Janusz Palikot, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Janusz Palikot

Polish politician

Date of Birth: 26-Oct-1964

Place of Birth: Biłgoraj, Lublin Voivodeship, Poland

Profession: businessperson, politician

Nationality: Poland

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Janusz Marian Palikot (['janu? pa'lik?t], born 26 October 1964 in Bilgoraj) is a Polish politician, activist and businessman.
Palikot studied philosophy and became wealthy as a businessman who dealt with crates and distilled beverages (dealt with international trade with tax havens in the Polish privatization period).
He was elected to Sejm on 25 September 2005 in the 6 Lublin district, running on the Civic Platform list, and was re-elected in 2007. Palikot left Civic Platform in 2011 and founded Movement of Support, later renamed Palikot's Movement, an anti-clerical and liberal party, which won 10 percent of the vote in the 2011 parliamentary election.