Wiesław Woda

Wiesław Woda
Deputy of the Sejm
In office
1997 – 2010
Succeeded byAndrzej Sztorc
Constituency15 Tarnów (after 2001)
46 Tarnów (until 2001)
In office
1989 – 1991
Constituency48 Kraków-Śródmieście
Personal details
Born(1946-08-17)17 August 1946
Paleśnica, Poland
Died10 April 2010(2010-04-10) (aged 63)
near Smolensk, Russia
Political partyPolish People's Party
Other political
affiliations		United People's Party (1989)

Wiesław Woda (17 August 1946 – 10 April 2010) was a Polish politician.

Woda was born in Paleśnica. He was elected to the Sejm on 25 September 2005, getting 8,818 votes in 15 Tarnów district as a candidate for Polish People's Party.[1]

He was also a member of People's Republic of Poland Sejm 1989-1991,[2] Sejm 1997-2001,[3] Sejm 2001-2005[4] and Sejm 2007-2011.[5]

He was listed on the flight manifest[6] 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.

On 16 April 2010 Woda was posthumously awarded the Commander's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta. His funeral took place on 25 April 2010. There was a Mass at St Mary's Church in Kraków, concelebrated by Cardinal Stanislaw Dziwisz. Wieslaw Woda was buried in the Alley of the Meritorious in Rakowicki Cemetery in Kraków next to Adam Studziński.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Poseł Wiesław Woda" (in Polish). Sejm Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej. Archived from the original on 2008-02-18. Retrieved 2025-06-24.
  2. ^ "Poseł Wiesław Woda" (in Polish). Sejm Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej. Archived from the original on 2008-02-24. Retrieved 2025-06-24.
  3. ^ "Poseł Wiesław Woda" (in Polish). Sejm Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej. Archived from the original on 2009-03-15. Retrieved 2025-06-24.
  4. ^ "Poseł Wiesław Woda" (in Polish). Sejm Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej. Archived from the original on 2009-03-17. Retrieved 2025-06-24.
  5. ^ "Poseł Wiesław Woda" (in Polish). Sejm Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej. Retrieved 2025-06-24.
  6. ^ Prezydenckim Tu-154 leciały najważniejsze osoby w państwie (Polish) Archived 2010-04-15 at the Wayback Machine
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