Sebastian Karpiniuk
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Sebastian Marek Karpiniuk (December 4, 1972 – April 10, 2010) was a Polish
politician.
He was elected to the Sejm
on September 25, 2005, getting 9767 votes in 40 Koszalin
district, as a candidate from the Platforma Obywatelska list. In the Parliamentary Election of 2007, he ran on the same ticket in the same district as second on the list, and was elected to the Sejm with 25,827 votes (incl. 8169 in Kolobrzeg
).
He 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 on board.
To honor his memory, in April 2010, City Council of Kolobrzeg passed the resolution to name the newly-built football stadium in Kolobrzeg "Sebastian Karpinuk". On 16 April 2010, Karpinuk was posthumously awarded the Commander's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta.
. Until his death, he lived for many years in a block of apartments at Waska street in Kolobrzeg. His mother died when he was a teenager as a result of fire in their apartment. His father was elected to the City Council in the local government elections of November 2010.
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
politician.
Political career
Karpiniuk was an assistant to President of Kolobrzeg, Henryk Bienowski before becoming politically independent.He was elected to the Sejm
Sejm
The Sejm is the lower house of the Polish parliament. The Sejm is made up of 460 deputies, or Poseł in Polish . It is elected by universal ballot and is presided over by a speaker called the Marshal of the Sejm ....
on September 25, 2005, getting 9767 votes in 40 Koszalin
Koszalin
Koszalin ; is the largest city of Middle Pomerania in north-western Poland. It is located 12 km south of the Baltic Sea coast. Koszalin is also a county-status city and capital of Koszalin County of West Pomeranian Voivodeship since 1999...
district, as a candidate from the Platforma Obywatelska list. In the Parliamentary Election of 2007, he ran on the same ticket in the same district as second on the list, and was elected to the Sejm with 25,827 votes (incl. 8169 in Kolobrzeg
Kolobrzeg
Kołobrzeg is a city in Middle Pomerania in north-western Poland with some 50,000 inhabitants . Kołobrzeg is located on the Parsęta River on the south coast of the Baltic Sea...
).
He was listed on the flight manifest of the Tupolev Tu-154
2010 Polish Air Force Tu-154 crash
The 2010 Polish Air Force Tu-154 crash occurred on 10 April 2010, when a Tupolev Tu-154M aircraft of the Polish Air Force crashed near the city of Smolensk, Russia, killing all 96 people on board...
of the 36th Special Aviation Regiment
36th Special Aviation Regiment
The 36 Specjalny Pułk Lotnictwa Transportowego 36 SPLT is a special aviation regiment of the Siły Powietrzne Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej, established in 1945. All of its aircraft are for national public use, the most important being transport of Polish politicians and MON highest officials &...
carrying the President of Poland Lech Kaczyński
Lech Kaczynski
Lech Aleksander Kaczyński was Polish lawyer and politician who served as the President of Poland from 2005 until 2010 and as Mayor of Warsaw from 2002 until 22 December 2005. Before he became a president, he was also a member of the party Prawo i Sprawiedliwość...
which crashed near Smolensk-North airport near Pechersk near Smolensk
Smolensk
Smolensk is a city and the administrative center of Smolensk Oblast, Russia, located on the Dnieper River. Situated west-southwest of Moscow, this walled city was destroyed several times throughout its long history since it was on the invasion routes of both Napoleon and Hitler. Today, Smolensk...
, Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
, on 10 April 2010, killing all on board.
To honor his memory, in April 2010, City Council of Kolobrzeg passed the resolution to name the newly-built football stadium in Kolobrzeg "Sebastian Karpinuk". On 16 April 2010, Karpinuk was posthumously awarded the Commander's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta.
Personal life
Sebastian Karpiniuk was born in Kołobrzeg. He attended the Mikolaj Kopernik secondary school in Kolobrzeg and studied law in GdanskGdansk
Gdańsk is a Polish city on the Baltic coast, at the centre of the country's fourth-largest metropolitan area.The city lies on the southern edge of Gdańsk Bay , in a conurbation with the city of Gdynia, spa town of Sopot, and suburban communities, which together form a metropolitan area called the...
. Until his death, he lived for many years in a block of apartments at Waska street in Kolobrzeg. His mother died when he was a teenager as a result of fire in their apartment. His father was elected to the City Council in the local government elections of November 2010.
External links
- Sebastian Karpiniuk - parliamentary page - includes declarations of interest, voting record, and transcripts of speeches.
- Plane crash with Polish officials - includes list of victims in Polish