Henryk Kroll (born January 20, 1949 in
Gogolin
Gogolin is a town in southern Poland, in Opole Voivodeship, in Krapkowice County. It has 6,682 inhabitants (2019). It is the seat of Gmina Gogolin.
Geology and palaeontology
Gogolin gives its name to the Gogolin Formation whose strata were fi ...
) is a Polish politician, and the former leader of
German minority in Poland
The registered German minority in Poland at the 2011 national census consisted of 148,000 people, of whom 64,000 declared both German and Polish ethnicities and 45,000 solely German ethnicity.Przynależność narodowo-etniczna ludności – wyni ...
. He was initially elected to
Sejm
The Sejm (English: , Polish: ), officially known as the Sejm of the Republic of Poland (Polish: ''Sejm Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej''), is the lower house of the bicameral parliament of Poland.
The Sejm has been the highest governing body of t ...
(Polish Parliament) in 1991. In the Polish parliamentary elections of September 25, 2005, he achieved 7852 votes in 21
Opole
Opole (; german: Oppeln ; szl, Ôpole) ;
* Silesian:
** Silesian PLS alphabet: ''Ôpole''
** Steuer's Silesian alphabet: ''Uopole''
* Silesian German: ''Uppeln''
* Czech: ''Opolí''
* Latin: ''Oppelia'', ''Oppolia'', ''Opulia'' is a city loc ...
district, from "
Mniejszość Niemiecka" (German Minority) list. He remained a member of the Sejm until his defeat at the Polish parliamentary elections of 2007.
He was also a member of
Sejm 1991-1993,
Sejm 1993-1997,
Sejm 1997-2001, and
Sejm 2001-2005.
See also
*
Members of Polish Sejm 2005-2007
External links
Henryk Kroll - parliamentary page- includes declarations of interest, voting record, and transcripts of speeches.
Members of the Polish Sejm 1991–1993
Members of the Polish Sejm 1993–1997
Members of the Polish Sejm 1997–2001
Members of the Polish Sejm 2001–2005
Members of the Polish Sejm 2005–2007
1949 births
Polish people of German descent
Living people
Polish veterinarians
Recipients of the Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
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