12 Facts About Ryszard Kaczorowski

Ryszard Kaczorowski, GCMG was a Polish statesman.

Ryszard Kaczorowski died on 10 April 2010 in the plane crash near Smolensk, Russia, along with the President of Poland Lech Kaczynski and other senior government officials.

Ryszard Kaczorowski completed his education at a school of commerce.

Ryszard Kaczorowski was a Scouting instructor of a local branch of the Polish Scouting Association.

Ryszard Kaczorowski fought in most major battles of the Polish 2nd Corps, including the Battle of Monte Cassino.

Ryszard Kaczorowski was active in Polish political circles and a member of the National Council of Poland, a parliament-in-exile.

Sabbat died suddenly on 19 July 1989 and Ryszard Kaczorowski automatically succeeded him.

Ryszard Kaczorowski had two daughters with wife Karolina, Jadwiga Kaczorowska, who has two children Zenek and Wanda Szulc, and Alicja Jankowska who has three children, Ryszard, Marcin and Krystyna Jankowska.

Ryszard Kaczorowski was frequently present in Poland and was treated according to the Polish law on former presidents of the state, granting him a presidential pension, Biuro Ochrony Rzadu protection and a chancellery.

On 9 November 2004, Ryszard Kaczorowski was appointed to the Order of St Michael and St George as an Honorary Knight Grand Cross by Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom for "his exceptional contribution to the community of Polish emigrees and their descendants living in the UK".

Ryszard Kaczorowski died on 10 April 2010 in a plane crash near Smolensk, Russia, along with the then-current President of Poland Lech Kaczynski and 94 others.

On 19 April 2010, Ryszard Kaczorowski's coffin was taken to St John's Cathedral for a funeral mass, before being buried in a crypt at the National Temple of Divine Providence in Warsaw.