Aleksander Marek Szczygło (27 October 1963 – 10 April 2010) was a Polish politician. He was first elected to the Polish parliament,
the Sejm, in 2001 and reelected on 25 September 2005 with 19,006 votes in 35th electoral district (
Olsztyn
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Olsz ...
). Both times he was a candidate of the
Law and Justice
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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. He co-founded the Law and Justice (PiS) party in 2001 with his twin brother, Lech Kaczyński, and has served as its leader since 2003. He served as Prime Minister of Pola ...
.
From 15 January 2009 until his death he was the chief of the
National Security Bureau.
He was listed on the flight manifest
Prezydenckim Tu-154 leciały najważniejsze osoby w państwie (Polish)
of the Tupolev Tu-154
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of the 36th Special Aviation Regiment carrying the President of Poland
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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 in an air crash. The aircraft carrying ...
which crashed near Smolensk-North airport near Pechersk near Smolensk
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First mentioned in 863, it is one of the oldest cities in Russia. It has been a regional capital for most of ...
, Russia, on 10 April 2010, killing all aboard.
In 2010, Szczygło was posthumously
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awarded the Commander's Cross with Star of the Order of Polonia Restituta
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. He had previously been awarded the Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary
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in 2009 and the Ukrainian Order of Merit
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2nd Class.
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Scholarly articles and publications Historical propaganda in Russia
Gallery
File:Aleksander Szczyglo grob.JPG, Aleksander Szczygło's tomb in Powązki
File:Aleksander Szczygło tomb.JPG, Aleksander Szczygło tomb (2011)
See also
* Members of Polish Sejm 2001-2005
* Members of Polish Sejm 2005–2007
References
External links
Aleksander Marek Szczygło – parliamentary page
– includes declarations of interest, voting record, and transcripts of speeches.
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1963 births
2010 deaths
People from Jeziorany
Polish Roman Catholics
Law and Justice politicians
Ministers of national defence of Poland
Members of the Polish Sejm 2005–2007
Members of the Polish Sejm 2001–2005
Members of the Polish Sejm 2007–2011
Law and Justice MEPs
MEPs for Poland 2004
University of Gdańsk alumni
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
Victims of the Smolensk air disaster