List of casualties of the Smolensk air disaster
In the 10 April 2010 Polish Air Force Tu-154 crash, all 96 persons aboard (89 passengers and 7 crew members–four in the cockpit and three stewardesses)[1] died. Some early reports were wrong about the number or composition[2][3][4] as the official list of victims was corrected in stages; most notably because the flight manifest of passengers only, without names of the crew, lacked the name of the only female member of the nine Biuro Ochrony Rządu (Government Protection Bureau bodyguards), Agnieszka Pogródka-Węcławek. She was listed incorrectly among the stewardesses. Also, a female presidential aide, Zofia Kruszyńska-Gust, was supposed to fly but did not do so due to illness.
Presidential and governmental figures
- Lech Kaczyński (b.1949), President of Poland
- Maria Kaczyńska, (b.1942), First Lady of Poland and wife of the President
- Mariusz Handzlik (b.1965), Undersecretary of State in the Office of the President of the Republic of Poland
- Ryszard Kaczorowski (b.1919), the Former President of the Polish government-in-exile
- Andrzej Kremer (b.1961), Undersecretary of State in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- Tomasz Merta (b.1965), Undersecretary of State in the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage
- Sławomir Skrzypek (b.1963), President of the National Bank of Poland
- Władysław Stasiak (b.1966), Chief of the Office of the President of the Republic of Poland
- Aleksander Szczygło (b.1963), Head of the National Security Bureau
- Paweł Wypych (b.1968), Secretary of State in the Office of the President of the Republic of Poland
- Mariusz Kazana (b.1960), Director of Diplomatic Protocol in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Military figures
- General Franciszek Gągor, Chief of the General Staff of the Polish Armed Forces
- Lieutenant General Andrzej Błasik, Commander of Air Forces - Polish Air Force
- Major General Tadeusz Buk, Commander of Land Forces - Polish Land Forces
- Vice Admiral Andrzej Karweta, Commander of Navy - Polish Navy
- Brigadier General Kazimierz Gilarski, Commander of the Warsaw Garrison
- Brigadier General Stanisław Komornicki, Chancellor of the Order Virtuti Militari
- Lieutenant General Bronisław Kwiatkowski, Commander of the Polish Armed Forces Operational Command
- Major General Włodzimierz Potasiński, Commander of the Polish Special Forces
- Lieutenant Colonel Czesław Cywiński (b.1926), President of the Association of Armia Krajowa Soldiers
- Stanisław Komorowski, Undersecretary of State in the Ministry of National Defence
Six of the seven highest military commanders (the Commander-in-Chief, i.e. President, the Chief of the General Staff and the Heads of the Navy, Army and Air Force) of the Polish Armed Forces were killed. The Minister of Defence, Bogdan Klich, was not on the plane.
Senate members
- Krystyna Bochenek, Deputy Speaker of the Senate
- Janina Fetlińska
- Stanisław Zając
Sejm members
- Leszek Deptuła
- Grzegorz Dolniak
- Grażyna Gęsicka
- Przemysław Gosiewski
- Izabela Jaruga-Nowacka
- Sebastian Karpiniuk
- Aleksandra Natalli-Świat
- Krzysztof Putra, Deputy Speaker of the Sejm
- Arkadiusz Rybicki
- Jerzy Szmajdziński, Deputy Speaker of the Sejm
- Jolanta Szymanek-Deresz
- Zbigniew Wassermann
- Wiesław Woda
- Edward Wojtas
- Maciej Płażyński, President of the Association "Polish Community", former Speaker of the Sejm, Sejm member
Religious figures
- Archbishop Brigadier General Miron Chodakowski (b.1957), Orthodox Ordinary of the Polish Army
- Tadeusz Płoski (b.1956), Roman Catholic Bishop of the Military Ordinariate of the Polish Army
- Ryszard Rumianek (b.1947), Rector of the Roman Catholic Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University
- Adam Pilch (b.1965), Evangelical Lutheran Church minister
- Bronisław Gostomski (b.1948), Reverend Canon of the Roman Catholic Church of St Andrew Bobola in Shepherd’s Bush, West London, England[5]
- Roman Indrzejczyk (b.1931), Presidential Roman Catholic Chaplain
- Zdzisław Król (b.1935), Roman Catholic Chaplain of the Warsaw Katyń Families movement
- Józef Joniec (b.1959), Roman Catholic Priest, President of the Parafiada association
Others
- Joanna Agacka-Indecka (b.1964), President of the Polish Bar Council
- Janusz Kochanowski (b.1940), Polish Ombudsman for Citizen Rights
- Janusz Kurtyka (b.1960), historian and President of the Institute of National Remembrance
- Andrzej Przewoźnik (b.1963), Secretary-General of the Council for the Protection of Struggle and Martyrdom Sites
- Anna Walentynowicz (b.1929), activist and co-founder of the Solidarity Trade Union, in the late 1970s and early 1980s
