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Maciej Maciak
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Maciej Maciak in 2025
Personal details
Born (1970-08-30) 30 August 1970 (age 54)
Włocławek, Poland
Political partyProsperity and Peace Movement
Other political
affiliations		Bezpartyjni Samorządowcy (formerly)
Self-Defence of the Republic of Poland (formerly)

Maciej Maciak is a Polish politician, leader of the Prosperity and Peace Movement (RDiP)[1] and candidate for the 2025 Polish presidential election.

Biography

Maciej Maciak was born on 30 August 1970 in Włocławek.[1][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] which by the time of his presidential campaign reached 67,000 subscribers.[4]

Maciak is involved in politics. In 2006, 36-year-old Maciak contested the election for the Kuyavian–Pomeranian Voivodeship Sejmik for Self-Defence of the Republic of Poland,[5] where he won 500 votes.[6] 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,[7] whereas he himself received 14.13% of the vote.[8] In 2019, he attempted to contest the election to the 13th Senate district [pl] for the Bezpartyjni Samorządowcy,[9] 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.[10][11] In 2024, he again ran for the office of President of Włocławek,[12] earning 7.42% of the vote.[13] He declared his candidacy in the 2025 Polish presidential election.[3]

Maciak's first big 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[14] and 20,672 votes (0.10%) in the Senat.[15] 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%),[16] whereas his party in the constituency received 2,266 (0.42%).[17]

He announced his start in the 2025 presidential election, successfully registering with 100,000 signatures. Since the start of the campaign, he was considered one of the more recognizable candidates from outside the major political organizations.[18] His name recognition was further expanded after appearing at the TVP debate on 11 April.[19] For the duration of the day, most searches on the internet were related to him.[4] Minister of National Defence Kosiniak-Kamysz questioned whether his registration as candidate is legitimate, saying he should be investigated.[20]

Views

Maciak declares himself an enemy of big capital and supports limiting its influence by raising taxes on them, and supports expanding retirement pensions and social welfare programs. He was formerly associated with the far-left party Self-Defence of the Republic of Poland.[5][19][21]

In terms of foreign policy, Maciak declares himself a pacifist, praising China, deeming its politics "perfect", Russia, which he sees as the world's second superpower, and especially Viktor Orbán's Hungary, which he sees as his foreign policy model, able to compromise with the United States and Russia.[21][22][23] He was accused of being a Russophile, a view which he rejects.[1][24]

Private life

Maciak is a bachelor and has no pets.[22] He knows English, but doesn't speak it fluently.[21]

Controversies

In 2019, he was brought to court for insulting Emanuel Kalejaiye, a Nigerian doctor that was running for President of Włocławek against him in 2018 (receiving 2.33% of the vote).[25][26]

Electoral history

Sejm

Election year Party # of
votes 		% of
vote 		District Elected?
2023 Prosperity and Peace Movement 1,298 0.24% Sejm Constituency no. 5 No

Mayor of Włocławek

Election year Party # of
votes 		% of
vote 		Elected?
2018 Independent 6,085 14.13% No
2024 Independent 2,588 7.42% No

Regional assemblies

Election year Party # of
votes 		% of
vote 		Sejmik Elected?
2006 Self-Defence of the Republic of Poland 500 0.43% Kuyavian-Pomeranian No

