Krzysztof Putra

Who was Krzysztof Putra?

Krzysztof Jakub Putra was a Polish politician, a member of the Law and Justice. He served as a Deputy of the Senate Marshal from October 27, 2005 until November 4, 2007. He later became a Sejm member and PiS candidate for Sejm Marshal.

Putra was born in Józefowo, Suwałki County. He was a grandson of Aleksander Putra, who served as Sejm Member before World War II from Polish People's Party.

A member of Solidarity during Communist rule, he was a worker in Białystok from 1975 to 1994. He was also a Sejm Member from Solidarity. Later he was elected from Centre Agreement and was one of the founder of Law and Justice in 2001. He is known as one of the Party leader, in addition to serve as party leader in his home Podlaskie Voivodeship.

As one of the Deputies of the Senate Marshal he was regarded as a de facto leader of the upper house.

He was picked by the Law and Justice and their candidate for Sejm Marshal. However, he lost soundly to Civic Platform's majority nominee Bronisław Komorowski. His candidature was viewed as a political demonstration.

However, a day later he was elected one of the Vice-Marshals.