Ludwik Stanisław Dorn (, 5 June 1954 – 7 April 2022) was a Polish conservative politician, who served as

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and member of

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elected on 5 November 2007.

Biography

Dorn was born Ludwik Dornbaum, to Polish-Jewish parents Henryk Dornbaum, a socialist activist and Alina née Kugler, a doctor. All of his father's family was murdered during the

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. 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. Dorn graduated with a degree in

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from

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in 1978. From 31 October 2005 to 7 February 2007 he was Minister of Interior and Administration, resigned after conflict with the Prime Minister

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. Elected a Marshal of the

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

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, left Law and Justice on ideological grounds to form a breakaway group,

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References

External links

Official website

Ludwik Dorn in the Wprost debatase

Ludwik Dorn in the Polish government website
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