Robert Bąkiewicz
Polish politician (born 1976)
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Robert Bąkiewicz (born 2 May 1976) is a Polish politician and activist. From 2017 to 2023, he served as president of the Independence March Association.[1]
Robert Bąkiewicz | |
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Bąkiewicz in 2020 | |
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| Born | 2 May 1976 |
| Party | Independence (since 2024) |
Other party | Sovereign Poland (2023–2024) |
Early life
In 2017, Bąkiewicz created the YouTube channel Media Narodowe.[2] As of 2022, it had 250 thousand subscribers.[2] He founded the TV station TV Media Narodowe in 2023 and served as its president until 2024.[3][4]
In 2019, he founded the Rota Independence March Association.[5] In 2020, he founded the National Guard.[6] In 2023, he founded the Pod Wierzbami Foundation.[7] In March 2025, he founded the Border Defence Movement.[8]
In the 2018 local elections, Bąkiewicz was a candidate for mayor of Pruszków.[9] In 2023, he joined Sovereign Poland.[10] In the 2023 parliamentary election, he was a candidate for the Sejm on the Law and Justice list in Radom.[1] In 2024, he founded the political party Independence.[11]
Controversy
In 2023, he was convicted of having violated the bodily integrity of activist Katarzyna Augustynek during the women's strike in 2020.[12] However, in 2025, he was pardoned by president Andrzej Duda.[13]