Jolanta Szymanek-Deresz

Polish lawyer and politician (1954–2010)

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Jolanta Szymanek-Deresz

Member of the Sejm
In office 25 September 2005 – 10 April 2010
Constituency	16 – Płock

Personal details
Born	12 July 1954 Przedbórz, Poland
Died	10 April 2010(2010-04-10) (aged 55) Smolensk, Russia
Political party	Democratic Left Alliance

Jolanta Dorota Szymanek-Deresz (pronounced [jɔˈlanta dɔˈrɔta ʂɨˈmanɛɡ ˈdɛrɛʂ]; 12 July 1954 – 10 April 2010) was a Polish lawyer and politician.

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

She was listed on the flight manifest^[1] 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.