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Przemysław Wipler

Przemysław Janusz Wipler (born 15 July 1978) is a Polish politician, teacher, civil servant, and former president of the KoLiber association serving as a Deputy in the Sejm since 15 October 2023.

Przemysław Wipler
Przemysław Wipler (2015)
Member of the Sejm
Incumbent
Assumed office
15 October 2023
ConstituencyWarsaw I
In office
12 November 2011 – 12 November 2015
ConstituencyWarsaw I
Personal details
Born (1978-07-15) 15 July 1978 (age 46)
Piekary Śląskie, Poland
Political partyNew Hope (2023–present)
Other political
affiliations		UPR (1999–2005)
PiS (2005–2013)
Poland Together (2013–2014)
KNP (2014–2017)
SpouseMarta Magdalena Wipler
Children5
OccupationPolitician

Biography

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Early life and career

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He was born in Upper Silesia, where his father worked as an underground miner. After his parents' divorce, Przemysław Wipler moved with his mother to Gdynia, where he graduated from the III General Secondary School.[1] In 2002, he graduated from the University of Warsaw, obtaining a master's degree in law based on a thesis titled Libertarian Approach to the State[2]. From 1999 to 2001, he was an editor for “Najwyższy Czas!”[2]. He pursued doctoral studies at the SWPS University, writing a doctoral thesis on the Commission for the Reprivatization of Warsaw Real Estate. In 2023, however, he failed his doctoral defense.[3]

He worked at the Adam Smith Centre and the Economic Action Foundation, as well as in tax advisory firms, including Ernst & Young. He was a member of the supervisory boards of the Petroleum Pipeline Operation Company Friendship and the Liquid Fuel Loading Company Naftoport. From 2005 to 2008, he served as the director of the Department of Diversification of Energy Sources Supply in the Ministry of Economy[2]. From 2009 to 2011, he was vice president of the Bio-Alians company. In November 2015, he became a member of the supervisory board of NFI Magna Polonia.[4] He also ran his own business, lecturing on energy security at the Collegium Civitas.[2]

Politics

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Przemysław Wipler at an election rally at the Main Market Square in Kraków (2015)

In 1999, he co-founded the KoLiber Association. He served as the president of the Warsaw branch and later as the president of the main board of this association. He was a member of the Real Politics Union (until 2000) and served as the party's spokesperson. From 2002 to 2005, he was the president of the Civic Responsibility Foundation. In 2009, he became the founder and later the president of the Republican Foundation[5] (he stepped down in 2011). He is a columnist for the quarterly magazine "Rzeczy Wspólne".

In the 2002 Polish local elections, he unsuccessfully ran for the Warsaw City Council from the list of the Electoral Committee of Voters Julia Pitera (he received 1641 votes[6]). In the 2005 Polish parliamentary election, he unsuccessfully ran for the Sejm from the Law and Justice list (he received 999 votes[7]). In 2010, he became the president of the April 10 Movement. In the 2011 Polish parliamentary elections, he won a seat in the Sejm with 4615 votes in the Warsaw electoral district from the PiS list.[8] In November of the same year, he joined PiS.[9] He left in June 2013, also leaving the PiS parliamentary club and founding the Republican Association with a republican and conservative-liberal profile, where he became the president. In October of the same year, this organization signed an agreement with former MPs of the Civic Platform (PO), engaging in Jarosław Gowin's "An Hour for Poland" project.[10] At the end of October, Przemysław Wipler resigned as president of the "Republicans"[11] (in favor of Anna Streżyńska), but less than a month later he was re-elected. His association then participated in the formation of the Poland Together party.[12] Przemysław Wipler became a member of the presidium of this party's board, but in February 2014, he left Poland Together with part of the "Republicans".[13] In March, he began cooperating with the Congress of the New Right,[14] and in May of that year, he became a member of this party.[15]

At the KNP convention in October 2014, Przemysław Wipler was elected as the party's first vice president,[16] but the convention's decisions were soon invalidated by the party court[17] (although the common court registered the new authorities). He was the KNP candidate for mayor of Warsaw, placing 4th out of 11 candidates (receiving 4.21% of the vote).[18] In January 2015, he announced the formation of a new party with Janusz Korwin-Mikke, named KORWiN after the aforementioned co-leader, now known as New Hope.[19]

