke/status/1714217391129849883 |website=Twitter |access-date=17 October 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=rp.pl |first1=rp.pl |title=Wybory 2023: Janusz Korwin-Mikke żegna się z Sejmem |url=https://www.rp.pl/wybory/art39278501-wybory-2023-janusz-korwin-mikke-zegna-sie-z-sejmem |website=Rzeczpospolita |access-date=17 October 2023}}</ref>

In 2014, Korwin-Mikke was fined by [[President of the European Parliament]] [[Martin Schulz]] for 'expressing himself in a racist manner'.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.europarl.europa.eu/the-president/en/press/press_release_speeches/press_release/press_release-2014/press_release-2014-september/pdf/schulz-s-decision-on-the-inappropriate-language-of-mep-janusz-korwin-mikke|title=Schulz's decision on the inappropriate language of MEP Janusz Korwin-Mikke|access-date=13 January 2015|archive-date=24 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924205244/http://www.europarl.europa.eu/the-president/en/press/press_release_speeches/press_release/press_release-2014/press_release-2014-september/pdf/schulz-s-decision-on-the-inappropriate-language-of-mep-janusz-korwin-mikke|url-status=live}}</ref> The decision was taken after his speech about EU employment policy on the plenary session on 16 July, during which he said (in English): 'we have 20 million Europeans who are now negroes of Europe'.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2014/oct/20/ukip-does-deal-with-far-right-to-save-european-grouping|title=Ukip does deal with far-right, racist Holocaust-denier to save EU funding|newspaper=The Guardian|first=Rajeev|last=Syal|date=20 October 2014|access-date=14 December 2016|archive-date=21 December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161221155349/https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2014/oct/20/ukip-does-deal-with-far-right-to-save-european-grouping|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/poland/10974032/Polish-MEP-says-n--in-EU-parliament.html|title=Polish MEP says 'n-----' in EU parliament|newspaper=The Telegraph|first=Matthew|last=Day|date=17 July 2014|access-date=3 April 2018|archive-date=4 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201204091603/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/poland/10974032/Polish-MEP-says-n--in-EU-parliament.html|url-status=live}}</ref> According to him the word 'negroes' was not meant as an offence, but rather referred to the song by [[John Lennon]] and [[Yoko Ono]] '[[Woman Is the Nigger of the World|Woman is the Nigger of the world]]'.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theparliamentmagazine.eu/articles/news/polish-far-right-mep-blasted-use-racist-language|title=Polish far-right MEP blasted for use of 'racist' language - The Parliament Magazine|access-date=15 March 2017|archive-date=15 March 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170315053228/https://www.theparliamentmagazine.eu/articles/news/polish-far-right-mep-blasted-use-racist-language|url-status=live}}</ref>

During an interview with Rzeczpospolita, Korwin-Mikke expressed support for prohibiting "homosexual propaganda" in schools, as well as prohibiting the organization of Equality Marches.<ref>{{Cite web|last=S.A|first=Wirtualna Polska Media|date=29 July 2019|title=Janusz Korwin-Mikke o LGBT: będą pogromy homoseksualistów w Polsce|url=https://wiadomosci.wp.pl/janusz-korwin-mikke-o-lgbt-beda-pogromy-homoseksualistow-w-polsce-6407789502195329a|access-date=30 July 2021|website=wiadomosci.wp.pl|language=pl}}</ref> He claimed that "one must slaughter" those who promote gay rights.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Tension over gay rights moves to fore in Polish election|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/10/10/tension-over-gay-rights-moves-to-fore-in-polish-election|access-date=30 July 2021|website=www.aljazeera.com|language=en}}</ref>

Korwin-Mikke described [[Anna Grodzka]], the first trans woman to be a member of Parliament in Poland, as a male when stating that Grodzka "extorted his seat in the Sejm by impersonating a woman."<ref>{{Cite web|title=Janusz Korwin Mikke: Nie istnieje żadna "posłanka Anna Grodzka"|url=http://natemat.pl/59789,janusz-korwin-mikke-nie-istnieje-zadna-poslanka-anna-grodzka|access-date=2 August 2021|website=naTemat.pl|language=PL-pl}}</ref>

He stated that the best way to deal with Muslims in Europe would be to keep them out, ban them from building mosques, and "if need be, oppose them militarily”.<ref>{{Cite web|date=22 May 2018|title=Janusz Korwin-Mikke - Speaking in London. The Worrying Trend of Entryism into Polish Communities|url=https://www.faith-matters.org/janusz-korwin-mikke-speaking-in-london-the-worrying-trend-of-entryism-into-polish-communities/|access-date=3 August 2021|website=Faith Matters|language=en-GB}}</ref>

