Wiesław Kilian

Polish politician (1952–2019)

Wiesław Kilian


Member of the Sejm
In office 5 May 2010 – 15 March 2019
Constituency	3 – Wrocław
In office 25 September 2005 – 21 October 2007

Personal details
Born	(1952-07-25)25 July 1952 Ząbkowice Śląskie
Died	15 March 2019(2019-03-15) (aged 66) Warsaw
Nationality	Polish
Political party	Poland Comes First
Other political affiliations	Law and Justice (2005–10)

Wiesław Kilian (25 July 1952 – 15 March 2019)^[1] was a Polish politician.

In the 70s and 80s he worked in a family farm. From 1984 to 1998 he was head of the Wrocław-Stare Miasto Residents Service Area. He was director for "Centrum" from 1998 to 2001. From 1998 to 2002 he was councilor in Wrocław.^[2]

He was elected to Sejm on 25 September 2005 getting 7,524 votes in Wrocław, standing for Law and Justice (PiS). He was not re-elected in 2007. In 2010 he was by PiS appointed to replace Aleksandra Natalli-Świat who died in Smolensk air disaster. However, he was removed from PiS after he supported Civic Platform (PO) candidate in Wrocław presidential election. He belonged for a time to the Poland Comes First club and subsequently joined PO himself. Standing in a PO list, he was elected to the Senat in 2011 and reelected in 2015.^[3]

He was posthumously decorated with the Knight's cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta.^[4]

References

^ Zmarł Wiesław Kilian, senator VIII i IX kadencji Archived 2019-03-31 at the Wayback Machine (in Polish)
^ "Wiesław Kilian nie żyje. Senator Platformy Obywatelskiej miał 66 lat. Wcześniej był posłem PiS". 15 March 2019.
^ "Wiesław Kilian nie żyje. Senator Platformy Obywatelskiej miał 66 lat. Wcześniej był posłem PiS". 15 March 2019.
^ "Ostatnie pożegnanie Wiesława Kiliana. On kochał Kościół i bronił". 22 March 2019.