Polish President Lech Kaczynski and his wife were killed in plane crash, when his TU-154, carrying an official Polish delegation, crashed in Smolensk Region,
On board the plane were former Polish president-in-exile Ryszard Kaczorowski; the deputy speaker of Poland's parliament, Jerzy Szmajdzin'ski; the head of the president's chancellery, Wladyslaw Stasiak; and the head of the National Security Bureau, Aleksander Szczygo. The group was on their way to Smolensk to visit the Katyn memorial site, for Polish officers murdered during World War II.
Notable passengers:
Governmental:
1.Lech Kaczyński, President of Poland
2.Maria Kaczyńska, First Lady of Poland
3.Mariusz Handzlik, Undersecretary of State in the Office of the President of the Republic of Poland
4.Ryszard Kaczorowski, the last President of the Polish government-in-exile
5.Andrzej Kremer, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs
6.Tomasz Merta, Deputy Minister of Culture
7.Sławomir Skrzypek, President of the National Bank of Poland
8.Władysław Stasiak, Chief of the Office of the President of the Republic of Poland
9.Aleksander Szczygło, Head of the National Security Bureau
10.Paweł Wypych, Secretary of State in the Office of the President of the Republic of Poland
Military:
1.Lieutenant General Andrzej Błasik, Commander of the Polish Air Force
2.Major General Tadeusz Buk, Commander of the Polish Land Forces
3.General Franciszek Gągor, Chief of the General Staff of the Polish Armed Forces
4.Vice Admiral Andrzej Karweta, Commander of the Polish Navy
5.Stanislaw Komorowski, Deputy Minister of National Defence
6.Lieutenant General Bronislaw Kwiatkowski, Commander of the Polish Armed Forces Operational Command
7.Major General Włodzimierz Potasiński, Commander of the Polish Special Forces
8.Brigadier General Kazimierz Gilarski, Commander of the Warsaw Garrison
Senate:
1.Krystyna Bochenek, Deputy Speaker of the Senate
2.Janina Fetlińska
3.Stanisław Zając
Sejm:
1.Leszek Deptuła
2.Grzegorz Dolniak
3.Grażyna Gęsicka
4.Przemysław Gosiewski
5.Izabela Jaruga-Nowacka
6.Sebastian Karpiniuk
7.Aleksandra Natalli-Świat
8.Krzysztof Putra, Deputy Speaker of the Sejm
9.Arkadiusz Rybicki
10.Jerzy Szmajdziński, Deputy Speaker of the Sejm
11.Jolanta Szymanek-Deresz
12.Zbigniew Wassermann
13.Wiesław Woda
14.Edward Wojtas
Religious:
1.Archbishop Miron Chodakowski, Orthodox Ordinary of the Polish Army
2.Tadeusz Płoski, bishop of the Military Ordinariate of the Polish Army
3.Ryszard Rumianek, Rector of the Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University
4.Bronisław Gostomski, Reverend of St Andrew Bobola Polish Church in London
Others:
1.Joanna Agacka-Indecka, President of the Polish Bar Council
2.Janusz Kochanowski, Polish Ombudsman for Citizen Rights
3.Janusz Kurtyka, historian and President of the Institute of National Remembrance
4.Piotr Nurowski, President of the Polish Olympic Committee
5.Maciej Płażyński, President of the Polish Community Association, former Speaker of the Sejm
6.Andrzej Przewoźnik, Secretary-General of the Council for the Protection of Struggle and Martyrdom Sites
7.Anna Walentynowicz, one of major activists of the free trade union Solidarity in the late 1970s and early 1980s
8.Janusz Zakrzeński, actor
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