Jacek Żalek

Polish politician (born 1973)

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Jacek Żalek


Member of the Sejm
In office 5 November 2007 – 12 November 2023
Constituency	24 – Białystok

Personal details
Born	13 January 1973 Białystok
Nationality	Polish

Jacek Żalek (born 13 January 1973 in Białystok)^[1] is a Polish politician. He is a member of the VI, VII, VIII and IX Sejm.^[2]^[3]^[4] He is also a member of the Agreement political party.

During the 2020 Polish presidential election campaign Żalek has stated in a live television broadcast that "LGBT are not people, it's an ideology". He then said that there were homosexuals before the LGBT movement, after which he was kicked from the studio.^[5]^[6] He later stated that making it seem that he said "LGBT aren't people" was a manipulation on the part of the journalist. ^[7]

References

^ "Jacek Żalek". sejm.gov.pl. Retrieved 2020-03-15.
^ "Wybory do Sejmu i Senatu Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej 2019 r." sejmsenat2019.pkw.gov.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2020-03-15.
^ "PKW | Wybory do Sejmu RP i Senatu RP". parlament2015.pkw.gov.pl. Retrieved 2020-03-15.
^ "Wybory 2011". wybory2011.pkw.gov.pl. Retrieved 2020-03-15.
^ ""LGBT to nie ludzie, to ideologia". Poseł Żalek wyproszony z TVN24".
^ ""To nie są ludzie, to jest ideologia". Poseł Żalek o LGBT". Tvn24 (in Polish). 12 June 2020. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
^ "Żalek o LGBT: Oczywiście, że miałem na myśli ideologię, a nie ludzi". 12 June 2020.