Maciej Płażyński (; 10 February 1958 – 10 April 2010) was a Polish

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politician.

Biography

Płażyński was born in Młynary. He began his political career in 1980 / 1981 as one of the leaders of the Students' Solidarity; he was governor of the Gdańsk Voivodship from August 1990 to July 1996, and was elected to the

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(the lower house of the Polish parliament) in September 1997. To date he is longest serving Marshal of the Sejm of the Third Republic of Poland. In January 2001, he founded the

Civic Platform The Civic Platform (, PO)The party is officially the Civic Platform of the Republic of Poland (''Platforma Obywatelska Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej''). is a Centre-right politics, centre-right liberal conservative political party in Poland. Since ...

political party with

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and Andrzej Olechowski. He left Civic Platform for personal reasons and at the time of his death was an independent MP. He was member of Kashubian-Pomeranian Association. He was later chosen as a chairman of the Association "Polish Community". Maciej Płażyński was married to Elżbieta Płażyńska and together they had three children: Jakub, Katarzyna, and Kacper. Płażyński died in the

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Prezydenckim Tu-154 leciały najważniejsze osoby w państwie (Polish)
which occurred while landing at Smolensk-North airport near

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, Russia, on 10 April 2010. The crash also involved President

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and 94 others.

Honours and awards

In 2000, Płażyński was awarded the

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, First Class. He received the titles of honorary citizen of Młynary, Puck,

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and

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. On 16 April 2010 he was

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awarded the Grand Cross of the

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. He was also awarded a Gold Medal of

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References

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Biography

Honours and awards

See also

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