Kazimierz Michał Ujazdowski (born 28 July 1964 in Kielce)[1] is a Polish politician and lawyer, associate professor of law at the University of Lodz. Minister of Culture and National Heritage in the governments of Jerzy Buzek (2000–2001), Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz (2005–2006) and Jarosław Kaczyński (2006–2007), deputy speaker of the Sejm of the fourth term. Member of the Sejm of the 1st (1991–1993) and of the 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th and 7th term (1997–2014), Member of the European Parliament of the 8th term (2014–2019), senator of the 10th term (from 2019).
Author of press publications, as well as the author, co-author and editor of books devoted mainly to cultural and historical policy, political and constitutional issues as well as the history of Polish conservatism and conservative thought. He has published in Rzeczpospolita, Gazeta Wyborcza, Dziennik, Wprost, Gazeta Polska, Gość Niedzielny, Nowe Państwo and Życie. He was a member of the editorial board of Polityka Polska (1990-1991). Ujazdowski is also the founder and editor of the Kwartalnik Konserwatywny. Kazimierz Ujazdowski is also the founder and director of the Europejskie Centrum Badań Ustrojowych (European Center for Constitutional Research) at University of Łódź. In June 2021, Ujazdowski founded, together with, inter alia, Marek Biernacki, MP, think tank Centrum Dobrego Państwa.
Kazimierz Michał Ujazdowski is the grandson of Kazimierz Cyprian Ujazdowski, an attorney from the interwar period, a defense attorney in political trials (including the Brest trials). Father - Kazimierz Mieczysław Ujazdowski - was a Member of Parliament, defended in political trials, among others during the martial law period.
