Dyzma Gałaj
Polish politician and sociologist
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Dyzma Kazimierz Gałaj (1915, Mystkowice - 2000, Warsaw) was a Polish sociologist and politician.[1]
Born
15 January 1915
Dyzma Kazimierz Gałaj
15 January 1915
Died6 December 2000 (aged 85)
Resting place
Powązki Military CemeteryPolitical party
ZSLDyzma Gałaj | |
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 Portrait of Gałaj by Grażyna Rutowska, 1969 | |
| Born | Dyzma Kazimierz Gałaj 15 January 1915 |
| Died | 6 December 2000 (aged 85) |
Resting place | Powązki Military Cemetery |
Political party | ZSL |
| Movement | Endokomuna |
| Academic background | |
| Education | University of Łódź |
| Alma mater | SGGW |
| Thesis | (1959) |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | History |
Main interests | History of the Polish peasantry |
| Resistance | |
| Allegiance | IAB |
Branch | People's Party |
Service years | 1940-1945 |
| Unit | BCh |
Conflict | World War II |
During World War II, he was a member of the Polish peasant Bataliony Chłopskie resistance. After the war he would become a communist political activist, and study at the University of Łódź. He would be a member of the Polish parliament (Sejm) from 1965 to 1985, and marshal of the Sejm in 1971–1972, representing the United People's Party (ZSL). From 1972 to 1976, he was a member of the Polish Council of State. In politics, he was seen as a supporter of general Mieczysław Moczar.
As a scholar, his work concentrated on the 20th century Polish peasantry.
