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Błaszczak was born in Legionowo to Lucjan and Danuta Błaszczak;[2] his father worked at the FSO factory in Żerań.[3]
Political career
In the 2002 Polish local elections, Błaszczak was the candidate of the Electoral Committee of Justice, Law and Self-Government Voters for the position of president of Legionowo.[4] He obtained 11.02% of the votes and did not advance to second round.[5]
In the 2005 Polish parliamentary election, Błaszczak failed to run for the Sejm from the Warsaw PiS list.[6] He became the spokesman of KP PiS in March 2009, then the chairman of the party's parliamentary club on 3 August 2010.[7]
In the 2017 interview with Polskie Radio about the European refugee crisis, Błaszczak stated that thanks to Christianity, there were leaders like "Charles the Hammer who stopped the Muslim invasion of Europe in the eighth century".[11]
Błaszczak served as Vice-President of the Council of Ministers until 21 June 2023, but resigned together with other deputy prime ministers due to Jarosław Kaczyński's re-entry into the government.[18]
In the 2023 Polish parliamentary election, Błaszczak won a parliamentary seat for the fifth time in a row (with the result of 127,578 votes).[19] Later that November, he became chairman of his party's parliamentary club again.[20] Błaszczak left the office on 13 December 2023.[21]
Controversy
In August 2018, Błaszczak's public statements on TV Trwam regarding the equality parade in Poznań were described by some media and commentators as homophobic and constituted hate speech.[22]
Honours
2016
Commemorative Medal of the 25th Anniversary of the NSZZ Border Guard Officers[23]
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