Arkadiusz Rybicki
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Arkadiusz Rybicki | |
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Member of the Sejm | |
In office 25 September 2005 – 10 April 2010 | |
Constituency | 25 – Gdańsk |
Personal details | |
Born | Gdynia, Poland | 12 January 1953
Died | 10 April 2010 Smolensk, Russia | (aged 57)
Nationality | Polish |
Political party | Civic Platform |
Arkadiusz Czesław Rybicki (12 January 1953 – 10 April 2010) was a Polish politician.
Biography[]
Rybicki was born in Gdynia. In the 1980s he was active in the Solidarity movement. He was elected to the Sejm on 25 September 2005, getting 9466 votes in 25 Gdańsk district as a candidate from the Civic Platform list.
He was listed on the flight manifest[1] 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.
Honours and awards[]
In 1999 Rybicki received the Order for Merit to Culture. In 2001 was awarded the French Ordre national du Mérite, granted by President Jacques Chirac. In 2005 he received the Medal of the 25th Anniversary of Solidarity.
On 16 April 2010, Rybicki was posthumously awarded the Grand Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta.
See also[]
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- Arkadiusz Rybicki - parliamentary page - includes declarations of interest, voting record, and transcripts of speeches. (in English)
- Members of the Polish Sejm 2005–2007
- Civic Platform politicians
- 1953 births
- 2010 deaths
- Victims of the Smolensk air disaster
- People from Gdynia
- Grand Crosses of the Order of Polonia Restituta
- Recipients of the Gold Medal for Merit to Culture – Gloria Artis
- Recipients of the National Order of Merit (France)
- University of Gdańsk alumni
- Members of the Polish Sejm 2007–2011
- Civic Platform politician stubs