Ryszard Petru

Ryszard Petru
Member of the Sejm
Assumed office
13 November 2023
In office
12 November 2015 – 11 November 2019
Constituency19-Warsaw I
Leader of Modern
In office
31 May 2015 – 25 November 2017
Preceded byoffice established
Succeeded byKatarzyna Lubnauer
Personal details
Born (1972-07-06) 6 July 1972 (age 52)
Wrocław, Poland
Political partyPoland 2050 (2023–present)
Other political
affiliations
Modern (2015–2018)
Now! (2018–2019)
Spouse
Małgorzata Petru
(m. 1997; div. 2017)
Domestic partnerJoanna Schmidt (2016–present)
Children2
Alma materWarsaw School of Economics
ProfessionEconomist
Signature
WebsiteOfficial website

Ryszard Jerzy Petru (born 6 July 1972[1])[2] is a Polish politician. He served as an assistant to several members of parliament in the 1990s. He has worked as an economist for the World Bank, PricewaterhouseCoopers and several Polish banks. Since 2011, he has been the chairman of the Association of Polish Economists. He is the author of several books, including two children's books on economics.

In 2015, Petru founded a liberal political party .Modern (.Nowoczesna). The party received 7.6% of votes in the 2015 Polish parliamentary election.[3][4] Petru was elected to the Sejm from Warsaw (19) district.

  1. ^ "Ryszard Jerzy Petru, Powiązany Z Fundacja Klub Obywatelski, Towarzystwo Ekonomistów Polskich, Fundacja Projekt: Polska" (in Polish). Monitorfirm.pl. Retrieved 14 October 2015.
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  4. ^ "PiS triumfuje i rządzi samodzielnie! Gorący, powyborczy poniedziałek [RELACJA NA ŻYWO]" (in Polish). Gazeta.pl. 26 October 2015. Retrieved 26 October 2015.

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