Jan Parys

{{Short description|Polish politician}}

{{BLP sources|date=May 2020}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Jan Parys

| image = Jan Parys.JPG

| office = Minister of Defense

| term_start = 23 December 1991

| term_end = 23 May 1992

| primeminister = Jan Olszewski

| predecessor = Piotr Kołodziejczyk

| successor = Romuald Szeremietiew

| party = Third Republic Movement (1992-1995)

| birth_date = {{birth date|1950|12|23|df=y}}

| birth_place = Warsaw, Poland

}}

Jan Stanisław Parys (born 23 December 1950 in Warsaw{{Cite web |date=2024-01-15 |title=Biuletyn Informacji Publicznej Instytutu Pamięci Narodowej |url=https://katalog.bip.ipn.gov.pl/informacje/44083 |access-date=2024-01-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240115082200/https://katalog.bip.ipn.gov.pl/informacje/44083 |archive-date=2024-01-15 }}) was the minister of national defence for Poland from 1991 to 1992.{{Cite web|title=Embattled defense minister resigns|url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1992/05/18/Embattled-defense-minister-resigns/5545706161600/|website=UPI|language=en|access-date=2020-05-02}}{{Cite book|last=Betz|first=David|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=z0d-AgAAQBAJ&dq=jan+parys+defence+poland&pg=PA79|title=Civil-Military Relations in Russia and Eastern Europe|date=2004-07-31|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-134-34493-2|language=en}} He was the president of the Jagiellonian College, and is currently a board member at the Polish Institute of International Affairs. He holds a doctorate in sociology from the University of Warsaw.