Michał Rachoń

Michał Rachoń
Michał Rachoń, 2025
Born
Michał Paweł Rachoń

(1978-10-22) 22 October 1978
EducationUniversity of Gdańsk, East European Studies at the University of Warsaw
Occupations
  • Journalist
  • press columnist
Years active1994–present
Known forConservative political commentary in Poland
Spouse
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(m. 2017)​
Children3

Michał Paweł Rachoń (born 22 October 1978[1]) is a Polish political activist, journalist, press, radio and television columnist, basketball player.

Career

Rachoń graduated in political science from the Faculty of Social Sciences of the University of Gdańsk.[2] He then completed postgraduate studies at the Centre for East European Studies at the University of Warsaw.[3] He worked on tennis tournaments, regattas and a yacht rally called "Baltic Sail".[2][4][5] He was an active basketball player (AZS Gdańsk University of Technology club). In 2011, he worked on the organization of the European Women's Basketball Championship.[2][6]

According to press reports, he was initially close to the Civic Platform circles.[7] In 2002 he became an activist of Law and Justice.[2] Together with Jakub Świderski, he organized political happenings.[8] In the 2004 European Parliament elections he led the campaign of Anna Fotyga (PiS).[3][4][5] From March to August 2007 he served as the press spokesman for the Ministry of the Interior and Administration.[9] From July 2008 to January 2012 he was the press spokesman for Law and Justice in Sopot.[5][9] During this period, he was involved in the campaign before the referendum on the dismissal of the mayor of Sopot, Jacek Karnowski (May 17, 2009).[10][11]

In 2012, he started collaborating with the weekly "Gazeta Polska", as well as with the related daily "Gazeta Polska Codziennie", the monthly "Niezależna Gazeta Polska – Nowe Państwo" and the internet portal Niezalezna.pl. Until March 2013 he was a member of the TVP Gdańsk program council. In 2013, he became the host of the morning program "Polska na dzień dobry" on Telewizja Republika.[9] On this station he also hosted the program "Co wiemy"[12] and "Republika na żywo".[13] On January 13, 2016, he became deputy director of the Television Information Agency (Telewizja Polska).[14] He was dismissed from this office on March 11, 2016.[15] From February 14, 2016, to December 19, 2023, he hosted the "Woronicza 17" program on TVP Info.[16] From March 14, 2016, to December 19, 2023, Rachoń hosted the program "Minęła dwudziesta" on TVP Info. From February 22 to May 9, 2016, he co-hosted the Monday edition of "Sygnały dnia" on Polskie Radio Program I.[17]

In 2016, for conducting a live report in December 2014 of the testimony given in court by President Bronisław Komorowski, a witness in the so-called "afera marszałkowa" (Marshal's affair), he received the Grand Prize of Freedom of Speech from the Association of Polish Journalists (for saving the honor of Polish journalism in a situation where other news media failed).[18][19]

In June 2019, he was a special envoy for Telewizja Polska covering the foreign visit of President Andrzej Duda and his wife to the United States.[20] In the same month, he began hosting the current affairs program "Jedziemy" on TVP Info.[21]

Together with historian Sławomir Cenckiewicz, he created the documentary series "Reset", which premiered in 2023 on TVP1 and TVP Info, and was later also broadcast by Telewizja Republika.[22] For creating the series, they both received the Gazeta Polska Clubs Award for 2024.[23] Rachoń, together with Cenckiewicz, also wrote a book entitled "Zgoda. Rząd i służby Tuska w objęciach Putina" (Consent: Tusk's Government and Services in Putin's Embrace), which was published in 2024.[24]

Together with journalist Anna Bogusiewicz, he led a debate before the 2023 Polish parliamentary elections for Telewizja Polska.[25]

