Grzegorz Maciej Dolniak (''Gizh-eh-gozh Dawl-nee-ak''; 17 February 1960 in
Będzin – 10 April 2010) was a Polish politician. He was elected to the
Sejm on 25 September 2005, getting 12,151 votes in the 32nd
Sosnowiec
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district as a candidate from the
Civic Platform list. He was also a member of
Sejm 2001–05.
He was listed on the
flight manifestPrezydenckim Tu-154 leciały najważniejsze osoby w państwie (Polish)
of the Tupolev Tu-154 of the 36th Special Aviation Regiment
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carrying the President of Poland Lech Kaczyński which crashed near Smolensk-North
Smolensk North Airport (russian: военный аэродром "Смоленск-Северный", "Smolensk North Military Aerodrome") is a decommissioned military airbase in Smolensk Oblast, Russia, located 4 km north of the city of ...
airport near Pechersk near Smolensk, Russia, on 10 April 2010, killing all aboard.
On April 16, 2010 Dolniak was decorated posthumously with the Commander's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta. On April 22 he was buried in the cemetery at Holy Trinity Parish in Będzin. His wife, Barbara
Barbara may refer to:
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* Barbara (given name)
* Barbara (painter) (1915–2002), pseudonym of Olga Biglieri, Italian futurist painter
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, became a politician as well, serving as Deputy Marshal of the Sejm Deputy Marshal of the Sejm of the Republic of Poland ( pl, Wicemarszałek Sejmu RP) is a person elected to preside over Sejm (Polish lower chamber of parliament) sessions when the Sejm Marshal is not presiding. Throughout the course of the Third Rep ...
.
See also
* Members of Polish Sejm 2005–07
References
External links
Grzegorz Dolniak – parliamentary page
– includes declarations of interest, voting record, and transcripts of speeches.
1960 births
2010 deaths
People from Będzin
Members of the Polish Sejm 2005–2007
Members of the Polish Sejm 2001–2005
Civic Platform politicians
Commanders of the Order of Polonia Restituta
Victims of the Smolensk air disaster
Members of the Polish Sejm 2007–2011
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