Ryszard Terlecki

Ryszard Terlecki
Deputy Marshal of the Sejm
In office
12 November 2015  12 November 2023
Head of the Law and Justice Parliamentary Caucus
In office
10 November 2015  12 November 2023
Preceded byMariusz Błaszczak
Succeeded byMariusz Błaszczak
Personal details
Born
Ryszard Iwon Terlecki

(1949-09-02) 2 September 1949
Kraków, Poland
Children3
Alma materJagiellonian University
ProfessionHistorian
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WebsiteOfficial website

Ryszard Iwon Terlecki (born 2 September 1949) is a Polish politician, the Parliamentary Caucus Head of the Law and Justice party between 2015–2023. Terlecki, a historian and professor of humanities, lectures at the Pontifical University of John Paul II. He is a member of the Sejm, serving since 2007. He served as the Deputy Marshal of the Sejm of the Republic of Poland 2015–2023.

In September 2021 Terlecki said that the PIS party wants to remain in the EU and have a cooperative relationship, but that the EU 'should be acceptable to us.'with him furthering said 'If things go the way they are likely to go, we will have to search for drastic solutions,' he warned. 'The British showed that the dictatorship of the Brussels bureaucracy did not suit them and turned around and left,'. This led to some people saying Terlecki called for a Polexit.