President Lech Kaczynski Succeeded by Anna Komorowska Name Maria Kaczynska Children Marta Kaczynska | Preceded by Jolanta Kwasniewska Nationality Polish Role Lech Kaczynski\'s wife | |
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Full Name Maria Helena Mackiewicz Born 21 August 1942
Machowo ( 1942-08-21 ) Relations Lidia Piszczako
(mother)
Czeslaw Mackiewicz
(father) Residence Presidential Palace, Warsaw (official) Died April 10, 2010, 2010 Polish Air Force Tu-154 crash site Spouse Lech Kaczynski (m. 1978–2010) Parents Czeslaw Mackiewicz, Lidia Mackiewicz Siblings Konrad Mackiewicz, Elzbieta Mackiewicz Similar People Lech Kaczynski, Jaroslaw Kaczynski, Ryszard Kaczorowski, Jerzy Szmajdzinski, Wladyslaw Stasiak | ||
Maria kaczy ska ostatni wywiad 2010 04 11
Maria Kaczyńska ([ˈmarja kaˈt͡ʂɨɲska]; born Maria Helena Mackiewicz; 21 August 1942 – 10 April 2010) was the First Lady of Poland from 2005-10 as the wife of President Lech Kaczyński.
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- Maria kaczy ska ostatni wywiad 2010 04 11
- Trumny wystawione s w Sali Kolumnowej President Lech Kaczynski and First Lady Mrs Maria Kaczynska
- Early and personal life
- Death
- Honours and awards
- References
Trumny wystawione są w Sali Kolumnowej- President Lech Kaczynski and First Lady Mrs Maria Kaczynska
Early and personal life
Kaczyńska was born in Machowo (near Kobylnik, now Belarus), the daughter of Lidia and Czesław Mackiewicz. Her father fought in the Vilnius Armia Krajowa (Home Army), while an uncle fought in the Polish II Corps of Gen. Władysław Anders at the Battle of Monte Cassino; another uncle was murdered by the NKVD (Soviet secret police) at Katyń.
Maria Kaczyńska attended primary and secondary schools in Rabka Zdrój in southern Poland. She studied transport economics and foreign trade in Sopot at what is now the University of Gdańsk. After graduating in 1966, she worked at the Maritime Institute in Gdańsk, where she met Lech Kaczyński in 1976. They married in 1978, and had a daughter. In addition to her native Polish, Maria Kaczyńska spoke English, French and some Spanish and Russian.
Death
On 10 April 2010, 10:41 MSD (06:41 UTC), Maria Kaczyńska, and her husband, Polish President Lech Kaczyński, died when the Polish Air Force Tupolev Tu-154M they were aboard crashed while attempting to land at Smolensk-North Airport in the Russian city of Smolensk. All 89 passengers on board and the 7 crew members were killed.
The Kaczyńskis were traveling with several senior government figures on a trip to mark the 70th anniversary of the World War II Katyn Massacre, where thousands of Polish military officers were executed by the NKVD.
She was laid to rest alongside her husband on 18 April 2010 in the honorable royal crypt at the Wawel Cathedral.
Her diary was found by her daughter after her death, sparking an interest among many publishers who desired to buy it and release it. However, Marta Kaczyńska-Dubieniecka stated the diary was too precious for her to sell and also said that she was not likely to reveal its content.