Ryszard Kalisz

Ryszard Roman Kalisz (born February 26, 1957 in Warsaw) is a Polish leftist politician and a 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 communist Polish United Workers' Party) from 1978 until its dissolution in 1990.

Ryszard Kalisz
Minister of the Interior and Administration
In office
2 May 2004 – 31 October 2005
Prime MinisterMarek Belka
Preceded byJerzy Szmajdziński
Succeeded byLudwik Dorn
Member of the Sejm
In office
19 October 2001 – 11 November 2015
Constituency19 – Warsaw I
Personal details
Born26 February 1957
Warsaw, Poland
NationalityPolish
Political partyIndependent (2013-present)
Democratic Left Alliance (1999-2013)
Social Democracy of the Republic of Poland (1990-1999)
Polish United Workers' Party (1978-1990)

He was the Minister of Internal Affairs and Administration in the cabinet of Marek Belka. Kalisz was elected to the Sejm on September 25, 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).

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