Maciej Płażyński

Maciej Płażyński
Marshal of the Sejm
In office
20 October 1997 – 18 October 2001
Preceded byJózef Zych
Succeeded byMarek Borowski
Chairman of Civic Platform (PO)
In office
18 October 2001 – 1 June 2003
Secretary-GeneralGrzegorz Schetyna
Parliamentary
Leader		Himself
Donald Tusk
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byDonald Tusk
Parliamentary Leader of Civic Platform
In office
18 October 2001 – 1 June 2003
LeaderHimself
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byDonald Tusk
Personal details
Born(1958-02-10)10 February 1958
Młynary, Poland
Died10 April 2010(2010-04-10) (aged 52)
Near Smolensk, Russia
Political party
SpouseElżbieta Płażyńska
ProfessionLawyer
Maciej Plazynski tomb in St. Mary's Church, Gdańsk
Plaque to Maciej Płażyński commemorating on the wall of his former parliamentary office in Gdańsk.
In this building at ulica Szeroka in Gdańsk was the parliamentary office of the deceased.

Maciej Płażyński (Polish pronunciation: [ˈmatɕɛj pwaˈʐɨɲskʲi]; 10 February 1958 – 10 April 2010) was a Polish liberal-conservative politician.

Biography

Płażyński was born in Młynary. He began his political career in 1980 / 1981 as one of the leaders of the Students' Solidarity; he was governor of the Gdańsk Voivodship from August 1990 to July 1996, and was elected to the Sejm (the lower house of the Polish parliament) in September 1997. To date he is longest serving Marshal of the Sejm of the Third Republic of Poland.

In January 2001, he founded the Civic Platform political party with Donald Tusk and Andrzej Olechowski. He left Civic Platform for personal reasons and at the time of his death was an independent MP. He was member of Kashubian-Pomeranian Association. He was later chosen as a chairman of the Association "Polish Community".

Maciej Płażyński was married to Elżbieta Płażyńska and together they had three children: Jakub, Katarzyna, and Kacper.

He died in the plane crash[1] which occurred while landing at Smolensk-North airport near Smolensk, Russia, on 10 April 2010. The crash also involved President Lech Kaczyński and 94 others.

Honours and awards

In 2000, Płażyński was awarded the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic, First Class. He received the titles of honorary citizen of Młynary, Puck, Pionki and Lidzbark Warmiński.

On 16 April 2010 he was posthumously awarded the Grand Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta. He was also awarded a Gold Medal of Gloria Artis.

See also

References

  1. ^ Prezydenckim Tu-154 leciały najważniejsze osoby w państwie (Polish) Archived 15 April 2010 at the Wayback Machine
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