Jolanta Szymanek-Deresz

Politician

1954 – 2010

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Who was Jolanta Szymanek-Deresz?

Jolanta Dorota Szymanek-Deresz was a Polish lawyer and politician.

Szymanek-Deresz was born in Przedbórz. She was elected to Sejm on September 25, 2005, getting 9,723 votes in 16 Płock district, as a candidate for the Democratic Left Alliance.

She was listed on the flight manifest of the Tupolev Tu-154 of the 36th Special Aviation Regiment carrying the President of Poland Lech Kaczyński which crashed near Smolensk-North airport near Pechersk near Smolensk, Russia, on 10 April 2010, killing all aboard.

On 16 April 2010, Szymanek-Deresz was posthumously awarded the Commander's Cross with Star of the Order of Polonia Restituta.

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Born
Jul 12, 1954
Przedbórz
Also known as
  • Шиманек-Дереш, Йоланта
Nationality
  • Poland
Profession
Died
Apr 10, 2010
Smolensk

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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