ZYCH JÓZEF b. 1938
Marshal of the RP Sejm of II term (3.03.1995 - 19.10.1997)
Born on 23 March 1938 in Giedlarowa in Rzeszów province. Graduated from the Faculty of Law at the
Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, where he also
received a doctor's degree in law in 1977. He started work in the Provincial
Department of the Polish National Insurance (PZU) in Zielona
Góra heading the compensation section 1961-1967. A
legal adviser in various institutions in Zielona Góra: the Provincial Union of Agricultural Co-operatives,
the Institute of Mining, Oil and Gas Industry, then the Institute of Electronic
Computing System 1967-1991. A member of the Association of Polish Lawyers,
vice-president of the Board from 1984 and president of the National Council of
Solicitors 1983-1991. He started his political career joining the United
Peasants' Party (ZSL) in 1978. Its member till dissolving in 1989, subsequently
an official in the newly formed Polish Peasants' Party 'Odrodzenie'
(chairman of the Chief Council November 1989 - May 1990). After the Unity
Congress 5 May 1990 in the new born Polish Peasants' Party (PSL), among the
party executives as deputy chairman and next- chairman of the Chief Council
from 1991. First, he ran for the PRL Sejm of X term 1989 -1993 from the ZSL Zielona Góra district. The head
of the ZSL, then PSL, Parliamentary Club, participated in the jobs of the Sejm
Justice Committee as chairman from September 1989. A deputy for the Republic of
Poland Sejm of the I term 1991-1993 from the PSL list in Zielona
Góra, keeps the office of deputy marshal until the
dissolving of Parliament on 31 May 1993. Re-elected for II term from Zielona Góra 1993, first is
deputy marshal (from 14 October 1993)) and then marshal (from 3 March 1995). In
the parliamentary election for III term, he was, traditionally, a candidate
from Zielona Góra, but got
a seat from the national list. A member of the Constitutional Accountability
Committee and the Special Commission for the changes in the Code of Offence. On
11 October 1997, at the sitting of the PSL Chief Council, he resigned the
chairman's post. In the 2001 election, he ran as a candidate of the Polish People.s Party and entered the Sejm of the 4th term from
constituency No 8 in Zielona Góra.
On 2nd July 2004, at the 78th sitting, he was elected a Vice-Marshal of the Sejm
of the 4th term. In the elections of 2005, 2007 and 2011, he won a mandate in
the same constituency of Zielona Góra,
as a representative of the Polish People.s Party. The
President appointed him as the Senior Marshal of the Sejm during the 5th and
7th terms. In 2015, he did not obtain the seat of a deputy. The author of over
200 articles and a few papers on the labour legislation, insurance and civil
law published in the journals and popularised scientific magazines. Awarded the
Gold and Silver Cross of Merit, Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour.
Member of the Tribunal of State between 2015
and 2019.
Updated: January 2020
Photography of Józef Zych
Polish
Press Agency, Photography Department