In 2014 and 2015, he was twice reprimanded by the Sejm Ethics Committee for violating Article 5 (principle of diligence), Article 6 (principle of caring for the good name of the Sejm), and Article 7 (principle of responsibility) of the Sejm's Code of Ethics.[20]

In August 2015, he was appointed as one of the vice presidents of the KORWiN party.[21] In the 2015 Polish parliamentary elections in October of that year, the KORWiN electoral committee did not pass the electoral threshold, Przemysław Wipler received 17,424 votes and did not get re-elected.[22] The following month, he was replaced by Karol Rabenda as president of the "Republicans". In April 2017, Przemysław Wipler announced his resignation from active participation in the KORWiN party and withdrawal from political life.[23] He engaged in business activities in the PR field[24] and lobbying.[3]

In July 2023, he returned to party activities (then operating under the name New Hope and part of the Confederation Liberty and Independence).[25] In the 2023 Polish parliamentary elections, he obtained a seat in the Sejm, running from the first place of the Confederation in the Toruń electoral district and receiving 13,457 votes.[26] In January 2024, he was appointed as the vice-chairman of the parliamentary committee on the alleged unlawful use of the Pegasus spyware by the former Law and Justice government.[27]

In the 2024 Polish local elections, he ran for the office of mayor of Warsaw from the common list of Confederation and Bezpartyjni Samorządowcy. He placed 4th out of 6 candidates in the vote (receiving 4.45% of the vote).[28]

Criminal proceedings

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In June 2014, the prosecutor of the Warsaw Śródmieście-Północ District Prosecutor's Office filed an indictment against Przemysław Wipler, accusing him of using violence to force police officers to abandon their lawful duties by assaulting them and insulting them.[29] This incident allegedly occurred during a nighttime intervention outside one of the capital's clubs in October 2013, involving the MP, who was reportedly intoxicated.[30][31] Przemysław Wipler waived his immunity, did not admit to the charges,[29] claiming that he was the one beaten by the police officers.[29][30]

In June 2016, he was found guilty of the alleged offenses in the first instance and sentenced to six months of imprisonment, suspended for two years, and a fine of PLN 10,000, and was ordered to apologize to the victims.[31] The verdict became final as none of the parties filed an appeal.[32]

Personal life

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He is married and has five children: three daughters and two sons.[33] His wife is Marta Magdalena Wipler. He was a supernumerary of Opus Dei as of 2023.[34]

