Jan Olbrycht

Jan Marian Olbrycht (born 21 September 1952, in Rybnik) is a Polish politician of the Civic Platform who has been serving Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for Silesian Voivodeship since 2004.

In the latter capacity, he is the parliament's co-rapporteur (alongside Margarida Marques) on the European Union's Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) for 2021–2027.

[1] In addition to his committee assignments, Olbrycht has been part of the parliament's delegations for relations with China (2004–2009); Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Montenegro and Kosovo (2009–2014); the countries of Southeast Asia and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (2014–2019); and Canada (since 2019).

[2] He also chairs the URBAN Intergroup[3] and is a member of the European Internet Forum.

[6] In 2021, he was appointed to the group's task force for proposing changes to its rules of procedure to allow for “the possibility of the collective termination of membership of a group of Members rather than just individual membership”, alongside Esteban González Pons, Othmar Karas, Esther de Lange and Paulo Rangel.