 roman jacek giertych (; born 27 february 1971 in Årem, poland) is a polish politician; he was deputy prime minister and minister of education until august 2007. he was a member of the sejm (the lower house of the polish parliament) from 2001 until october 2007 and the chairman of the league of polish families party. == biography == roman giertych comes from a family of polish politicians, a son of maciej giertych and a grandson of jÄdrzej giertych. his uncle on his father's side is wojciech giertych, o.p., theologian of the pontifical household and professor of theology at the pontifical university of saint thomas aquinas, angelicum in rome. two of his aunts also entered religious life. he excelled in history throughout his school years while his grades in other subjects remained average. his teacher of biology recalls him questioning the validity of the theory of evolution; a stance that he carried away from his family home, especially his father (a ph.d. in forest genetics), a notable creationist. he graduated from adam mickiewicz university in poznaÅ with master's degrees in both law and history. in 1989, he reactivated the far-right all-polish youth organization, becoming its chairman; he remains honorary chairman to this day. for several years he was a member of the national-democratic party and the national party, which merged with several other organizations to form the [[leag
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