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Lech Aleksander Kaczyński
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President of Poland | |
In office 23 December 2005 – 10 April 2010 |
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Preceded by | Aleksander Kwaśniewski |
Succeeded by | Bronisław Komorowski |
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Born | 18 June 1949 Warsaw, Poland |
Died | 10 April 2010 (aged 60) Near Smolensk, Russia |
Nationality | Polish |
Political party | nonpartisan (Law and Justice at the time of election) |
Spouse(s) | Maria Kaczyńska (m. 1978-2010, both killed) |
Profession | Lawyer |
' (18 June 1949 - 10 April 2010) was the President of the Republic of Poland from 2005 until his death in a plane crash in Smolensk, Russia on 10 April 2010. Kaczyński served as Mayor of Warsaw from 2002, until the day before he became president. He was a Roman Catholic and was the identical twin brother of the Prime Minister of Poland, Jarosław Kaczyński.
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Preceded by Aleksander Kwaśniewski |
President of Poland 2005–2010 |
Succeeded by Bronisław Komorowski (Acting) |
Images for kids
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Lech Kaczyński with U.S. President George W. Bush in 2007
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Meeting with his Lithuanian counterpart, Dalia Grybauskaitė, in Vilnius at the Presidential Palace, 8 April 2010. This was to be Kaczyński's last meeting with a fellow head of state.
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Lech Kaczyński and president of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev, 2008.
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Sarcophagus of Lech and Maria in the Crypt Under the Tower of Silver Bells, Kraków
See also
- In Spanish: Lech Kaczyński
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