Grażyna Gęsicka

Grażyna Gęsicka
Deputy of the VI Sejm
In office
2007 – 2010
Succeeded byJan Warzecha
Constituency23 Rzeszów
Minister of Regional Development
In office
11 September – 16 November 2007 (2007-09-11 – 2007-11-16)
Prime MinisterJarosław Kaczyński
Preceded byJarosław Kaczyński
Succeeded byElżbieta Bieńkowska
In office
31 October 2005 – 7 September 2007 (2005-10-31 – 2007-09-07)
Prime MinisterKazimierz Marcinkiewicz (2005–2006)
Jarosław Kaczyński (2006–2007)
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byJarosław Kaczyński
Personal details
Born(1951-12-13)13 December 1951
Warsaw, Poland
Died10 April 2010(2010-04-10) (aged 58)
near Smolensk, Russia
Political partyLaw and Justice
SpouseJanusz Gęsicki
ChildrenKlara (daughter)
Alma materWarsaw University
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Grażyna Gęsicka (13 December 1951 – 10 April 2010) was a Polish sociologist and politician and a former (2006–2007) minister of Regional Development in Marcinkiewicz's and Jarosław Kaczyński's government. In 2007 she was elected to the Sejm.[1] From 2009 until her death she was the leader of Law and Justice parliamentary caucus.

She was born in Warsaw. In 1974, she graduated from Warsaw University's Institute of Sociology and in 1985 received her doctorate.

She was a former member of the Polish Sociological Society and the Association Internationale des Sociologues de Langue Francaise.

She was a speaker of English and French.

She was listed on the flight manifest[2] 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.[3] On 25 April, she was buried in the Smolensk Cemetery Headquarters Military Cemetery in Warsaw.

On 16 April 2010, Gęsicka was posthumously awarded the Commander's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta.

References

  1. ^ "Poseł Grażyna Gęsicka" (in Polish). Sejm Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej. Retrieved 2025-06-12.
  2. ^ Prezydenckim Tu-154 leciały najważniejsze osoby w państwie (Polish) Archived 2010-04-15 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ "Prezydenckim Tu-154 leciały najważniejsze osoby w państwie". Wiadomosci. Archived from the original on 15 April 2010. Retrieved 10 April 2010.
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