Ryszard Kaczorowski | |
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 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 | 26 November 1919 Białystok, Poland |
| Died | 10 April 2010 (aged 90) Smolensk, Smolensk Oblast, Russia |
| Cause of death | Plane crash |
| Political party | Independent |
| Spouse | Karolina Kaczorowska (m. 1952) |
| Children | 2 |
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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.