What is Lech Kaczyński?
{{Infobox President | honorific-prefix = [[His Excellency]] | name = Lech Aleksander Kaczyński | image = Lech_Kaczyński.jpg | nationality = [[Poland|Polish]] | order = [[President of Poland]] | term_start = 23 December 2005 | term_end = 10 April 2010 | predecessor = [[Aleksander Kwaśniewski]] | successor = [[Bronisław Komorowski]] | birth_date = 18 June 1949 | birth_place = [[Warsaw]], [[Poland]] | death_date = 10 April 2010 (aged 60) | death_place = Near [[Smolensk]], [[Russia]] | party = nonpartisan ([[Law and Justice]] at the time of election) | profession = [[Lawyer]] | spouse = [[Maria Kaczyńska]] (m. 1978-2010, both killed) }} '''{{Audio|Pl-Lech Kaczyński.ogg|Lech Aleksander Kaczyński}}''' (18 June 1949 - 10 April 2010) was the [[President of Poland|President]] of the [[Republic]] of [[Poland]] from 2005 until his death in a plane crash in [[Smolensk]], [[Russia]] on 10 April 2010.<ref>[http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/europe/04/10/poland.president.plane.crash/index.html?hpt=T1 Polish president killed in plane crash], [[CNN]].com</ref> Kaczyński served as [[Mayor of Warsaw]] from 2002,<ref>[http://wybory2002.pkw.gov.pl/wojt/t2/gw1/w14/m1465.html Serwis PKW – Wybory 2002]</ref> until the day before he became president. He was a [[Roman Catholic]]<ref>[http://articles.latimes.com/2010/apr/11/world/la-fg-kaczynski-obit11-2010apr11 Poland President Kaczynski was a battler]</ref> and was the [[identical twin]] brother of the [[Prime Minister of Poland]], [[Jarosław Kaczyński]].<ref>''Cień generała'' (Shadow of the General), [[Newsweek]] Poland issue 9 from 2 March 2008</ref> ==Related pages== * [[Death and state funeral of Lech Kaczyński and Maria Kaczyńska]] ==References== {{reflist}} == Other websites == * {{in lang|pl|en}} [http://www.president.pl/ Official site] *{{imdb|1007332}} {{start box2}} {{succession box|title=[[President of Poland]]|before=[[Aleksander Kwaśniewski]]|after=[[Bronisław Komorowski]]<br />(Acting)|years=2005–2010}} {{end box}} {{bio-stub}} {