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Jarosław Kaczyński
Chairman of Law and Justice (PiS)
Co-founded PiS in 2001 and has chaired it since 2003; he was Polish prime minister in 2006–2007 and deputy prime minister in 2020–2022 and again in 2023, and leads the opposition to the Tusk government.
«A sovereign, Catholic and caring Poland, standing against post-communist and liberal elites.»
In short
On the traditional scale, Jarosław Kaczyński sits in the law-and-order center-right camp. The clearest positions are on society: strongly towards “tradition”; justice: strongly towards “tough on crime”; immigration: strongly towards “control”; state: strongly towards “authority”. On technology and democracy it stays balanced. Among ideologies, the closest is postliberalism (96%).
Position on the 13 axes
Closest ideologies
PostliberalismThe Community Keeper96%Authoritarian nationalismThe Strongman93%Right-wing populismThe People's Champion93%Closest parties in Europe
Prawo i SprawiedliwośćPoland99%
Futuro NazionaleItaly94%
Lietuvos valstiečių ir žaliųjų sąjungaLithuania92%
Fratelli d'ItaliaItaly91%Similar figures
Positions are estimates based on documented ideas, platforms and actions, updated to October 2026.