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| | [[Image:Asdf.jpg|right|thumb|Lech Kaczynski]] | | [[Image:Asdf.jpg|right|thumb|Lech Kaczynski]] |
| − | '''Lech Kaczyński''' was the current president of [[Poland]], inaugurated 23 December 2005. Kaczyński was born in [[Warsaw]] in 1949. He was educated in law at Warsaw University. He was involved with the [[Solidarity]] movement in the late 1980s. He served as the mayor of Warsaw from 2002 until he was elected president<ref>http://www.president.pl/x.node?id=437</ref>. His identical twin brother, Jarosław, was Prime Minister of Poland from July 2006 to November 2007. | + | '''Lech Kaczyński''' was the president of [[Poland]], inaugurated 23 December 2005 until his death on April 10, 2010. Kaczyński was born in [[Warsaw]] in 1949. He was educated in law at Warsaw University. He was involved with the [[Solidarity]] movement in the late 1980s. He served as the mayor of Warsaw from 2002 until he was elected president<ref>http://www.president.pl/x.node?id=437</ref>. His identical twin brother, Jarosław, was Prime Minister of Poland from July 2006 to November 2007. |
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| − | Lech Kaczyński died in a plane crash on April 10, 2010. He was heading towards Russia. | + | Lech Kaczyński died in a plane crash on April 10, 2010 in Russia, as part of the official delegation to Russia to commemorate the [[Katyn Forest massacre]]. |
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| | ==Political Stance== | | ==Political Stance== |
| − | Kaczynski represents the [[Law and Justice]] party, the right-wing conservative party of Poland. He is a conservative Christian. He strongly supports putting Christian values in the [[European Union]] constitution<ref>http://www.polskieradio.pl/zagranica/gb/dokument.aspx?iid=49980</ref>. His government is pro-American and has contributed soldiers to the War in Iraq.<ref>http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/ops/iraq_orbat_coalition.htm</ref> The Kaczyński administration supports a total ban on [[abortion]], a total ban on [[homosexual]] propaganda in schools, and the building of American anti-nuclear missile shields on Polish soil.{{fact}} | + | Kaczynski represented the [[Law and Justice]] party, the right-wing conservative party of Poland. He was a conservative Christian who strongly supported putting Christian values in the [[European Union]] constitution<ref>http://www.polskieradio.pl/zagranica/gb/dokument.aspx?iid=49980</ref>. His government was pro-American and contributed soldiers to the War in Iraq.<ref>http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/ops/iraq_orbat_coalition.htm</ref> The Kaczyński administration supported a total ban on [[abortion]], a total ban on [[homosexual]] propaganda in schools, and the building of American anti-nuclear missile shields on Polish soil.{{fact}} |
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| | ==See also== | | ==See also== |
| − | *[[Law and Justice]] - polish right-wing political party | + | *[[Law and Justice]] - Polish right-wing political party |
| − | *[[Jarosław Kaczyński]] - polish [[Prime Minister]] | + | *[[Jarosław Kaczyński]] - Polish [[Prime Minister]] |
| | *[[Maria Kaczyńska]] | | *[[Maria Kaczyńska]] |
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| | [[Category:Heads of State]] | | [[Category:Heads of State]] |
| | [[CAtegory:Polish People]] | | [[CAtegory:Polish People]] |
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