Grzegorz Braun

Biography

Grzegorz Michał Braun (born 11 March 1967) is a Polish far-right politician and filmmaker. He was a member of the Sejm for Rzeszów from 2019 to 2024 and has been a member of the European Parliament (MEP) for Lesser Poland and Świętokrzyskie since 2024. He has been the chairman of the Confederation of the Polish Crown (KKP) since 2019. Born in Toruń, Braun's political career began when he announced his candidacy in the 2015 presidential election. He formed the campaign committee "God Bless You!", but received a minimal percentage of the vote. His political journey continued with his participation in discussions on European and Russian relations and his candidacies in various elections including for the mayoral office of Gdańsk and the European Parliament. Despite electoral setbacks, he was elected to the Sejm at the 2019 parliamentary election. He was re-elected at the 2023 parliamentary election. Braun's tenure in politics has been marked by controversy, including inflammatory remarks during the COVID-19 pandemic and endorsements of independent nuclear capabilities for Poland. Braun has broadly been described as a nationalist and far-right, and his views as anti-American, anti-Ukrainian, antisemitic, anti-Zionist and anti-LGBTQ, His tenure in the Sejm was characterised by numerous antisemitic incidents. In 2023 he invaded a Holocaust lecture, destroyed equipment and made derogatory comments about Jews. Later that year he put out a Hanukkah menorah in the Sejm using a fire extinguisher, leading to his exclusion from the session. In May 2025 the European Parliament lifted his immunity. In July 2025 he was charged with seven criminal offences stemming from multiple incidents occurring between 2022 and 2023, including assault. Later that month, Braun publicly denied that the Nazis used gas chambers at Auschwitz concentration camp during the Second World War.