From December 21, 2023, to February 2025, he hosted a revived version of his TVP program on Telewizja Republika, this time titled "#Jedziemy. Michał Rachoń".[26] On December 28, 2023, he became the program director of this television station.[27] On October 7, 2024, he interviewed US presidential candidate Donald Trump for Telewizja Republika.[28] Since February 11, 2025, his program has been called "Michał #Rachoń".[29] Since July 2025, Rachoń has been co-hosting the "Rewolwer" program.[30]

Views

Michał Rachoń protested against being called a politician despite his long-standing party activity in the Law and Justice party (PiS), including serving as a political spokesman. He admitted that he owes his views to historian and political scientist Jerzy Targalski (1952–2021).[3]

In 2011, he expressed the opinion that "the technology that the people of the Soviet services learned in the crash of the Mozambican Tu-134 in 1986 was used in the crash of the Polish Tu-154 in Smolensk in 2010."[31]

Books

  • Zgoda. Rząd i służby Tuska w objęciach Putina, Transatlantic Foundation, Warszawa 2024, [co-authored with Sławomir Cenckiewicz] ISBN 978-83-972668-0-3
  • Reset – jak Tusk wprowadzał Rosję do Polski, Wydawnictwo Niezależne, 2026, [co-authored with Sławomir Cenckiewicz and Grzegorz Wierzchołowski] ISBN 978-83-972668-3-4

Private life

Michał Rachoń comes from the city of Sopot.[32] He is married to journalist Katarzyna Gójska.[33] The couple has three daughters.[34] They live in the countryside near Warsaw.[3] Michał Rachoń declared himself to be a Catholic.[35]