Korwin-Mikke has a history of [[antisemitic]] stunts and statements.<ref name="Liphshiz">{{Cite web|url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/far-right-polish-lawmaker-natural-selection-via-pogroms-made-jews-powerful/|title=Far-right Polish lawmaker: Natural selection via pogroms made Jews powerful|first=Cnaan|last=Liphshiz|website=www.timesofisrael.com|access-date=5 March 2020|archive-date=5 March 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200305134617/https://www.timesofisrael.com/far-right-polish-lawmaker-natural-selection-via-pogroms-made-jews-powerful/|url-status=live}}</ref> He objected to the Polish government's decision to bar Holocaust denier [[David Irving]] from entering Poland.<ref name="Sharon" /> He promoted a conspiracy theory on Jews while commenting on media reports about a custom in which residents of the town of [[Pruchnik]] beat with sticks the effigy of an Orthodox Jew.<ref name="Liphshiz" /> In 2020, while making comments on the [[COVID-19 pandemic]], he stated that anti-Jewish [[pogrom]]s made Jews powerful via [[natural selection]] and that rabbis may have engineered this.<ref name="Liphshiz" /><ref name="Sharon">{{Cite news|url=https://www.jpost.com/international/polish-mp-says-pogroms-were-good-for-jews-assisted-natural-selection-619640|title=Polish MP says pogroms were good for Jews, assisted natural selection|website=The Jerusalem Post &#124; JPost.com|access-date=27 February 2021|archive-date=18 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210318192659/https://www.jpost.com/international/polish-mp-says-pogroms-were-good-for-jews-assisted-natural-selection-619640|url-status=live}}</ref> Korwin-Mikke denies being an antisemite.<ref name="natemat">{{Cite web|url=http://natemat.pl/107583,korwin-mikke-tlumaczy-holenderskim-mediom-ze-nie-jest-antysemita-po-angielsku-z-francuskim-akcentem|title=Korwin-Mikke tłumaczy holenderskim mediom, że nie jest antysemitą... po angielsku, z "francuskim" akcentem|website=naTemat.pl|access-date=26 June 2014|archive-date=27 June 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140627122228/http://natemat.pl/107583,korwin-mikke-tlumaczy-holenderskim-mediom-ze-nie-jest-antysemita-po-angielsku-z-francuskim-akcentem|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tvp.info/15843228/korwinmikke-nie-jestem-antysemita|title=Korwin-Mikke: nie jestem antysemitą|website=www.tvp.info|access-date=20 December 2020|archive-date=9 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200809075934/https://www.tvp.info/15843228/korwinmikke-nie-jestem-antysemita|url-status=live}}</ref>

During the [[2012 Summer Paralympics]], Korwin-Mikke wrote that the general public should "not see the disabled on television".<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.newpolandexpress.pl/polish_news_story-4730-politician_blasts_paralympics.php |title=Politician blasts Paralympics|publisher=News Poland Express|date=7 September 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141030213421/http://www.newpolandexpress.pl/polish_news_story-4730-politician_blasts_paralympics.php|archive-date=30 October 2014}}</ref> On the other hand, in 2007, he set up the "Individual Development Foundation" which helps disabled people develop their skills in chess.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://fundacja-ik.pl/index.php/site/foundation|title=Fundacja Indywidualnego Kształcenia – Foundation Site|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140729151740/http://fundacja-ik.pl/index.php/site/foundation|archive-date=29 July 2014}}</ref><ref name="10fak">{{Cite web|url=http://wgospodarce.pl/informacje/12753-10-faktow-o-januszu-korwin-mikke-ktorych-nie-znacie|title=10 faktów o Januszu Korwin-Mikke, których nie znacie|website=wgospodarce.pl|access-date=26 June 2014|archive-date=15 July 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140715020532/http://wgospodarce.pl/informacje/12753-10-faktow-o-januszu-korwin-mikke-ktorych-nie-znacie|url-status=live}}</ref>

