Paweł Wypych (20 February 1968 – 10 April 2010) was a Polish politician, former Deputy Minister of Labor and Social Insurance president, and from 2009 the Secretary of State in the Chancellery of the

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. Wypych was born in

Otwock Otwock is a city in east-central Poland, some southeast of Warsaw, with 44,635 inhabitants (2019). Otwock is a part of the Warsaw Agglomeration. It is situated on the right bank of Vistula River below the mouth of Swider River. Otwock is hom ...

. He was listed on the flight manifestPrezydenckim Tu-154 leciały najważniejsze osoby w państwie (Polish)
of the

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of the

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carrying the

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which crashed near Smolensk-North airport near Pechersk near

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, on 10 April 2010, killing all aboard. Shortly after his death, on 16 April 2010, Wypych was

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awarded the Commander's Cross of the

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, and on 17 April he received the Honorary Cross of the Scouting Association of the Republic - AD amīcum. He also received the Merit for the City of Warsaw on 9 September 2010.

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1968 births 2010 deaths People from Otwock Commanders of the Order of Polonia Restituta Victims of the Smolensk air disaster University of Warsaw alumni Law and Justice politicians Councillors in Warsaw {{Poland-politician-stub