Roman Giertych
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 |
| Party | Civic Platform (since 2025) League of Polish Families (until 2009) |
| 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 attorney, who served as Deputy Prime Minister of Poland and Minister of National Education from 2006 to 2007.
Giertych began his career as a far-right politician, serving in a Law and Justice-led 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 as well as the founder of the All-Polish Youth organization. After the downfall of the coalition in 2007, Giertych became a marginal politician, focusing on his law career and operating his law firm in Warsaw, representing clients in various high-profile cases. Giertych returned to prominence after tying himself with the liberal Civic Coalition, for which he served as a lawyer before being elected to the Sejm again on its lists in 2023 and properly joining the coalition's biggest party in 2025. Following the 2025 Polish presidential election, Giertych became a leading figure in the party's election denial against president-elect Karol Nawrocki, attempting to undermine the legitimacy of the election.