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Polish Political Science Review
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Twins In Power. Jarosław Kaczyński and Lech Kaczyński as Leaders of Law and Justice

Abstract

Rarely do twins play active and significant roles in politics. Yet in 2006 President of the Republic of Poland, Lech Kaczyński, designated his twin brother Jarosław to be prime minister. The aim of the current publication is to analyse the political activity of Lech and Jarosław Kaczyński in the context of the founding of PiS and its functioning. Their position inside the party is undisputed. Moreover, as there is no opposition inside the party and Jarosław Kaczyński achieves spectacular electoral results, his legitimisation as autonomous leader of the party is strengthened even further.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ppsr-2019-0006

Full text: https://content.sciendo.com/downloadpdf/journals/ppsr/7/1/article-p96.xml

Keywords: populism, party leaders, Law and Justice, Kaczyński