References

  1. ↑ "Profile on the PLK History website". plkhistory.ugu.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 29 January 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Rachoń rzecznikiem prasowym MSWiA". wirtualnemedia.pl (in Polish). 12 March 2007. Retrieved 27 May 2026.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Magdalena Rigamonti (29 March 2019). "Rachoń: Uważam, że dzisiejsza TVP przełamała w Polsce monopol informacyjny". gazetaprawna.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 27 May 2026.
  4. 1 2 Elżbieta Turlej (28 May 2018). "Jak Michał Rachoń własnego stryja lustrował". newsweek.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 27 May 2026.
  5. 1 2 3 Mariusz Kowalewski. TVPropaganda. Za kulisami TVP (in Polish). Warsaw: Wydawnictwo Arbitror. p. 30. ISBN 978-83-66095-20-5.
  6. ↑ Szczepan Radzki (20 January 2011). "Ludwiczuk: Stworzę modę na basket". wroclaw.sport.pl. Retrieved 27 May 2026.
  7. ↑ Ryszarda Wojciechowska (13 September 2009). "Działacz PiS przebrał się za penisa – Palikot się wściekł". wiadomosci.wp.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 27 May 2026.
  8. ↑ Michał Rachoń (2 September 2009). "Człowiek-Putin w Sopocie". salon24.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 27 May 2026.
  9. 1 2 3 Maciej Kozielski (7 May 2013). "Były rzecznik ministra Janusza Kaczmarka, prowadzącym w Telewizji Republika (wideo)". press.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 27 May 2026.
  10. ↑ Piotr Weltrowski (9 May 2009). "Opozycja stawia na internet i billboardy, Karnwoski tylko podpisuje książki". Dziennik Bałtycki (in Polish) (108): 5.
  11. ↑ Piotr Weltrowski (18 May 2009). "W Sopocie powstał niebezpieczny precedens". Dziennik Bałtycki (in Polish) (115): 8.
  12. ↑ Łukasz Brzezicki (12 September 2014). "Startuje jesienna ramówka TV Republika. Darek Malejonek i Bartłomiej Maślankiewicz z programami". wirtualnemedia.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 27 May 2026.
  13. ↑ Patryk Pallus (8 October 2014). "TV Republika przez 16 godzin na żywo. Rusza nowe pasmo dzienne". wirtualnemedia.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 27 May 2026.
  14. ↑ Patryk Pallus (13 January 2016). "Michał Rachoń szefem publicystyki TVP Info". wirtualnemedia.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 27 May 2026.
  15. ↑ jsch (11 March 2016). "Dawid Wildstein nowym szefem publicystyki w TVP Info". wiadomosci.onet.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 27 May 2026.
  16. ↑ Patryk Pallus (15 February 2016). "Michał Rachoń nowym prowadzącym "Woronicza 17" w TVP Info". wirtualnemedia.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 27 May 2026.
  17. ↑ tw (22 February 2016). "Michał Rachoń z wywiadami w „Sygnałach dnia" radiowej Jedynki". wirtualnemedia.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 27 May 2026.
  18. ↑ "Nagrody SDP przyznane – lista laureatów" (in Polish). 28 January 2016. Retrieved 27 May 2026.
  19. ↑ "Nagroda Główna Wolności Słowa. Rozmowa z Michałem Rachoniem" (in Polish). Retrieved 27 May 2026.
  20. ↑ jk (15 June 2019). "Nowy program Michała Rachonia w TVP Info dopiero od lipca, dziennikarz relacjonuje wizytę pary prezydenckiej w USA". wirtualnemedia.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 28 May 2026.
  21. ↑ Adom Mfer (23 June 2019). "#Jedziemy – nowy program Michała Rachonia". tvp.info (in Polish). Retrieved 23 June 2019.
  22. ↑ jk (12 August 2023). "„Reset" z TVP trafi na antenę TV Republika". wirtualnemedia.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 28 May 2026.
  23. ↑ "Gala Człowieka Roku "Gazety Polskiej" 2023. Poznaliśmy laureatów". filarybiznesu.pl (in Polish). 16 January 2024. Retrieved 28 May 2026.
  24. ↑ ""Zamów, zanim Tusk zakaże". Cenckiewicz i Rachoń napisali książkę". dorzeczy.pl (in Polish). 9 September 2024. Retrieved 28 May 2026.
  25. ↑ jk (5 October 2023). "Michał Rachoń i Anna Bogusiewicz poprowadzą debatę wyborczą w TVP". wirtualnemedia.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 28 May 2026.
  26. ↑ MNIE (22 December 2023). "Michał Rachoń przeniósł swój program "#Jedziemy" z TVP Info do TV Republika". press.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 28 May 2026.
  27. ↑ tw (29 December 2023). "Michał Rachoń dyrektorem programowym Telewizji Republika". wirtualnemedia.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 28 May 2026.
  28. ↑ Magda Walma (7 October 2024). "To nie żart. Michał Rachoń z TV Republika przeprowadzi wywiad z Donaldem Trumpem". kultura.gazeta.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 28 May 2026.
  29. ↑ bn (11 February 2025). "Nowa nazwa programu Michała Rachonia. "Biegniemy po każdą informację"". tvrepublika.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 28 May 2026.
  30. ↑ Tomasz Wojtas (5 July 2025). "Tylko dziennikarze w nowym programie TV Republika". wirtualnemedia.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 28 May 2026.
  31. ↑ Michał Rachoń (1 November 2011). "Zamach na prezydenta Mozambiku, TU134 i fałszywa radiolatarnia". michalrachon.blogspot.com (in Polish). Archived from the original on 6 February 2023. Retrieved 28 May 2026.
  32. ↑ Maciej Sandecki (19 September 2023). "Kim jest Michał Rachoń, gwiazda propagandy? Od rzecznika PiS do... rzecznika PiS". trojmiasto.wyborcza.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 28 May 2026.
  33. ↑ MG (20 July 2017). "Prezenter TVP wziął ślub! Kto jest jego wybranką?". fakt.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 28 May 2026.
  34. ↑ "Redaktor Katarzyna Gójska urodziła córeczkę. Gratulujemy!". tvrepublika.pl (in Polish). 10 November 2020. Retrieved 28 May 2026.
  35. ↑ sm (30 April 2017). "I stało się! Wszystkiego najlepszego Młodej Parze!". tvrepublika.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 28 May 2026.
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