Ryszard Terlecki


Ryszard Iwon Terlecki is a Polish politician, the Parliamentary Caucus Head of the Law and Justice party. 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.

Personal life

He is the son of the writer and journalist Olgierd Terlecki who was a secret collaborator of the Security Service in PRL for 35 year and his wife Janina. In his youth, he was a participant in the hippie movement and one of the precursors of this youth subculture in Poland. He was known in the environment under the pseudonym Pies. He is married twice, has three children from his first marriage.