On 15 April 2015, the Polish news outlet ''[[Wiadomości]]'' quoted Korwin-Mikke that the snipers that shot civilians and police officers during the [[Maidan protests]] were trained in Poland and that they acted on behalf of the [[CIA]] to provoke riots.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://wiadomosci.wp.pl/kat,1027139,title,Korwin-Mikke-snajperzy-z-Majdanu-byli-szkoleni-w-Polsce,wid,17449668,wiadomosc.html?ticaid=114bc5|title=Korwin-Mikke: snajperzy z Majdanu byli szkoleni w Polsce|publisher=[[Wiadomości]]|first=Joanna|last=Stanisławska|date=15 April 2015|access-date=22 April 2015|language=pl}}</ref> Other provocative statements include Korwin-Mikke's claim that there is no written proof that [[Adolf Hitler]] was aware of the [[Holocaust]].<ref name=":0" />

Korwin-Mikke proposed that the [[European Commission]]'s [[Berlaymont building]] would be better used as a brothel.<ref name="Guardian"/><ref name="Telegraph">{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/poland/10836329/EU-elections-2014-the-Polish-party-that-wants-to-turn-EC-building-in-Brussels-into-brothel.html|title=EU elections 2014: the Polish party that wants to turn EC building in Brussels into brothel|newspaper=The Telegraph|first=Matthew|last=Day|date=16 May 2014|access-date=3 April 2018|archive-date=25 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180325070942/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/poland/10836329/EU-elections-2014-the-Polish-party-that-wants-to-turn-EC-building-in-Brussels-into-brothel.html|url-status=live}}</ref> In July 2015, he was suspended from the EP after giving a [[Nazi salute]] and saying "[[Ein Volk, Ein Reich, Ein Fuhrer|ein Reich, ein Volk, ein Ticket]]" during a speech to protest against a uniform EU transport ticket.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.politico.eu/article/european-parliament-meps-suspended-for-making-nazi-gestures/|title=MEPs suspended for making Nazi gestures|date=27 October 2015|access-date=15 March 2017|archive-date=25 December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161225215210/http://www.politico.eu/article/european-parliament-meps-suspended-for-making-nazi-gestures/|url-status=live}}</ref> Following the beginning of [[2020–2021 Belarusian protests|protests]] in Belarus, Korwin made a statement praising Belarusian president [[Alexander Lukashenko]] as a hero for his opposition to the EU.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://nczas.com/2020/08/30/korwin-mikke-dla-mnie-lukaszenka-jest-bohaterem/|title = Korwin-Mikke: Dla mnie Łukaszenka jest bohaterem|date = 30 August 2020}}</ref>

In regard to welfare, Korwin-Mikke claimed that "if someone gives money to an unemployed person, he should have his hand cut off because he is destroying the morale of the people".<ref name="theguardian.com"/>

On 8 September 2015, Korwin-Mikke was giving a speech in [[European Parliament|EP]] about the [[European migrant crisis]], during which he described immigrants unwilling to work and only interested in welfare as "human garbage".<ref>{{cite web|title=Putin supporter in EP calls migrants human garbage|url=http://www.unian.info/world/1120566-putin-supporter-in-ep-calls-migrants-human-garbage.html|website=unian.info|date=9 September 2015 |access-date=11 September 2015|archive-date=11 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150911052834/http://www.unian.info/world/1120566-putin-supporter-in-ep-calls-migrants-human-garbage.html|url-status=live}}</ref> His opinion met with critical reaction of other MEPs. As a result of this, Korwin-Mikke was once more suspended from the EP for ten days and fined €3062.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-34651255|title=Polish and Italian MEPs sanctioned for Hitler salutes|work=BBC News|date=27 October 2015|access-date=15 March 2017|archive-date=7 March 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170307110211/http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-34651255|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title = Protokoll – Montag, 26. Oktober 2015|url = http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//TEXT+PV+20151026+ITEMS+DOC+XML+V0//DE&language=DE#pvitem17|website = www.europarl.europa.eu|access-date = 7 November 2015|archive-date = 16 February 2016|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160216230925/http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2F%2FEP%2F%2FTEXT+PV+20151026+ITEMS+DOC+XML+V0%2F%2FDE&language=DE#pvitem17|url-status = live}}</ref>

