Grażyna Gęsicka
Polish politician and sociologist (1951–2010)
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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.
Grażyna Gęsicka | |
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| Deputy of the VI Sejm | |
| In office 2007 – 2010 | |
| Succeeded by | Jan Warzecha |
| Constituency | 23 Rzeszów |
| Minister of Regional Development | |
| In office 11 September – 16 November 2007 | |
| Prime Minister | Jarosław Kaczyński |
| Preceded by | Jarosław Kaczyński |
| Succeeded by | Elżbieta Bieńkowska |
| In office 31 October 2005 – 7 September 2007 | |
| Prime Minister | Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz (2005–2006) Jarosław Kaczyński (2006–2007) |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Jarosław Kaczyński |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 13 December 1951 |
| Died | 10 April 2010 (aged 58) |
| Party | Law and Justice |
| Spouse | Janusz Gęsicki |
| Children | Klara (daughter) |
| Alma mater | Warsaw University |
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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.
