Aleksander Marek Szczygło (27 October 1963 – 10 April 2010) was a Polish politician. He was first elected to Polish parliament

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in 2001 and subsequently reelected on 25 September 2005 with 19,006 votes in 35th electoral district (

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). Both times he was a candidate of the

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party. From 7 February 2007 until 16 November 2007 he was Minister of National Defence in the cabinet of

Jarosław Kaczyński Jarosław Aleksander Kaczyński (; born 18 June 1949) is a Polish politician who is currently serving as leader of the Law and Justice party (known by its Polish acronym PiS), which he co-founded in 2001 with his twin brother, Lech Kaczyński, ...

. From 15 January 2009 until his death he was the chief of the National Security Bureau. He was listed on the flight manifestPrezydenckim Tu-154 leciały najważniejsze osoby w państwie (Polish)
of the

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of the 36th Special Aviation Regiment carrying the

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Lech Kaczyński Lech Aleksander Kaczyński (; 18 June 194910 April 2010) was a Polish politician who served as the city mayor of Warsaw from 2002 until 2005, and as President of Poland from 2005 until his death in 2010. Before his tenure as president, he prev ...

which crashed near

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airport near Pechersk near

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, Russia, on 10 April 2010, killing all aboard. In 2010, Szczygło was

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awarded the Commander's Cross with Star of the

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. He had previously been awarded the

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in 2009 and the Ukrainian

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2nd Class. __NOTOC__

Scholarly Articles And Publications

Historical propaganda in Russia

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File:Aleksander Szczyglo grob.JPG, Aleksander Szczygło's tomb in Powązki File:Aleksander Szczygło tomb.JPG, Aleksander Szczygło tomb (2011)

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Aleksander Marek Szczygło – parliamentary page
– includes declarations of interest, voting record, and transcripts of speeches. {{DEFAULTSORT:Szczyglo, Aleksander Marek 1963 births 2010 deaths People from Olsztyn County Ministers of National Defence of Poland Members of the Polish Sejm 2005–2007 Members of the Polish Sejm 2001–2005 Law and Justice politicians Commanders with Star of the Order of Polonia Restituta Recipients of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary Recipients of the Order of Merit (Ukraine), 2nd class University of Gdańsk alumni Victims of the Smolensk air disaster Polish Roman Catholics Law and Justice MEPs MEPs for Poland 2004 Members of the Polish Sejm 2007–2011

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