Ryszard Galla Explained

Ryszard Galla
Citizenship:Polish
Nationality:German
Term Start:20 January 2008
Predecessor:Henryk Kroll
Office1:Member of the Sejm
Term Start1:25 September 2005
Term End1:12 November 2023
Office2:Marshal of Opole Voivodeship
Term Start2:19 April 2002
Term End2:16 November 2002
Predecessor2:Stanisław Jałowiecki
Birth Date:22 July 1956
Birth Place:Wrocław, People's Republic of Poland
Party:German Minority
Alma Mater:Opole University of Technology
Signature:Ryszard Galla signature.svg

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 was the sole Sejm member from the German Minority Electoral Committee (Polish: Mniejszość Niemiecka, German: Deutsche Minderheit) until he lost his seat in the 2023 parliamentary election.

Electoral history

Sejm
ElectionPartyVotes%ConstituencyElected?
2001German Minority2,8750.92Opole
20059,0723.40
20078,1932.22
201111,7943.69
20159,6232.84
201913,9573.43
20238,7431.82
Opole Regional Assembly
ElectionPartyVotes%ConstituencyElected?
1998TSKN2,0503.44nr.4
2002German Minority8,73713.36nr.1
2024Śląscy Samorządowcy3,8734.57nr.1

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