<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>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.</p></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.

Twins In Power. Jarosław Kaczyński and Lech Kaczyński as Leaders of Law and Justice

Polish Political Science Review

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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...

Twins In Power. Jarosław Kaczyński and Lech Kaczyński as Leaders of Law and Justice

Published Online: Dec 16, 2019

Page range: 96 - 106

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

Keywords
populism, party leaders, Law and Justice, Kaczyński

© 2019 Maciej Hartliński, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Twins In Power. Jarosław Kaczyński and Lech Kaczyński as Leaders of Law and Justice

Published Online: Dec 16, 2019

Page range: 96 - 106

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

Keywordspopulism, party leaders, Law and Justice, Kaczyński

© 2019 Maciej Hartliński, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
populism, party leaders, Law and Justice, Kaczyński