List of Top Polish Officials Killed in Plane Crash

By Epoch Times Staff
Epoch Times Staff
Epoch Times Staff
April 10, 2010Updated: October 1, 2015

Polish President Lech Kaczynski with his wife Maria. (Janek Skarzynski/AFP/Getty Images)
Polish President Lech Kaczynski with his wife Maria. (Janek Skarzynski/AFP/Getty Images)
Polish President Lech Kaczynski, his wife, and 95 other passengers and crew were all killed in a fatal plane crash in Western Russia on Saturday morning. Below is a list of some of Poland's top officials who perished in the crash.

 

 

 

 

 

 

LECH KACZYNSKI – President of Poland
MARIA KACZYNSKA – First Lady of Poland
RYSZARD KACZOROWSKI – Former President of Polish government—in exile
ALEKSANDER SZCZYGLO – Director of the National Security Office
WLADYSLAW STASIAK – Chief of the Office of the President
PAWEL WYPYCH – Secretary of State
GEN. FRANCISZEK GAGOR – Army Chief of Staff
SLAWOMIR SKRZYPEK – President of the Polish National Bank
STANISLAW JERZY KOMOROWSKI – Ministry of Defense Under-Secretary of State
KRZYSZTOF PUTRA – Deputy Speaker of the Sejm (lower house)
KRYSTYNA BOCHENEK – Deputy Speaker of the Senate (upper house)
JERZY SZMAJDZINSKI – Deputy Speaker of the Sejm and official presidential candidate for elections, which had been scheduled for the fall
TOMASZ MERT – Ministry of Culture Under-Secretary
MARIUSZ HANDZLIK – Under-Secretary of State in the Office of the President
PIOTR NUROWSKI – President of Polish Olympics Committee

Members of the Senate and Parliament include:

GRZEGORZ DOLNIAK
LESZEK DEPTULA
GRAZYNA GESICKA
PRZEMYSLAW GOSIEWSKI
ZBIGNIEW WASSERMANN
SEBASTIAN KARPINIUK
IZABELA JARUGA-NOWACKA
ALEKSANDRA NATALLI-SWIAT
ARKADIUSZ RYBICKI
JOLANTA SZYMANEK-DERESZ
WIESLAW WODA
EDWARD WOJTAS
JANINA FETLINSKA
STANISLAW ZAJAC

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