References

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  1. ^ "Przemysław Wipler: Because PiS is not enough". wyborcza.pl. 4 June 2013. Archived from the original on 2014-11-10. Retrieved 2014-11-07.
  2. ^ a b c d Sierpiński, Jacek (28 October 2013). "Interview with Przemysław Wipler: Libertarianism is the heart and soul of republicanism". libertarianin.org. Archived from the original on 2013-10-31. Retrieved 2014-12-28.
  3. ^ a b Michał Wojtczuk (5 July 2023). "Former MP and lobbyist, considered the gray eminence of the Confederation, failed his doctoral defense". wyborcza.pl. Retrieved 2023-07-18.
  4. ^ "Changes in the Composition of the Supervisory Board of Magna Polonia S.A." magnapolonia.com.pl. 20 November 2015. Archived from the original on 2015-11-26. Retrieved 2015-11-26.
  5. ^ "Board". republikanie.org. Archived from the original on 2011-02-07. Retrieved 2011-10-16.
  6. ^ "PKW Service – Elections 2002". Retrieved 2013-06-16.
  7. ^ "PKW Service – Elections 2005". Retrieved 2011-10-16.
  8. ^ "PKW Service – Elections 2011". Retrieved 2011-10-16.
  9. ^ "Waszczykowski, Wipler, and Zając joined PiS". gazetaprawna.pl. 22 November 2011. Retrieved 2023-07-26.
  10. ^ "Gowin and Wipler signed a cooperation agreement". interia.pl. 9 October 2013. Retrieved 2013-11-01.
  11. ^ Łukasz Głombicki (1 November 2013). "Wipler is no longer the head of the Republican Association. Streżyńska to replace him". gazeta.pl. Archived from the original on 2017-07-29. Retrieved 2013-11-01.
  12. ^ "Poland Together is the name of Jarosław Gowin's new party". gazeta.pl. 7 December 2013. Archived from the original on 2013-12-11. Retrieved 2013-12-07.
  13. ^ "Jarosław Gowin: Przemysław Wipler out of Poland Together". wp.pl. 20 February 2014. Retrieved 2014-02-20.
  14. ^ "Przemysław Wipler and Janusz Korwin-Mikke signed a program agreement". wp.pl. 10 March 2014. Retrieved 2014-03-10.
  15. ^ "Breakthrough in the Sejm? Korwinists have their first MP in 10 years". gazeta.pl. 15 May 2014. Archived from the original on 2014-05-17. Retrieved 2014-05-15.
  16. ^ "Changing of the guard in the Congress of the New Right. Przemysław Wipler is the new vice president of the party". gazeta.pl. 12 October 2014. Retrieved 2014-10-29.
  17. ^ "Counter-revolution in the KNP. Wipler is no longer vice president". wyborcza.pl. 22 October 2014. Retrieved 2014-10-29.
  18. ^ "Local elections 2014. Official results from Warsaw. In the second round, Gronkiewicz-Waltz and Sasin". polskatimes.pl. 19 November 2014. Archived from the original on 2015-06-26. Retrieved 2015-02-04.
  19. ^ "KORWiN. Janusz Korwin-Mikke's new party". tvn24.pl. 22 January 2015. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-01-22.
  20. ^ "VII term. Sejm Ethics Committee (EPS). Adopted resolutions". sejm.gov.pl. Retrieved 2015-11-13.
  21. ^ "Founders' Resolution of the KORWiN Party No. 3/2015". partiakorwin.pl. 18 August 2015. Archived from the original on 2016-05-31. Retrieved 2016-06-12.
  22. ^ "PKW Service – Elections 2015". Retrieved 2015-11-03.
  23. ^ "Przemysław Wipler leaves politics". rp.pl. 10 April 2017. Retrieved 2017-04-11.
  24. ^ "Michał Krzymowski collaborates with Przemysław Wipler, focusing on communication consulting". wirtualnemedia.pl. 15 March 2018. Retrieved 2023-03-13.
  25. ^ Tomasz Waleński (25 July 2023). "Wipler on the Confederation list. "Number one in Toruń"". wp.pl. Retrieved 2023-07-25.
  26. ^ "PKW Service – Elections 2023". Retrieved 2023-10-17.
  27. ^ "Sejm elected members of the investigation committee on Pegasus. There were no votes against". rp.pl. 26 January 2024. Retrieved 2024-01-29.
  28. ^ "PKW Service – Elections 2024". Retrieved 2024-04-08.
  29. ^ a b c "Prosecutor's Office filed an indictment against Wipler". interia.pl. 1 July 2014. Retrieved 2014-11-06.
  30. ^ a b "Przemysław Wipler ended up in a sobering-up station. Drunken MP pepper-sprayed". wspolczesna.pl. 30 October 2013. Retrieved 2014-11-06.
  31. ^ a b Piotr Machajski (17 June 2016). "Court: Przemysław Wipler guilty. He violated the bodily integrity of police officers and insulted them". wyborcza.pl. Retrieved 2016-06-17.
  32. ^ Piotr Machajski (29 August 2016). "Przemysław Wipler guilty in the case of the scuffle with police officers. The verdict is final". wyborcza.pl. Retrieved 2016-08-29.
  33. ^ "Media Materials. Biography". wipler.pl. Archived from the original on 2015-05-07. Retrieved 2013-11-01.
  34. ^ Głuchowski, Piotr (18 September 2023). "Poufne kręgi Opus Dei. Noszą na udach kolczatki, biczują się, wnikają do rządu i kandydują w wyborach" [Secret circles of Opus Dei. They wear cilice on their thighs, whip themself, penetrate the government and candidate in the elections]. Gazeta Wyborcza (in Polish). Retrieved 2024-08-03.
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