Ludwik Dorn

Ludwik Stanisław Dorn ([ˈludvʲik ˈdɔrn], 5 June 1954 – 7 April 2022)^[1] was a Polish conservative politician, who served as Deputy Prime Minister and member of Sejm elected on 5 November 2007.

Ludwik Dorn
Dorn in 2014
Marshal of the Sejm
In office 27 April 2007 – 4 November 2007
Preceded by	Marek Jurek
Succeeded by	Bronisław Komorowski
Deputy Prime Minister of Poland
In office 31 October 2005 – 27 April 2007
President	Aleksander Kwaśniewski Lech Kaczyński
Prime Minister	Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz Jarosław Kaczyński
Minister of the Interior and Administration
In office 31 October 2005 – 7 February 2007
President	Aleksander Kwaśniewski Lech Kaczyński
Prime Minister	Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz Jarosław Kaczyński
Preceded by	Ryszard Kalisz
Succeeded by	Janusz Kaczmarek
Personal details
Born	Ludwik Dornbaum (1954-06-05)5 June 1954 Warsaw, Poland
Died	7 April 2022(2022-04-07) (aged 67) Warsaw, Poland
Political party	Law and Justice (2001−2008) Poland Plus (2010) Law and Justice (2010−2012) United Poland (2012–2014) Independent (2014–2022)
Spouse	Izabela Śmieszek
Profession	Sociologist

Biography

Dorn was born Ludwik Dornbaum,^[2] to Polish-Jewish parents^[3] Henryk Dornbaum (1910—1982), a socialist activist and Alina née Kugler (1915—2006), a doctor. All of his father's family was murdered during the Holocaust.^[4]

In the 1960s Dornbaum family changed their name to Dorn. He was raised agnostic, but he converted to Roman Catholicism at the age of 51.^[4] Dorn graduated with a degree in sociology from Warsaw University in 1978.^[5]

From 31 October 2005 to 7 February 2007 he was Minister of Interior and Administration, resigned after conflict with the Prime Minister Jarosław Kaczyński.^[6] Elected a Marshal of the Sejm on 27 April 2007, with 235 votes, after Marek Jurek's resignation.

On 4 November 2011, he, along with 15 other supporters of the dismissed PiS MEP Zbigniew Ziobro,^[7] left Law and Justice on ideological grounds to form a breakaway group, United Poland.^[8]