Lieutenant General Lieutenant general (Lt Gen, LTG and similar) is a three-star military rank (NATO code OF-8) used in many countries. The rank traces its origins to the Middle Ages, where the title of lieutenant general was held by the second-in-command on the ...

Bronisław Kwiatkowski (5 May 1950 in

Mazury Masuria (, german: Masuren, Masurian: ''Mazurÿ'') is a ethnographic and geographic region in northern and northeastern Poland, known for its 2,000 lakes. Masuria occupies much of the Masurian Lake District. Administratively, it is part of the ...

– 10 April 2010 in

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) was a Polish military figure, Commander of the Polish Armed Forces Operational Command. He was among the passengers killed in the

2010 Polish Air Force Tu-154 crash On 10 April 2010, a Tupolev Tu-154 aircraft operating Polish Air Force Flight 101 crashed near the Russian city of Smolensk, killing all 96 people on board. Among the victims were the president of Poland, Lech Kaczyński, and his wife, Maria, ...

Awards and honours

He was awarded numerous civil and military awards including the

Order of Polonia Restituta The Order of Polonia Restituta ( pl, Order Odrodzenia Polski, en, Order of Restored Poland) is a Polish state decoration, state Order (decoration), order established 4 February 1921. It is conferred on both military and civilians as well as on al ...

. *Commander's Cross of the

(2010,

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; previously awarded the Officer's Cross and the Knight's Cross) *Commander's Cross of the

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*Gold Cross of Merit *Gold

Medal of the Armed Forces in the Service of the Fatherland The Medal of the Armed Forces in the Service of the Fatherland ( pl, Medal Siły Zbrojne w Służbie Ojczyzny) is a Polish military decoration, awarded for long service and excellent work in the army. The medal was first established on 26 May 195 ...

*Gold Medal of Merit for National Defence *Gold Medal for Long Service Award (2009) *Commemorative medal of the Multinational Division Central-South Iraq *Grand Officer of the

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(2008, Portugal) *UN Medal

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mission *Instructor Parachute Badge 1950 births 2010 deaths Polish generals People from Kolbuszowa County Victims of the Smolensk air disaster Commanders of the Order of Polonia Restituta Recipients of the Order of the Military Cross Recipients of the Gold Cross of Merit (Poland) Grand Officers of the Order of Merit (Portugal) Burials at Salwator Cemetery {{Poland-mil-bio-stub