About Aleksander Szczygło
Lived 1963 – 2010 (aged 46). Aleksander Szczygło was a Polish politician.
Aleksander Marek Szczygło (27 October 1963 – 10 April 2010) was a Polish politician. He was first elected to the Polish parliament, the Sejm, in 2001 and 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.
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 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.
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Who was Aleksander Szczygło?
Polish politician (1963-2010)
When was Aleksander Szczygło born?
Aleksander Szczygło was born on 27 October 1963 in Jeziorany.
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Aleksander Szczygło died on 10 April 2010 in Smolensk.
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Aleksander Szczygło was a politician.
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Aleksander Szczygło was Polish.
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