People's Party Stronnictwo Ludowe | |
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| Founded | 1931 |
| Dissolved | 1945 |
| Merger of | PSL "Piast" PSLW SCh |
| Succeeded by | Polish People's Party Polish People's Party "Nowe Wyzwolenie" |
| Headquarters | Warsaw |
| Ideology | Populism Agrarianism |
| Political position | Centre |
| International affiliation | International Agrarian Bureau |
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ThePeople's Party (Stronnictwo Ludowe, SL) was a Polishpolitical party, active from 1931 in theSecond Polish Republic. An agrarian populist party, its power base was mostly farmers and rural population.
In 1931, it was created from the merger of three other, smaller, peasant-based parties: centre-rightPolish People's Party "Piast" (PSL "Piast"), centre-leftPolish People's Party "Wyzwolenie" (PSLW) and left wingPeasant Party.[1][2]
During theSecond World War, it was known as 'Stronnictwo Ludowe Roch' and its military arm,Peasant Battalions, was part of thePolish resistance movement in World War II.
After the end of the war, the People's Party under the leadership ofWincenty Witos decided to supportStanisław Mikołajczyk. However at the same timePolish communists named one of their proxy partiesStronnictwo Ludowe [pl], and the old People's Party, now loyal to Mikołajczyk, changed its name intoPolish People's Party (PSL).
After Mikołajczyk's defeat in the rigged1947 Polish legislative election, the remains of the Polish People's Party were merged (in 1949) into the communist-alliedUnited People's Party (ZSL).
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