Jakub Kulesza

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Jakub Kulesza
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Member of the Sejm
Assumed office
25 October 2015
Personal details
Born (1990-11-12) 12 November 1990 (age 32)
Lublin, Poland
Political party Wolnościowcy
Residence(s) Lublin, Poland
Alma mater Warsaw University of Technology
Profession Politician
Website kulesza.pl

Jakub Kulesza (born 12 November 1990) is a Polish politician and a Member of Parliament.

Kulesza studied electronics, computer science and telecommunications at the Warsaw University of Technology. He was employed in enterprise computing. Kulesza organized the youth wing of the Real Politics Union, which operated until 2009. Since 2010 he is associated with KoLiber, serving as president from 2012 to 2013. He was also president of the Progressive Foundation.

In the parliamentary elections in 2015, Kulesza ran for the Sejm in the Lublin district as leader of the Kukiz'15 list. He was elected with 15,058 votes. Kulesza was the spokesman for the Kukiz'15 parliamentary caucus. In October 2018 he resigned from the position and became a member of Janusz Korwin-Mikke's political party, Liberty. [1] This allowed him to get reelected in 2019.

In 2022, he was one of the 3 Confederation MPs to leave the KORWiN coalition due to its stance on Russia. Their new party is called Wolnościowcy.

Personal life

Kulesza is married with Katarzyna; they have two sons: Leszek and Janusz. [2]

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References

  1. "Parlamentarny klub Kukiza wybrał rzecznika. Będzie nim Jakub Kulesza" [Kukiz chose spokesperson. It will be Jakub Kulesza]. Gazeta Wyborcza (in Polish). 2015-12-09.
  2. "Kandydatowi Konfederacji urodził się syn. "Imię chciałem uzależnić od wyniku wyborów"". polsatnews.pl (in Polish). 2019-10-08.