Go to the Content   Friday, 25 May 2012
 

President of Poland killed in plane crash

By Andrew Gardner  -  10.04.2010 / 12:30 CET
President Lech Kaczyński, Poland's central bank governor, the country's top military commanders and many politicians have died in a plane crash.

Please log in to read this article:

Log-in

Password

Forgot your password? Just type in your e-mail address and click on the Log In button

 

Don't have a login yet?

Discover your benefits and register for free now! It only takes a minute.

 Register for free

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

© 2012 European Voice. All rights reserved.
Varrow

Most viewed in EU governance

Eurozone sets out stark choice for Greek voters

A meeting of European Union leaders that had been convened next week to discuss ways of promoting economic growth is shaping up instead to be a crisis summit on Greece.

front_greece160512

Deadlocked Greece casts cloud on euro You need an active subscription to read this article

Political uncertainty jeopardises Greece's ability to receive further instalments of international loans.

news_greece_front100512

An EU-friendly French government?

Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius and European Minister Bernard Cazeneuve campaigned against EU constitution.

Fabius_Hollande150512(R)
Fact file

Short list of passengers

Courtesy of Gazeta Wyborcza.

Official delegation:

Lech Kaczyński, president

Maria Kaczyńska, wife of the president

Gen. Franciszek Gągor, chief of staff of the Polish armed forces

Ryszard Kaczorowski, Poland's last president-in-exile

Krystyna Bochenek, deputy leader of the Senate

Jerzy Szmajdziński, deputy leader of the Sejm

Krzysztof Putra, deputy leader of the Sejm

Andrzej Kremer, deputy foreign minister

Stanisław Komorowski, deputy defence minister

Tomasz Merta, deputy culture minister

Władysław Stasiak, head of the presidential office

Aleksander Szczygło, head of the National Security Council

Paweł Wypych, presidential office

Mariusz Handzlik, presidential office

Andrzej Przewoźnik, secretary-general of the Council for National Memory

Maciej Płażyński, member of parliament and co-founder of the governing party, Civic Platform

Mariusz Kazan, director of diplomatic protocol

 

Other members of parliament:

Leszek Deptuła

Grzegorz Dolniak

Grażyna Gęsicka

Przemysław Gosiewski

Sebastian Karpiniuk

Izabela Jaruga

Zbigniew Wassermann

Aleksandra Natalii

Arkadiusz Rybicki

Jolanta Szymanek

Wiesław Woda

Edward Wojtas

Janina Fetlińska

Stanisław Zając

 

Other military figures:


Gen.  Bronisław Kwiatkowski, commander of operational forces

Gen. Andrzej Błasik, commander of the air force

Gen. Tadeusz Buk, commander of land forces

Gen. Włodzimierz Potasiński, commander of special forces

Vice-Admiral Andrzej Karweta, commander of sea forces

General Brigadier Kazimierz Gilarski, commander of the Warsaw garrison

Other national figures:

Sławomir Skrzypek, president of the National Bank of Poland

Janusz Kochanowski, human-rights ombudsman

Janusz Kurtyka, president of the Institute of National Remembrance 
 

Update:

This list originally included Jerzy Bahr, Poland's ambassador to Russia. Polish reports now say he was not on the flight.

Related articles

Hopes of a deal on dispute resolution.

What to make of Hollande's administration.

What the summit should have focused on.

Poland appoints a new Europe minister.

Advertisement

Comments

 

Your comment
Please note: The fields followed by an asterisk (*) are obligatory fields

Comment*

Name*
E-mail*
Website
 I accept the Terms & conditions
 I would like to share my e-mail & website

Advertisement

Privacy policy | Terms & conditions