Maciej Płażyński
| Maciej Płażyński | |
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| Marshal of the Sejm 4th Marshal of the Sejm of The Third Republic of Poland | |
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In office 20 October 1997 – 18 October 2001 | |
| President | Aleksander Kwaśniewski |
| Prime Minister | Jerzy Buzek |
| Preceded by | Józef Zych |
| Succeeded by | Marek Borowski |
| Chairman of the Civic Platform 1st Chairman of the Civic Platform Party | |
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In office 18 October 2001 – 1 June 2003 | |
| Preceded by | None |
| Succeeded by | Donald Tusk |
| Parliamentary Leader of the Civic Platform 1st Leader of the Civic Platform in the Sejm | |
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In office 18 October 2001 – 1 June 2003 | |
| Leader | Himself |
| Preceded by | None |
| Succeeded by | Donald Tusk |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
10 February 1958 Młynary, People's Republic of Poland |
| Died |
10 April 2010 (aged 52) near Smolensk, Russia |
| Political party |
Independent (2003–2010) Civic Platform (2001–2003) Solidarity Electoral Action (–2001) |
| Spouse(s) | Elżbieta Płażyńska |
| Profession | Lawyer |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
Maciej Płażyński (Polish pronunciation: [ˈmatɕɛj pwaˈʐɨɲskʲi]; 10 February 1958 – 10 April 2010) was a Polish liberal-conservative politician.
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 was listed on the flight manifest[1] of the Tupolev Tu-154 of the 36th Special Aviation Regiment carrying the President of Poland Lech Kaczyński which crashed while landing at Smolensk-North airport near Pechersk near Smolensk, Russia, on 10 April 2010, killing all aboard.
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.
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