Aleksander Szczygło

Aleksander Marek Szczygło [alɛˈksandɛr ˈʂt͡ʂɨɡwɔ] (listen) (27 October 1963 – 10 April 2010) was a Polish politician. He was first elected to Polish parliament Sejm in 2001 and subsequently reelected on 25 September 2005 with 19,006 votes in 35th electoral district (Olsztyn). Both times he was a candidate of the Law and Justice party.

Aleksander Marek Szczygło
Head of the National Security Bureau
In office
15 January 2009 – 10 April 2010
DeputyWitold Waszczykowski, Zbigniew Nowek
Preceded byWładysław Stasiak
Minister of National Defense of Poland
11th Minister of National Defense of the Third Republic of Poland
In office
7 February 2007 – 16 November 2007
Preceded byRadosław Sikorski
Succeeded byBogdan Klich
Chief of Office of the President of the Republic of Poland
In office
2 August 2006 – 7 February 2007
Preceded byRobert Draba
Succeeded byRobert Draba
Member of the Sejm
In office
5 November 2007 – 15 January 2009
19 October 2001 – 2 August 2006
Constituency35 – Olsztyn
Personal details
Born27 October 1963
Jeziorany, Poland
Died10 April 2010(2010-04-10) (aged 46)
Smolensk, Russia
NationalityPolish
Political partyLaw and Justice
Alma materUniversity of Gdańsk

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

From 15 January 2009 until his death he was the chief of the National Security Bureau.

He was listed on the flight manifest[1] of the Tupolev Tu-154 of the 36th Special Aviation Regiment carrying the President of Poland Lech Kaczyński which crashed near Smolensk-North airport near Pechersk near Smolensk, Russia, on 10 April 2010, killing all aboard.

In 2010, Szczygło was posthumously awarded the Commander's Cross with Star of the Order of Polonia Restituta. He had previously been awarded the Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary in 2009 and the Ukrainian Order of Merit 2nd Class.

Scholarly Articles And Publications

Historical propaganda in Russia

  • Aleksander Szczygło's tomb in Powązki
  • Aleksander Szczygło tomb (2011)

See also

References
  1. Prezydenckim Tu-154 leciały najważniejsze osoby w państwie (Polish) Archived 15 April 2010 at the Wayback Machine
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