Janusz Korwin-Mikke has been described as supporting Russia on a number of occasions since the 2010s. This is evidenced by his statements supporting the [[Annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation|Russian annexation of Crimea]],<ref>{{Cite web |date=29 May 2014 |title=Janusz Korwin-Mikke: aneksja Krymu była zupełnie naturalna |url=https://wiadomosci.onet.pl/kraj/janusz-korwin-mikke-aneksja-krymu-byla-zupelnie-naturalna/6yp6b |access-date=6 December 2022 |website=Onet Wiadomości |language=pl}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=6 September 2014 |title=Korwin-Mikke: Polska powinna uznać aneksję Krymu |url=https://www.gazetaprawna.pl/wiadomosci/artykuly/820343,korwin-mikke-polska-powinna-uznac-aneksje-krymu.html |access-date=6 December 2022 |website=www.gazetaprawna.pl |language=pl}}</ref> his official trip to the peninsula,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Korwin-Mikke na Krymie. "Chciałem się przekonać, co naprawdę tam się dzieje" |url=https://tvn24.pl/polska/janusz-korwin-mikke-na-krymie-ra601922-3320476 |access-date=6 December 2022 |website=TVN24 |date=10 December 2015 |language=pl}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Polska |first=Grupa Wirtualna |date=11 December 2015 |title=Janusz Korwin-Mikke na Krymie. Polskie MSZ zaniepokojone |url=https://www.o2.pl/artykul/janusz-korwin-mikke-na-krymie-polskie-msz-zaniepokojone-5938594050335873a |access-date=6 December 2022 |website=o2.pl |language=pl}}</ref> as well as claims whitewashing Russian history and actions, and criticizing Ukraine.<ref>{{Cite web |date=24 June 2022 |title=Konfederacja atakuje Polaków i Ukraińców. "Jak Sowieci opuszczali Warszawę, ludność płakała" |url=https://www.tvp.info/60923996/lider-konfederacji-janusz-korwin-mikke-uderza-w-ukraincow-i-broni-rosjan |access-date=6 December 2022 |website=www.tvp.info |language=pl}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Janusz Korwin-Mikke broni Władimira Putina. W internecie zawrzało - Wiadomości - polskieradio24.pl |url=https://polskieradio24.pl/5/1222/artykul/2989299,janusz-korwinmikke-broni-wladimira-putina-w-internecie-zawrzalo |access-date=6 December 2022 |website=polskieradio24.pl |language=pl-PL}}</ref> He appeared on Russian television as a Polish politician opposing alleged Polish “[[Russophobia]]”.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Goluch |first=Bartosz |date=14 January 2020 |title=Janusz Korwin-Mikke w rosyjskiej telewizji. "W Polsce panuje rusofobia" |url=https://wiadomosci.wp.pl/janusz-korwin-mikke-w-rosyjskiej-telewizji-w-polsce-panuje-rusofobia-6467688454051457a |access-date=6 December 2022 |website=wiadomosci.wp.pl |language=pl}}</ref> Also after the 2022 [[2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine|Russia's invasion of Ukraine]], he often uttered pro-Russian content, denying Russian responsibility for the [[massacre in Bucha]] by claiming that the Ukrainians murdered [[Wartime collaboration#2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine|wartime collaborators]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mrowicki |first=Rafał |date=7 April 2022 |title=Skandaliczne wypowiedzi Korwin-Mikkego wykorzystywane przez rosyjską propagandę |url=https://wiadomosci.wp.pl/skandaliczne-wypowiedzi-janusza-korwin-mikkego-wykorzystywane-przez-rosyjska-propagande-6755628094974592a |access-date=6 December 2022 |website=wiadomosci.wp.pl |language=pl}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Korwin-Mikke |first1=Janusz |title=Twitter |url=https://twitter.com/jkmmikke/status/1556611138275737601?lang=en |website=twitter.com |access-date=11 December 2022}}</ref> criticizing the imposition of [[International sanctions during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine|sanctions against Russia]] because of the negative [[Economic impact of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine|economic impacts]] of the sanctions, especially in regards to the dispute about deliveries of [[2022 Russia–European Union gas dispute|natural gas]],<ref>{{Cite web |date=3 May 2022 |title=Korwin-Mikke: Nakładanie na Rosję sankcji jest kompletnym absurdem |url=https://dorzeczy.pl/opinie/296101/korwin-mikke-nakladanie-na-rosje-sankcji-jest-kompletnym-absurdem.html |access-date=6 December 2022 |website=Do Rzeczy |language=pl}}</ref> suggesting that both Ukrainian heroism and Russian determination should be admired, since the Ukrainian side is receiving a [[List of military aid to Ukraine during the Russo-Ukrainian War|substantial military support]], giving it an advantage in the war,<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=1 June 2022 |title=Janusz Korwin-Mikke: "Czas podziwiać Rosję". Rzecznik rządu reaguje |url=https://www.polsatnews.pl/wiadomosc/2022-06-01/janusz-korwin-mikke-czas-podziwiac-rosje-rzecznik-rzadu-reaguje/ |access-date=6 December 2022 |website=polsatnews.pl |language=pl}}</ref> and even claiming that after the war, Ukraine may attack Poland due to [[Ukrainian irredentism|Ukrainian irredentist claims]] on [[Przemyśl]], [[Chełm]], [[Rzeszów]], [[Gorlice]] and [[Tarnów]].<ref>{{Cite web |last= |date=13 July 2022 |title=Janusz Korwin-Mikke z kolejną serią absurdalnych wpisów. Wskazał "pretekst do ataku na Polskę" |url=https://www.wprost.pl/polityka/10781572/janusz-korwin-mikke-z-kolejna-seria-absurdalnych-wpisow-wskazal-pretekst-do-ataku-na-polske.html |access-date=6 December 2022 |website=Wprost |language=pl}}</ref>

