The List (So Far) Of Polish Government Officials Lost In The Plane Crash

The list below, though not yet comprehensive, shows the devastation to the Polish government. Not to mention to the family and friends of the victims.

How easy would it be for Putin and Medvedev to exert influence over that government now. How easy would it be, as we decide to scale back our nuclear arms, for an ambitious ex-Soviet to again roll into Warsaw. Not now, but at some point in the not too distant future.

Maybe the Russians had a hand in this. Maybe not. But you'd be foolish not to think that, if those old Soviets aren't quite rubbing their hands in glee right now, at least the wheels are turning rapidly.

It's a chess game with them, even in an event like this, which may be cold to say. And our President is busy playing checkers.

And even losing at that.

List from Jawa

Presidential and governmental figures

* Lech Kaczyński, President of Poland
* Maria Kaczyńska, First Lady of Poland
* Mariusz Handzlik, Undersecretary of State in the Office of the President of the Republic of Poland
* Ryszard Kaczorowski, the last President of the Polish government-in-exile
* Andrzej Kremer, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs
* Sławomir Skrzypek, President of the National Bank of Poland
* Władysław Stasiak, Chief of the Office of the President of the Republic of Poland
* Aleksander Szczygło, head of the National Security Bureau
* Paweł Wypych, Secretary of State in the Office of the President of the
Republic of Poland

Military figures

* Lieutenant General Andrzej Błasik, Chief of the Polish Air Force
* Major General Tadeusz Buk, Commander of the Polish Land Forces
* General Franciszek Gągor, Chief of the Polish Army General Staff
* Vice Admiral Andrzej Karweta, Commander-in-chief of the Polish Navy

Senat members

* Krystyna Bochenek, Deputy Speaker of the Senat
* Janina Fetlińska, member of the Senat
* Stanisław Zając, member of the Senat

Sejm members

* Leszek Deptuła, member of the Sejm
* Grzegorz Dolniak, member of the Sejm
* Grażyna Gęsicka, member of the Sejm
* Przemysław Gosiewski, member of the Sej
* Izabela Jaruga-Nowacka, member of the Sejm
* Sebastian Karpiniuk, member of the Sejm
* Aleksandra Natalli-Świat, member of the Sejm
* Krzysztof Putra, Deputy Speaker of the Sejm
* Arkadiusz Rybicki, member of the Sejm
* Jerzy Szmajdziński, Deputy Speaker of the Sejm
* Jolanta Szymanek-Deresz, member of the Sejm
* Zbigniew Wassermann, member of the Sejm
* Wiesław Woda, member of the Sejm
* Edward Wojtas, member of the Sejm

Religious figures

* Archbishop Miron Chodakowski, Orthodox Ordinary of the Polish Army
* Tadeusz Płoski, bishop of the Military Ordinariate of the Polish Army
* Ryszard Rumianek, Rector of the Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University

Others

* Janusz Kochanowski, Polish Ombudsman for Citizen Rights
* Janusz Kurtyka, Historian and president of the Institute of National Remembrance
* Piotr Nurowski, President of the Polish Olympic Committee
* Maciej Płażyński, President of the Polish Community Association
* Andrzej Przewoźnik, Secretary-General of the Council for the Protection of Struggle and Martyrdom Sites
* Anna Walentynowicz, free trade union activist, member of Solidarity movement