Grażyna Gęsicka
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Grażyna Gęsicka | |
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| Minister of Regional Development | |
| In office 31 October 2005 – 7 September 2007 | |
| Succeeded by | Jarosław Kaczyński |
| Minister of Regional Development | |
| In office 11 September 2007 – 16 November 2007 | |
| Preceded by | Jarosław Kaczyński |
| Succeeded by | Elżbieta Bieńkowska |
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| Born | 13 December 1951 Warsaw, Poland |
| Died | 10 April 2010 (aged 58) Smolensk, Russia |
| Political party | Law and Justice |
Grażyna Gęsicka (13 December 1951 – 10 April 2010) was a Polish sociologist and politician and a former (2006 - 2007) minister of Regional Development in Marcinkiewicz's and Jarosław Kaczyński's government. From 2009 until her death she was the leader of Law and Justice parliamentary caucus.
She was born in Warsaw. In 1974 she graduated from Warsaw University's Institute of Sociology and in 1985 received her doctorate.
She was a former member of the Polish Sociological Society and the Association Internationale des Sociologues de Langue Francaise.
She was a speaker of English and French.
She 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.[2] On 25 April, she was buried in the Smolensk Cemetery Headquarters Military Cemetery in Warsaw.
On 16 April 2010, Gęsicka was posthumously awarded the Commander's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta.
References
- ^ Prezydenckim Tu-154 leciały najważniejsze osoby w państwie (Polish) Archived 2010-04-15 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Prezydenckim Tu-154 leciały najważniejsze osoby w państwie". Wiadomosci. Archived from the original on 15 April 2010. Retrieved 10 April 2010.
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