== Personal life ==
Korwin has married three times in total, most recently in 2016 to Dominika Sibiga,{{Efn|Now Dominika Korwin-Mikke.}} who met him during an [[Real Politics Union|UPR]] meeting in 2009 and is 44 years younger than him.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Błaszkiewicz |first=Karolina |date=2019-06-28 |title=Dominika Sibiga - kim jest żona Janusza Korwin-Mikkego? |url=https://kobieta.wp.pl/dominika-sibiga-kim-jest-zona-janusza-korwin-mikkego-6396780003940481a |access-date=2024-10-06 |website=WP Kobieta |language=pl}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Jest młodsza od męża o 44 lata i uważa siebie za feministkę. Kim jest Dominika Korwin-Mikke? |url=https://natemat.pl/381589,kim-jest-dominika-korwin-mikke-wiek-wyksztalcenie-instagram |access-date=2024-10-06 |website=naTemat.pl |language=PL-pl}}</ref> He has eight children with four different women.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-10-18 |title=Nationalists and conservative libertarians form 'Polexit' alliance |url=https://www.tvpworld.com/40319870/nationalists-and-conservative-libertarians-form-polexit-alliance |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221018003749/https://www.tvpworld.com/40319870/nationalists-and-conservative-libertarians-form-polexit-alliance |archive-date=2022-10-18 |access-date=2024-10-06 |website=TVP World}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Janusz Korwin-Mikke ma ośmioro dzieci. Trzecia żona jest od niego młodsza o 44 lata |date=2024-10-27 |website=plejada.pl |url=https://plejada.pl/polscy-celebryci/janusz-korwin-mikke-ma-osmioro-dzieci-trzecia-zona-jest-od-niego-mlodsza-o-44-lata/gwqdeg0 |access-date=2025-05-13}}</ref>

== Electoral history==
===Presidential===
{| class=wikitable style="text-align: center;"
|+ 
|-
!rowspan=2|Election
!colspan=4|First round
!colspan=4|Second round
|-
!Votes
!%
!Position
!Result
!Votes
!%
!Position
!Result
|-
! [[1995 Polish presidential election|1995]]
| 428,969	
| 2.40
| (#8)
| {{no|Lost}}
| colspan=4 bgcolor=lightgrey|
|-
! [[2000 Polish presidential election|2000]]
| 252,499
| 1.43
| (#6)
| {{no|Lost}}
| colspan=4 bgcolor=lightgrey|
|-
! [[2005 Polish presidential election|2005]]
| 214,116
| 1.43
| (#6)
| {{no|Lost}}
| colspan=4 bgcolor=lightgrey|
|-
! [[2010 Polish presidential election|2010]]
| 416,898
| 2.48
| (#4)
| {{no|Lost}}
| colspan=4 bgcolor=lightgrey|
|-
! [[2015 Polish presidential election|2015]]
| 486,084
| 3.26
| (#4)
| {{no|Lost}}
| colspan=4 bgcolor=lightgrey|
|}

