Law and Justice

Law and Justice, known in Polish as Prawo i Sprawiedliwość and abbreviated PiS, is a right-wing populist and national-conservative political party in Poland. It was founded in 2001 by the twin brothers Jarosław and Lech Kaczyński as the direct successor of the Centre Agreement, after that group split from Solidarity Electoral Action, and Jarosław Kaczyński has chaired it since 18 January 2003. After a modest result in the 2001 election it won the 2005 presidential and parliamentary elections and formed the Marcinkiewicz and Kaczyński governments, then returned to power by winning the 2015 presidential and parliamentary elections and governed for eight years until it lost its majority in 2023. The party belongs to the European Conservatives and Reformists and heads the United Right coalition.