Stanisław Zając (, 1 May 1949 – 10 April 2010) was a Polish lawyer and politician. He was a member of Sejm 1991–1993 and Sejm 1997–2001. On 25 September 2005 he was elected a member of the

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again, getting 25,225 votes in 22

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district as a candidate from the

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list. Zając was born in Święcany. On 1 May 1949, he won the

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for the

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, held in

-constituency following the death of Senator Andrzej Mazurkiewicz. He was listed on the

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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 in an air crash. The aircraft carrying ...

which crashed near Smolensk-North airport near Pechersk near

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, on 10 April 2010, killing all aboard. Zając was

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awarded the Commander's Cross with Star of the Order of the Polonia Restituta (2010). He had been awarded the gold and silver medals for his contribution to national defence (2010 and 2009, respectively) and he was made a Freeman of the Municipality of Dydnia Jasło in 2010.

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1949 births 2010 deaths Christian National Union politicians Commanders with Star of the Order of Polonia Restituta Jagiellonian University alumni Law and Justice politicians Deputy Marshals of the Sejm of the Third Polish Republic Members of the Polish Sejm 1991–1993 Members of the Polish Sejm 1997–2001 Members of the Polish Sejm 2005–2007 Members of the Polish Sejm 2007–2011 People from Jasło County 20th-century Polish lawyers Polish senators Victims of the Smolensk air disaster {{Poland-Sejm-politician-stub

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