Dyzma Gałaj

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

During WWII he was a member of the Polish peasant Bataliony Chłopskie resistance. After the war he would become a communist politicial activist, and study at the University of Łódź. He would be 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.

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v • d • e Sejm Marshals of the People's Republic of Poland

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