==Publications==
Selected works by JKM:
[[File:Janusz Korwin Mikke w Koninie.jpg|thumb|right|175px|Korwin-Mikke in 2013]]	
* ''Brydż'' (''[[Contract bridge|Bridge]]''), 1976
* ''Program Liberałów'' (''Liberals' Programme''), 1979 &ndash; Programme of a future [[Libertarian conservatism|libertarian-conservative]] party. 
* ''Ubezpieczenia'' (''Insurances''), 1979 &ndash; Critical analysis/evaluation of  state-provided [[social insurance]]s.	
* ''Katechizm robotnika liberała'' (''Catechism of a liberal worker''), 1979 &ndash; Explanatory brochure ("FAQ") about the basic tenets of economic liberalism, aimed at the working class.	
* ''Bez impasu. Elementy logiki i psychologii w brydżu'' (''Without [[impasse]]/[[finesse]]. Elements of logic and psychology in [[Contract bridge|bridge]]''), 1980	
* ''Brydż dla początkujących'' (''[[Contract bridge|Bridge]] for beginners''), 1980
* ''Gospodarka po sierpniu 1980, czyli co proponuje P. [[Józef Pińkowski]]'' (''Economic system after the [[Gdańsk Agreement]], a word about Sir Józef Pińkowski's proposals''), 1980 &ndash; Critical analysis/evaluation of a socialist economy, as well as the economic policies of [[Solidarity (Polish trade union)|Solidarity movement]] and the ruling government. 
* ''Historia i zmiana'' (''History and change''), 1982 &ndash; On evolution of political systems and their economies. 
* ''JK-M vs. NN'' (''JKM vs. Anonymous reader''), 1985 &ndash; Brochure of JKM's polemics with an anonymous reader. 
* ''Liberum veto'', 1986 	
* ''Brydż sportowy'' (''Sport's [[Contract bridge|bridge]]''), 1986 	
* ''Ratujmy państwo'' (''Let's Save the Country''), 1990
* ''Nie tylko o Żydach'' (''Not Only About [[Jew]]s''), 1991 &ndash; About inter-Polish politics. 
* ''Prowokacja?'' (''Provocation?''), 1991 &ndash; Combined [[feuilleton]]s from years 1980–1990, originally published in "Gazeta Handlowa" in the city of  [[Poznań]].  	
* ''Vademecum ojca'' (''Father's [[vademecum]]''), 1991 &ndash; Aimed at the young fathers on how to raise one's children. 
* ''"Rząd rżnie głupa" &ndash; czyli mowy sejmowe'' (''The government is playing dumb &ndash; [[Sejm]] speeches''), 1993
* ''Wizja parlamentu w nowej konstytucji Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej'' (''Vision of [[parliament]] within the new [[constitution]] of a Polish Republic''), 1994
* ''Kara śmierci'' (''Death penalty''), 1995 &ndash; Analytical, pro-[[capital punishment]] brochure.
* ''U progu wolności'' (''At the doorstep of freedom/liberty''), 1995 &ndash; Combined [[feuilleton]]s from years 1981–1995, originally published in various sources. 
* ''Niebezpieczne ubezpieczenia'' (''Dangerous [[insurance]]s''), 2000 &ndash; Critical analysis/evaluation of insurances and their negative influences on society's progress. 
* ''Ekonomikka'' (''Economikks''), 2001 &ndash; Combined [[feuilleton]]s on economic subjects, chosen by Zdzisław Kościelak. 
* ''Rok 2007'' (''Year 2007''), 2001 &ndash; An account of fictional letters that JKM would write and send to the world's leaders once elected and in power. 	
* ''Dekadencja'' (''[[Decadence]]''), 2002	
* ''Naprawić Polskę, no problem'' (''To fix Poland? No problem!''), 2004
* ''Podatki – Czyli rzecz o grabieży'' ([[Taxation as theft|''Taxes – byword for robbery'']]), 2004 &ndash; Critical analysis/evaluation of state-imposed taxes, with a focus on Poland. 
* ''Kto tu dymi?'' (''Who is raising a fuss here?''), 2007
* ''Rusofoby w odwrocie'' (''[[Anti-Russian sentiment|Russophobes]] in retreat''), 2009 &ndash; Analysis and criticism of [[Foreign relations of Poland|Polish foreign policy]], with focus on Eastern Europe (Belarus, Ukraine, Russia). 
* ''Świat według Korwina'' (''World according to Korwin''), 2012 &ndash; Combined [[feuilleton]]s.  	
* ''Europa według Korwina'' (''Europe according to Korwin''), 2016 &ndash; Combined [[feuilleton]]s, strong criticism of [[European Union]].

==Notes==
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==References==
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* [http://orka.sejm.gov.pl/ArchAll2.nsf/1RP/170 Sejm website on his first cadency]

==External links==
{{Sister project links|auto=yes}}
* [http://korwin-mikke.pl/ Janusz Korwin Mikke's site] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140304154850/http://korwin-mikke.pl/ |date=4 March 2014 }} {{in lang|pl}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20160126013840/http://korwin-mikke.blog.onet.pl/ Janusz Korwin-Mikke's blog] {{in lang|pl}}
* [https://www.facebook.com/janusz.korwin.mikke/ Janusz Korwin-Mikke's official Facebook page] {{in lang|pl}}

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