References

  1. ^ a b c "Dobrobyt i pokój według kandydata na prezydenta Włocławka. Pachnie kremlowską narracją". 5 April 2025. Retrieved 25 January 2025.
  2. ^ "Władimira Putina nazywa "ostoją normalności". Kim jest Maciej Maciak". Retrieved 11 April 2025.
  3. ^ a b "Chciał być prezydentem Włocławka. Teraz chce zostać prezydentem Polski. Maciej Maciak ogłosił swój start w wyborach". 23 January 2025. Retrieved 25 January 2025.
  4. ^ a b "Putin's hub in Poland: 25 names on list of Russian influence, Maciak under scrutiny". 16 April 2025. Retrieved 16 April 2025.
  5. ^ a b "Okręg wyborczy nr 6 - Komitet Wyborczy Samoobrona Rzeczpospolitej Polskiej". Retrieved 25 January 2025.
  6. ^ "Statystyki dla okręgu wyborczego nr 6". Retrieved 25 January 2025.
  7. ^ "Wyniki głosowania do rady miasta (WYBORY SAMORZĄDOWE 2018)". Retrieved 25 January 2025.
  8. ^ "Wyniki głos. i wyb. Prezydenta (WYBORY SAMORZĄDOWE 2018)". Retrieved 25 January 2025.
  9. ^ "Wybory 2019. Kim są Bezpartyjni i Samorządowcy? Pokazali się w Toruniu". Retrieved 25 January 2025.
  10. ^ "Będzie protest i ponowna weryfikacja kart poparcia? Maciej Maciak zapowiada walkę..." Retrieved 25 January 2025.
  11. ^ "UCHWAŁA NR 238/2019 PAŃSTWOWEJ KOMISJI WYBORCZEJ z dnia 10 września 2019 r." (PDF). Retrieved 25 January 2025.
  12. ^ "Obwieszczenie Miejskiej Komisji Wyborczej we Włocławku z dnia 15 marca 2024 r. o zarejestrowanych kandydatach na prezydenta miasta w wyborach Prezydenta Miasta Włocławek zarządzonych na dzień 7 kwietnia 2024 r." (PDF). 15 March 2024. Retrieved 25 January 2025.
  13. ^ "Wyniki w wyborach Prezydenta Miasta Włocławek". Retrieved 25 January 2025.
  14. ^ "Results of voting in 2023 elections for Sejm". Retrieved 25 January 2025.
  15. ^ "Results of voting in 2023 elections for Senate". Retrieved 25 January 2025.
  16. ^ "MACIAK Maciej". Retrieved 25 January 2025.
  17. ^ "Results of voting in 2023 elections for Sejm (Sejm Constituency no. 5)". Retrieved 25 January 2025.
  18. ^ "Wysyp kandydatów na prezydenta. Padł rekord wszech czasów". Archived from the original on 19 March 2025. Retrieved 20 March 2025. Na liście są również osoby spoza znanych formacji, ale rozpoznawalne dla części odbiorców, np. doktor nauk ekonomicznych Artur Bartoszewicz czy Maciej Maciak, właściciel włocławskiej telewizji CW 24tv. [On the list are also some people from outside the known formations, but recognizable for a share of the recipients, for example dr Artur Bartoszewicz or Maciej Maciak, owner of Włocławek television CW 24tv]
  19. ^ a b "Kim jest Maciej Maciak? Pytanie Stanowskiego hitem debaty". Retrieved 12 April 2025.
  20. ^ "Amerykanie wycofali się z Jasionki. Szef MON: Teraz całe NATO bierze odpowiedzialność". Retrieved 16 April 2025.
  21. ^ a b c "Po debacie w Końskich. Trzaskowski ominął rafę, Nawrocki zabuksował. To był wieczór Hołowni". Retrieved 12 April 2025.
  22. ^ a b "Maciej MACIAK program 2025". Retrieved 12 April 2025.
  23. ^ "Kontrowersyjne wypowiedzi Maciaka na debacie. "Chiny prowadzą perfekcyjną politykę"". Retrieved 12 April 2025.
  24. ^ "Włocławianin zgłosił start na prezydenta RP. Niedawno chciał rządzić Włocławkiem". 22 January 2025. Retrieved 25 January 2025.
  25. ^ "Czarnoskóry lekarz znieważony przez dziennikarza? Jest wyrok, ale to nie koniec". 22 January 2025. Retrieved 25 January 2025.
  26. ^ "Sąd: Kandydat na prezydenta Włocławka znieważył innego kandydata". Retrieved 19 February 2025.
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