In case you weren't sure just how much of a disaster Poland went through when their President's plane went down yesterday, here is a who's who of those on the plane.
There were no survivors.
Lech Kaczyński, President
Maria Kaczyńska, First Lady
Ryszard Kaczorowski, last President-in-exile
Krzysztof Putra, vice-Marshal of the
Sejm (speaker of Parliament)
Krystyna Bochenek, vice-Marshal of the Sejm
Jerzy SzmajdziĹ„ski, former Minister of Defence and intended Presidential Candidate for this year’s election
WĹ‚adysĹ‚aw Stasiak, chief of the President’s office
Jacek Sasin, deputy chief of the President’s office
Aleksander Szczygło, chief of National Security Bureau
PaweĹ‚ Wypych, Secretary of State in President’s office
Mariusz Handzlik, deputy Secretary of State in President’s office
Andrzej Kremer, vice-minister of Foreign Affairs
General Franciszek GÄ…gor, Chief of Staff
Jerzy Bar, ambassador to Russia
Andrzej PrzewoĹşnik, major historian
Maciej Płażyński, MP, former Marshal of the Sejm
Przemysław Gosiewski, MP, former minister
Zbigniew Wassermann, MP, former minister
Izabela Jaruga-Nowacka, MP, former Minister of Social Policy
Jolanta Szymanek-Deresz, MP, former chief of President’s Office
Aleksandra Natalii-Ĺšwiat, MP, vice-president of Law and Justice party
Leszek Deptuła, MP
Grażyna Gęsicka, MP
Arkadiusz Rybicki, MP
Stanisław Zając, MP
Edward Wojtas, MP
Wiesław Woda, MP
Sebastian Karpiniuk, MP
Grzegorz Dolniak, MP
Janusz Kochanowski, Ombudsman
SĹ‚awomir Skrzypek, President of the Polish National Bank
Janusz Kurtyka, President of the Institute of National Remembrance (state institution for historical research)
Bishop Tadeusz PĹ‚oski
and the chiefs of every arm of the Armed Forces.
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