Lech Kaczyński was born on 18 June 1949 in Warsaw. A Polish politician and lawyer, Kaczynski was President of Poland from 2005 until his death. A former Solidarity activist, he later served as Minister of Justice and mayor of Warsaw, where he founded the Warsaw Rising Museum. With his identical twin brother Jaroslaw he co-founded the conservative Law and Justice party. As president he took a skeptical line on the European Union and strongly supported close ties with the United States and with the post-Soviet states of the region. He died in a plane crash near Smolensk, Russia, with his wife and dozens of officials, while on the way to a commemoration of the Katyn massacre.
Before and after
- 16 May 1949Founding of Tokyo Stock Exchange
- 19 May 1949Birth of Ashraf Ghani
- 23 May 1949Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany
- from 23 May 1949 to 3 October 1990West Germany
- 18 June 1949Birth of Lech Kaczyński
- 18 August 1949Founding of French Civil Aviation University
- 23 September 1949Birth of Bruce Springsteen
- 25 September 1949Birth of Pedro Almodóvar
- from 7 October 1949 to 3 October 1990East Germany
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