Roman Giertych | |
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Giertych in 2017 | |
Deputy Prime Minister of Poland | |
In office 5 May 2006 – 13 August 2007 | |
President | Lech Kaczyński |
Prime Minister | Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz Jarosław Kaczyński |
Succeeded by | Przemysław Gosiewski |
Minister of National Education | |
In office 5 May 2006 – 13 August 2007 | |
President | Lech Kaczyński |
Prime Minister | Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz Jarosław Kaczyński |
Preceded by | Michał Seweryński |
Succeeded by | Ryszard Legutko |
Member of the Sejm, IV and V terms | |
In office 19 October 2001 – 4 November 2007 | |
Assumed office 13 November 2023 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Roman Jacek Giertych 27 February 1971 Śrem, Poland |
Political party | League of Polish Families (until 2009) |
Other political affiliations | Civic Coalition[1] (since 2023) |
Spouse | Barbara Giertych |
Children | 4 |
Alma mater | Adam Mickiewicz University (M.A. in History, 1994) (LL.M., 1995) |
Occupation | Politician, lawyer |
Roman Jacek Giertych (Polish pronunciation: [ˈrɔman ˈɡʲɛrtɨx]; born 27 February 1971) is a Polish political figure and advocate,[2][3] Giertych served in a PiS-lead government as Deputy Prime Minister of Poland and Minister of National Education from May 2006 to August 2007. He was a member of the Sejm from 2001 to 2007 and the chairman of the League of Polish Families party and, in 1989, founder of the Polish nationalist and far-right organization All-Polish Youth.[4]
Since 2007, he has run his law firm in Warsaw, representing clients in various high-profile cases.[5] He is a member of the Sejm again, effectively for KO, since late 2023.