Ryszard Kalisz | |
Nationality: | Polish |
Office: | Minister of the Interior and Administration |
Term Start: | 2 May 2004 |
Term End: | 31 October 2005 |
Predecessor: | Jerzy Szmajdziński |
Successor: | Ludwik Dorn |
Primeminister: | Marek Belka |
Office2: | Member of the Sejm |
Term Start2: | 19 October 2001 |
Term End2: | 11 November 2015 |
Constituency2: | 19 – Warsaw I |
Party: | Independent (2013-present) Democratic Left Alliance (1999-2013) Social Democracy of the Republic of Poland (1990-1999) Polish United Workers' Party (1978-1990) |
Birth Date: | 26 February 1957 |
Birth Place: | Warsaw, Poland |
Ryszard Roman Kalisz (born 26 February 1957 in Warsaw) is a Polish lawyer,[1] left-wing politician, former member of the Democratic Left Alliance party. In early years he joined the Socialist Union of Polish Students, where he was deputy director of the Main Auditing Committee. He was a member of the Polish United Workers' Party from 1978 until its dissolution in 1990.
He was the Minister of Internal Affairs and Administration in the cabinet of Marek Belka.[2] Kalisz was elected to the Sejm on 25 September 2005, getting 36,013 votes in the 19th Warsaw district, campaigning from the Democratic Left Alliance list.
He is also a member of the Sejm 2001–2005.
He divorced in 2009. With his new wife Dominika, they have two children: Antoniusz (his step son) and Fryderyk (b. 2015).