Zbigniew Wassermann AUD (17 September 1949 – 10 April 2010) was a Polish

Poland

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 politician. He was an MP

Member of Parliament

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 representing Law and Justice

Law and Justice

Law and Justice , abbreviated to PiS, is a right-wing, conservative political party in Poland. With 147 seats in the Sejm and 38 in the Senate, it is the second-largest party in the Polish parliament....

 (Prawo i Sprawiedliwość).

Wassermann was born in Kraków

Kraków

Kraków also Krakow, or Cracow , is the second largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland. Situated on the Vistula River in the Lesser Poland region, the city dates back to the 7th century. Kraków has traditionally been one of the leading centres of Polish academic, cultural, and artistic life...

. He was a graduate in law from Jagiellonian University

Jagiellonian University

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 (Uniwersytet Jagielloński, Wydział Prawa) and member of Sejm

Sejm

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, lower house of Polish parliament, elected in Krakow constituency.

From July 2004, he was a member and the vice-chairman of PKN Orlen investigation commission. From November 2005 to November 2007 he was Minister of Special Forces in the Governments of Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz

Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz

Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz is a Polish conservative politician who served as Prime Minister of Poland from October 31, 2005 to July 14, 2006...

 and Jaroslaw Kaczynski

Jaroslaw Kaczynski

Jarosław Aleksander Kaczyński is a conservative Polish politician who served as Prime Minister from July 2006 to November 2007. He is presently the chairman of the Law and Justice party, which he cofounded in 2002. He has been the leader of the opposition since the 2007 elections.He has a Doctor...

.

He was listed on the flight manifest of the Tupolev Tu-154

2010 Polish Air Force Tu-154 crash

The 2010 Polish Air Force Tu-154 crash occurred on 10 April 2010, when a Tupolev Tu-154M aircraft of the Polish Air Force crashed near the city of Smolensk, Russia, killing all 96 people on board...

 of the 36th Special Aviation Regiment

36th Special Aviation Regiment

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 carrying the President of Poland Lech Kaczyński

Lech Kaczynski

Lech Aleksander Kaczyński was Polish lawyer and politician who served as the President of Poland from 2005 until 2010 and as Mayor of Warsaw from 2002 until 22 December 2005. Before he became a president, he was also a member of the party Prawo i Sprawiedliwość...

 which crashed near Smolensk-North airport near Pechersk near Smolensk

Smolensk

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, Russia

Russia

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, on 10 April 2010, killing all aboard.

On April 16, 2010, Wassermann was decorated posthumously with the Commander's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta and on April 20, 2010 he was buried in a cemetery in Krakow Bielany.

External links

• Official Sejm page
• http://ludzie.wprost.pl/sylwetka/?O=34328
• http://wiadomosci.wp.pl/kat,23234,wid,8069897,wiadomosc.html?ticaid=12ce4