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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, On April 10, 2010, Polish President Lech
3 Kaczynski, his wife, Maria, political and military officials,
4 and several others died when their government airplane crashed
5 in western Russia; and
 
6     WHEREAS, President Kaczynski and others were en route to a
7 ceremony commemorating the 70th anniversary of the Katyn
8 massacre, where 20,000 Polish officers and intelligentsia were
9 executed by the Red Army; and
 
10     WHEREAS, Lech Kaczynski was born, along with his twin
11 brother, Jaroslaw, on June 18, 1949, in Warsaw, Poland, to
12 parents, Rajmund and Jadwiga, both strong patriots and
13 participants in the Warsaw uprising of 1944 during World War
14 II; and
 
15     WHEREAS, Lech Kaczynski graduated from Warsaw University
16 in 1971 with a degree in law, and later earned his Ph.D. in the
17 same field from Gdansk University, and continued to lecture at
18 the University for the next twenty years; and
 
19     WHEREAS, He first became active in politics in 1977, when
20 he joined the democratic opposition's organization, and was
21 later elected senator; and
 

 

 

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1     WHEREAS, Lech Kaczynski was elected Mayor of Warsaw in 2002
2 and took a tough stance on crime, spearheaded a fight to end
3 corruption in the city and in national government, and
4 supported the creation of the Museum of the Warsaw Uprising in
5 2004; and
 
6     WHEREAS, He was elected President of Poland in 2005, and he
7 led the nation by focusing on economic security, ending
8 corruption, and increasing national solidarity; and
 
9     WHEREAS, The State of Illinois has the second largest
10 Polish population in the United States, and is greatly saddened
11 by this series of tragic events, especially the passing of
12 President Kaczynski; therefore, be it
 
13     RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL
14 ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we recognize the
15 dedication and leadership of President Lech Kaczynski to the
16 people of Poland; and be it further
 
17     RESOLVED, That it is with profound sadness that we mourn,
18 along with President Barack Obama, other heads of state, and
19 his surviving family and friends, the passing of President Lech
20 Kaczynski.