Tomasz Poręba

[1] During his studies in Poland, he professionally played football as striker in III league Cracow’s clubs - Kabel Kraków, Karpaty Siepraw, Górnik Wieliczka.

In the late 1990s he worked in the Chancellery of the Prime Minister, then in the Institute of National Remembrance (IPN) in Warsaw.

In 2003 he joined the Law and Justice Party, where he worked as the Head of Information and Public Relations Department.

In 2014 he was re-elected with 113 704 votes as a Member of the European Parliament for the Law and Justice Party for Podkarpackie Voivodeship, he gained one of the best election results in Poland.

[5] This came after the European Parliament lifted his immunity regarding a lawsuit against him by Rafał Gaweł in November 2023, who accused him and other PiS members of disseminating racist content.