Ryszard Kaczorowski

Ryszard Kaczorowski GCMG
Kaczorowski in 2008
President of Poland
In exile 19 July 1989 – 22 December 1990
Prime Minister	Edward Szczepanik
Preceded by	Kazimierz Sabbat
Succeeded by	Lech Wałęsa (As the first democratically elected president)
Minister of Home Affairs in Exile
In office 8 April 1986 – 19 July 1989
President	Kazimierz Sabbat
Prime Minister	Edward Szczepanik
Preceded by	Edward Szczepanik
Succeeded by	Ryszard Zakrzewski
Personal details
Born	(1919-11-26)26 November 1919 Białystok, Poland
Died	10 April 2010(2010-04-10) (aged 90) Smolensk, Smolensk Oblast, Russia
Cause of death	Plane crash
Political party	Independent
Spouse	Karolina Kaczorowska (m. 1952)
Children	2
Awards

Ryszard Kaczorowski, GCMG ([ˈrɨʂart kat͡ʂɔˈrɔfskʲi] ^ⓘ; 26 November 1919 – 10 April 2010) was a Polish statesman. From 1989 to 1990, he served as the last President of Poland-in-exile. He succeeded Kazimierz Sabbat, and resigned his post following Poland's regaining independence from the Soviet sphere of influence and the election of Lech Wałęsa as the first democratically elected President of Poland since before the Second World War. He died on 10 April 2010 in the plane crash near Smolensk, Russia, along with the President of Poland Lech Kaczyński and other senior government officials.