German Minority Electoral Committee
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 | |
| 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 | |
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. From 2005 to 2023 the party had been represented in the Sejm by Ryszard Galla who has been leader of the party since 2008.
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).