Ryszard Galla
Ryszard Jerzy Galla is a Polish politician of German descent. 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 until he lost his seat in the 2023 parliamentary election.
Biography
Post Sejm
After leaving the Sejm Galla stood for and won a mandate for the Opole Voivodeship Sejmik in 2024.Galla was appointed the Government Plenipotentiary for National and Ethnic Minorities by Szymon Hołownia on May 15, 2024. Galla was confirmed in a 12-2 vote, with his new responsibilities being to represent all minorities in the Sejm.