Marek Papała
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Marek Władysław Papała (September 4, 1959 – June 25, 1998) was a Polish police officer and Chief of Police from January 3, 1997, to January 29, 1998, who died as a result of a gunshot head wound from a silenced TT pistol on June 25, 1998.[1] Officially, Papała died at the hands of a car thief turned state witness Igor L. Due to numerous inaccuracies the investigation was criticized by many former police officers and journalists.[2][3]
Marek Papała | |
|---|---|
| Commander-in-Chief of Police | |
| In office 3 January 1997 – 29 January 1998 | |
| Appointed by | Włodzimierz Cimoszewicz, PM |
| Minister | |
| Preceded by | Jerzy Stańczyk |
| Succeeded by | Jan Michna |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Marek Władysław Papała September 4, 1959 |
| Died | June 25, 1998 (aged 38) |
Service | Milicja Obywatelska Police of Poland |
Years of service | 1979-1998 |
Rank |  Nadinspektor (Chief inspector) |
The Papała contract killing is widely regarded[according to whom?] as the most serious unsolved crime involving former communist security services SB, high-ranking members of the government, and the mafia, since Poland's transition to democracy in 1989.[citation needed]
Awards and decorations
Commander's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta (posthumously, 1998)
Silver Cross of Merit (21 October 1993)
Medal „Milito Pro Christo” (posthumously, 2001)
