Maciej Maciak | |
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Personal details | |
Born | 1970 (age 54–55) Włocławek, Poland |
Political party | Prosperity and Peace Movement |
Other political affiliations | Bezpartyjni Samorządowcy (formerly) Self-Defence of the Republic of Poland (formerly) |
Alma mater | Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń |
Maciej Maciak is a Polish politician and the leader of the Prosperity and Peace Movement (RDiP). [1]
Maciej Maciak was born in 1970 in Włocławek. [1] He is a graduate of the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń. [2]
Maciak is tied with local media. Since 2009, for 10 years he directed the local television "CW 24tv". Afterwards, he started the youtube channel "Musisz to wiedzieć". [3] He was accused of being a Russophile, a view which he rejects. [1] [4] In 2019, he was brought to court for insulting a Nigerian doctor. [5]
Maciak is involved in politics. In 2006, the 36-year-old Maciak contested the election for the Kuyavian–Pomeranian Voivodeship Sejmik for Self-Defence of the Republic of Poland, [6] where he won 500 votes. [7] In 2018, he ran for President of Włocławek along a slate of candidates supportive of him to the city council, which secured 7.80% of the vote and no seats, [8] whereas he himself received 14.13% of the vote. [9] In 2019, he attempted to contest the election to the 13th Senate district for the Bezpartyjni Samorządowcy, [10] but with 328 of the signatures supporting his candidacy rejected by the electoral authorities, he came 51 signatures short of the required amount to be put on the ballot. [11] [12] In 2024, he again ran for the office of President of Włocławek, [13] earning 7.42% of the vote. [14] He declared his candidacy in the 2025 Polish presidential election. [3]
Maciak's biggest political success was registering the Prosperity and Peace Movement to the 2023 Polish parliamentary election, where the movement won 24,850 votes (0.12%), coming ahead of the Normal Country, "Anti-party" and Repair Poland Movement parties in the Sejm [15] and 20,672 votes (0.10%) in the Senat. [16] He was the party's candidate for poseł in the Sejm Constituency no. 5 with the number 8 on its lists, and personally received 1,298 votes (0.24%), [17] whereas his party in the constituency received 2,266 (0.42%). [18]
Election year | Party | # of votes | % of vote | District | Elected? |
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2023 | Prosperity and Peace Movement | 1,298 | 0.24% | Sejm Constituency no. 5 | No |
Election year | Party | # of votes | % of vote | Elected? |
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2018 | Independent | 6,085 | 14.13% | No |
2024 | Independent | 2,588 | 7.42% | No |
Election year | Party | # of votes | % of vote | Sejmik | Elected? |
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2006 | Self-Defence of the Republic of Poland | 500 | 0.43% | Kuyavian-Pomeranian | No |