Mariusz Kazana (5 August 1960 – 10 April 2010) was a Polish diplomat and political figure. Kazana was born in

Bydgoszcz Bydgoszcz ( , , ; german: Bromberg) is a city in northern Poland, straddling the meeting of the River Vistula with its left-bank tributary, the Brda. With a city population of 339,053 as of December 2021 and an urban agglomeration with more ...

. He served as Director of Diplomatic Protocol in the

Ministry of Foreign Affairs In many countries, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is the government department responsible for the state's diplomacy, bilateral, and multilateral relations affairs as well as for providing support for a country's citizens who are abroad. The entit ...

until his death 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, ...

near

Smolensk Smolensk ( rus, Смоленск, p=smɐˈlʲensk, a=smolensk_ru.ogg) is a city and the administrative center of Smolensk Oblast, Russia, located on the Dnieper River, west-southwest of Moscow. First mentioned in 863, it is one of the oldest c ...

Honours and awards

:Grand Officer of the Order of Merit of the Portuguese Republic - 2008 : National Order of Merit of the Republic of Malta, Class IV - 2009 :Commander's Cross of the Order Pro Merito Melitensi - 2009 :Knight's Cross of the

Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary The Hungarian Order of Merit ( hu, Magyar Érdemrend) is the fourth highest State Order of Hungary. Founded in 1991, the order is a revival of an original order founded in 1946 and abolished in 1949. Its origins, however, can be traced to the O ...

- 2009 :Officer's Cross of 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 ...

- 2010,

posthumously Posthumous may refer to: * Posthumous award - an award, prize or medal granted after the recipient's death * Posthumous publication – material published after the author's death * ''Posthumous'' (album), by Warne Marsh, 1987 * ''Posthumous'' (E ...

:Badge of Honour "

Bene Merito The Bene Merito honorary distinction ( pl, Odznaka Honorowa „Bene Merito”) is a departmental (ministerial) decoration of Poland. The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Poland awards the citizens of Poland and foreign nationals with this decorat ...

" - 2010, posthumously :Titular diplomatic ambassador - 2010, posthumously : Medal of Merit for the Police - 2010, posthumously

References

Biographical sketch
1960 births 2010 deaths Polish diplomats Officers of the Order of Polonia Restituta Grand Officers of the Order of Merit (Portugal) Knight's Crosses of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary (civil) Recipients of the National Order of Merit (Malta) Recipients of the Order pro Merito Melitensi Victims of the Smolensk air disaster People from Bydgoszcz University of Warsaw alumni {{Poland-politician-stub