Dyzma Gałaj

Dyzma Gałaj (1915, Mystkowice - 2000, Warsaw) was a Polish sociologist and a politician.

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 peasants.

Sejm Marshals of the People's Republic of Poland

Władysław Kowalski Jan Dembowski Czesław Wycech Dyzma Gałaj Stanisław Gucwa Roman Malinowski Mikołaj Kozakiewicz

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 115811948 SUDOC: 113723784

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