Self-Defence of the Republic of Poland
Political party in Poland
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| May 16 2025 | After Skirgiełło's unsuccessful presidential run, Samoobrona endorsed an independent candidate supported by Law and Justice, Karol Nawrocki, while Skirgiełło herself endorsed Grzegorz Braun. |
| April 4 2025 | Aldona Anna Skirgiełło failed to gather the required 100,000 signatures to appear on the presidential ballot, falling short with around 93,000 signatures. |
| January 25 2025 | Samoobrona held a party congress and announced Aldona Anna Skirgiełło as their candidate for the 2025 Polish presidential election, marking the first time since 2010 the party fielded its own candidate. |
| 2024 | Party shows a slight recovery, obtaining 0.9% of votes and ranking 8th in elections. |
| 2024 | Party participated with minimal electoral impact, receiving 260 votes (0.00% of the total) and no seats, with a party member running on the Repair Poland Movement's lists. |
| 2024 | In its program, Samoobrona praised Palestine and Kurdistan, calling them 'great nations' constantly fighting for land and international recognition. |
| August 5 2024 | On the 13th anniversary of Andrzej Lepper's death, Samoobrona wrote a letter to Prime Minister Donald Tusk requesting compensation for Lepper's family from the Justice Fund. |
| May 29 2024 | President Andrzej Duda vetoed the Silesian language bill, claiming Silesian is not a language and does not deserve its own status. |
| May 28 2024 | Samoobrona published '10 priorities for Polish farming' and offered to endorse any candidate who signed their demands for the European Parliament election. |
| April 26 2024 | The Sejm voted in favor of a bill recognizing Silesian as a regional language in Poland. |
| 2023 | Latest recorded participation in Senate elections, showing the party's long-term political involvement. |
| 2023 | Endorsed the 2023 Polish referendum, marking their continued political involvement. |
| October 13 2023 | Samoobrona's chairman Krzysztof Prokopczyk declared the party does not endorse any political party for the election and asked supporters to vote according to their conscience. |
| August 16 2023 | AGROunia announced its cooperation with the Civic Coalition led by Donald Tusk, effectively ending the proposed Samoobrona-AGROunia coalition. |
| August 5 2023 | On the 12th anniversary of Lepper's death, Michał Kołodziejczak visited Lepper's grave and announced a Samoobrona-AGROunia coalition for the 2023 Polish parliamentary election. |
| 2022 | Krzysztof Prokopczyk takes over leadership from Lech Kuropatwiński |
| 2020 | Andrzej Lepper endorsed Andrzej Duda for president. |
| 2019 | Party endorsed the Social Justice Movement for the European Parliament elections. |
| 2019 | Continued participation in Senate elections, reflecting ongoing political engagement. |
| 2018 | Party's electoral support continues to decline, receiving just 0.1% of votes. |
| February 2016 | Samoobrona signed a cooperation agreement with Belaya Rus, the ruling party in Belarus. |
| 2015 | Continued participation in Senate elections, maintaining political presence. |
| 2015 | Andrzej Lepper endorsed Andrzej Duda for president. |
| 2014 | Party's electoral support further diminishes to 0.3% of votes. |
| 2014 | Party's electoral performance continued to deteriorate, obtaining only 2,729 votes (0.04% of the total) and losing all their European Parliament seats. |
| 2014 | SLD gained a substantial number of Samoobrona's voters after Tomasz Lepper (Andrzej Lepper's son) ran on its electoral list, though he failed to gain a seat. |
| September 2013 | Samoobrona participated in a protest named 'In defence of Syria!' opposing Western intervention in the Middle East, supported by the Polish Communist Party. |
| 2012 | Lech Kuropatwiński becomes the party leader, succeeding Andrzej Prochoń |
| 2012 | Andrzej Prochoń serves as party leader |
| 2011 | Andrzej Lepper's leadership of the party ends |
| 2011 | Continued participation in Senate elections, though specific seat changes are not detailed. |
| 2010 | Party experiences significant electoral decline, receiving only 1.1% of votes and winning 37 seats. |
| 2010 | Andrzej Lepper ran for president, receiving 1.3% of votes in the first round, and opposed Jarosław Kaczyński. |
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