German Minority Electoral Committee

German Minority Electoral Committee

Komitet Wyborczy Mniejszość Niemiecka
German Minority Electoral Committee Komitet Wyborczy Mniejszość Niemiecka
Leader	Ryszard Galla
Founded	1990
Headquarters	6 Konopnickiej Street, 45-004, Opole; 3 Wczasowa Street, 47-400, Racibórz
Ideology	German minority interests; Regionalism; Christian democracy; Social market economy;
Political position	Centre-left
European affiliation	European People's Party (Congress)
Colours	Blue
Sejm	0 / 460
Voivodeship Sejmik of Opole Voivodeship	5 / 30
Powiat Councils in Opole	36 / 219
Gmina Councils in Opole	178 / 1,139
Mayors in Opole	12 / 71
Website
	mniejszoscniemiecka.eu
	Politics of Poland; Political parties; Elections;

The German Minority Electoral Committee (Polish: Komitet Wyborczy Mniejszość Niemiecka, German: Wahlkomitee Deutsche Minderheit) is an electoral committee in Poland which represents the German minority. Since 2008, its representative has been Ryszard Galla. In the 2023 Polish parliamentary election, Galla lost his seat in the Sejm, leaving the party with no national representation.^[7]

It is not a registered political party, but an organization by which Poland's political system gives political representation to national minorities. Candidates of the German minority are proposed by the Social-Cultural Association of Germans in Opolitian Silesia (Polish: Towarzystwo Społeczno-Kulturalne Niemców na Śląsku Opolskim, German: Wahlkomitee Sozial-Kulturelle Gesellschaft der Deutschen im Oppelner Schlesien) and the Social-Cultural Association of Germans in Silesian Voivodeship (Towarzystwo Społeczno-Kulturalne Niemców Województwa Śląskiego).^[8]

^ Nordsieck, Wolfram (2019). "Poland". Parties and Elections in Europe. Retrieved 2 December 2019.
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^ Aleksandra Kruk; Piotr Pochyły (2015). "Mniejszość Niemiecka". Przegląd Narodowościowy (in Polish). 4. Zielona Góra: 77.
^ Szczepański, Andrzej (2013). Aktywność społeczno-polityczna mniejszości niemieckiej na Śląsku Opolskim po 1989 roku. p. 179. ISBN 978-83-7780-395-0.
^ https://www.coe.int/en/web/congress/country?id=17
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^ "Home". dfkschlesien.vdg.pl.

[1] Nordsieck, Wolfram (2019). "Poland". Parties and Elections in Europe. Retrieved 2 December 2019.

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[kruk-4] Aleksandra Kruk; Piotr Pochyły (2015). "Mniejszość Niemiecka". Przegląd Narodowościowy (in Polish). 4. Zielona Góra: 77.

[szczepanski-5] Szczepański, Andrzej (2013). Aktywność społeczno-polityczna mniejszości niemieckiej na Śląsku Opolskim po 1989 roku. p. 179. ISBN 978-83-7780-395-0.

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[8] "Home". dfkschlesien.vdg.pl.

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