Władysław Stasiak
Polish politician (1966–2010)
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Władysław Augustyn Stasiak (15 March 1966 – 10 April 2010) was a Polish senior state and local government official.
Władysław Stasiak | |
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Stasiak in 2010 | |
| Chief of the Chancellery of the President | |
| In office 27 July 2009 – 10 April 2010 | |
| President | Lech Kaczyński |
| Preceded by | Piotr Kownacki |
| Succeeded by | Jacek Michałowski |
| Chief of the National Security Bureau | |
| In office 19 November 2007 – 15 January 2009 | |
| In office 24 August 2006 – 8 August 2007 | |
| Minister of Interior and Administration | |
| In office 8 August 2007 – 16 November 2007 | |
| Prime Minister | Jarosław Kaczyński |
| Preceded by | Janusz Kaczmarek |
| Succeeded by | Grzegorz Schetyna |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 15 March 1966 Wrocław, Poland |
| Died | 10 April 2010 (aged 44) Smolensk, Russia |
| Cause of death | Plane crash |
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Biography
Władysław Stasiak was born on 15 March 1966 in Wrocław.[1][2][3] He finished high school in 1984.[3] In 1989 Stasiak graduated from the University of Wrocław in history.[1][2][3] He then studied at the National School of Public Administration between 1991 and 1993.[2]
Since April 1993 Stasiak had worked in the Supreme Audit Office, which was then led by Lech Kaczyński.[2] After Kaczyński won Warsaw mayoral election in November 2002, Stasiak became his deputy, being responsible for public safety and administration.[1][2]
He had served as the chief of the National Security Bureau since 24 August 2006 under the presidency of Lech Kaczyński, until on 8 August 2007 he was appointed Minister of Interior and Administration in the Jarosław Kaczyński cabinet.[1][2][4] Stasiak left the office only two months later on 16 November 2007,[4] as the new government was sworn in.[5]
On 19 November he again became chief of the National Security Bureau and served until 15 January 2009.[4] Then he worked as the deputy chief of the Presidential Chancellery of Lech Kaczyński,[1][2] until he was elevated to chief on 27 July 2009.[4][6]
Stasiak died in the fatal presidential plane crash on 10 April 2010 near Smolensk in Russia.[7]
Honours and awards
- Grand Cross of the Order of Merit (Portugal, September 2008)
- Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary (19 March 2009)
- Commander's Cross with Star of the Order of Polonia Restituta (posthumously, 16 April 2010)
- Honorary Citizen of Wrocław (20 May 2010)
- Merit for the City of Warsaw (9 September 2010)
- Honorary Citizen of Lower Silesia (9 September 2010)