- Janusz Zakrzeński (b.1936), Award-winning actor
- Wojciech Seweryn (b.1939), Polish-born American-based artist[6]
- Piotr Nurowski (b.1945), tennis player and President of the Polish Olympic Committee
- Teresa Walewska-Przyjałkowska (b.1939), Member of the East Golgotha Foundation
- Katarzyna Doraczyńska (b.1978), Press representative of Presidential Office
- Wojciech Lubiński (b.1969), Colonel, Scientist, Presidential Doctor
- Izabela Tomaszewska (b.1955), President's Office staff
- Zbigniew Dębski (b.1922), Presidential staff
- Janina Natusiewicz-Mirer, social activist
- Ewa Bąkowska (b.1962), Granddaughter of Brigadier General Mieczysław Smorawiński
- Leszek Solski (b.1935), Member of the Families of Katyń organization
- Tadeusz Lutoborski (b.1926), Member of the Families of Katyń organization
- Anna Maria Borowska (b.1928), Representative of Families of Katyń and other organizations
- Bartosz Borowski (b.1978), grandson of Anna Maria Borowska, representative of Families of Katyń and other organization
- Gabriela Zych (b.1941), Representative of Families of Katyń and other organizations
- Zenona Mamontowicz-Łojek, Representative of Families of Katyń and other organizations
- Katarzyna Piskorska (b.1937), Representative of Families of Katyń and other organizations
- Aleksandr Fedorowicz (b.1970), Russian interpreter
- Janusz Krupski (b.1951), Head of the Office of the Civil War Veterans and the Oppressed
- Barbara Mamińska (b.1957), Director of the Presidential Chancellery
- Stefan Melak (b.1946), President of the Katyn Committee
- Stanisław Mikke (b.1947), Vice-president of the Council for the Protection of Struggle and Martyrdom Sites
- Andrzej Sariusz-Skąpski (b.1937), President of the Federation of Katyń Families
Government Protection Bureau Presidential Security Detail
- Lieutenant-Colonel Jarosław Florczak (Posthumously promoted to the rank of Colonel and decorated with Order of Polonia Restituta)
- Captain Dariusz Michalowski (Posthumously promoted to rank of Major and decorated with Order of Polonia Restituta)
- First Lieutenant Pawel Janeczek (Posthumously promoted to rank of Captain and decorated with Order of Polonia Restituta)
- Warrant Officer Agnieszka Pogródka-Węcławek (Posthumously promoted to the rank of Second Lieutenant and decorated with Order of Polonia Restituta)
- Warrant Officer Jacek Surowka (Posthumously promoted to rank of Second Lieutenant and decorated with Order of Polonia Restituta)
- Second Lieutenant Piotr Nosek (Posthumously promoted to rank of First Lieutenant and decorated with Order of Polonia Restituta)
- Warrant Officer Pawel Krajewski (Posthumously promoted to rank of Second Lieutenant and decorated with Order of Polonia Restituta)
- Warrant Officer Artur Francuz (Posthumously promoted to rank of Second Lieutenant and decorated with Order of Polonia Restituta)
- Warrant Officer Marek Uleryk (Posthumously promoted to rank of Second Lieutenant and decorated with Order of Polonia Restituta)
Crew members
- Captain Arkadiusz Protasiuk (b.1974), Pilot (Posthumously promoted to rank of Major and decorated with Order of Polonia Restituta)
- Major Robert Grzywna (b.1974), Co-Pilot (Posthumously promoted to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel and decorated with Order of Polonia Restituta)
- Lieutenant Artur Karol Ziętek (b.1978),[7] Navigator (Posthumously promoted to the rank of Captain and decorated with Order of Polonia Restituta)
- Warrant Officer Andrzej Michalak (b.1973),[7] Flight Engineer (Posthumously promoted to the rank of Second Lieutenant and decorated with Order of Polonia Restituta)
- Barbara M. Maciejczyk (b.1981),[7] Flight Attendant (Posthumously decorated with Order of Polonia Restituta)
- Natalia Maria Januszko (b.1987),[7] Flight Attendant (Posthumously decorated with Order of Polonia Restituta)
- Justyna Moniuszko (b.1985),[7] Flight Attendant (Posthumously decorated with Order of Polonia Restituta)
References
- ^ Official list of victims, Polish Ministry of Interior website
- ^ "Prezydenckim Tu-154 leciały najważniejsze osoby w państwie" (in Polish). Retrieved 10 April 2010.
- ^ "Polish president's plane crashes in Russia: ministry". Google. Retrieved 10 April 2010.
- ^ "Full list of the passengers and the crew". Official Polish Presidential website. Retrieved 10 April 2010.
- ^ "London's Polish community mourns parish priest on Independent Catholic News". Indcatholicnews.com. Retrieved 2010-04-14.
- ^ "Chicago artist among the dead in Polish plane crash". Chicago Sun-Times. 2004-04-10.
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