Ryszard Galla

Ryszard Galla
Leader of German Minority
Incumbent
Assumed office 20 January 2008
Preceded by	Henryk Kroll
Member of the Sejm
Incumbent
Assumed office 25 September 2005
Marshal of Opole Voivodeship
In office 19 April 2002 – 16 November 2002
Preceded by	Stanisław Jałowiecki
Succeeded by	Ewa Olszewska
Personal details
Born	(1956-07-22) 22 July 1956 Wrocław, Poland
Citizenship	Polish
Nationality	German
Political party	German Minority
Alma mater	Opole University of Technology
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Website	ryszard-galla.pl

Ryszard Jerzy Galla (born 22 July 1956 in Wrocław) is a Polish politician of German heritage. Originally a member of the Opole Regional Assembly and briefly the Marshal of Opole Voivodeship in 2002, Galla was elected to the Sejm during the 2005 parliamentary election, getting 9072 votes in the 21st Opole district, and as of 2015, is the only Sejm member from the German Minority (Polish: Mniejszość Niemiecka, German: Deutsche Minderheit) political party.

Electoral history

Sejm
Election		Party	Votes	%	Constituency	Elected?
	2001	German Minority	2,875	0.92	Opole	No
	2005		9,072	3.40		Yes
	2007		8,193	2.22		Yes
	2011		11,794	3.69		Yes
	2015		9,623	2.84		Yes
	2019		13,957	3.43		Yes

Opole Regional Assembly
Election		Party	Votes	%	Constituency	Elected?
	1998	TSKN	2,050	3.44	nr.4	Yes
	2002	German Minority	8,737	13.36	nr.1	Yes

See also

• List of Sejm members (2005–2007)

External links

• Ryszard Galla - parliamentary page - includes declarations of interest, voting record, and transcripts of speeches.