Krystyna Bochenek
Krystyna Maria Bochenek (née Neuman) (30 June 1953 – 10 April 2010) was a Polish journalist, politician and Vice-Marshal of the Senate of the Republic of Poland representing Civic Platform (Platforma Obywatelska). She died in office on board the Polish presidential jet in the April 2010 Smolensk air disaster, along with the President of Poland.
Also recorded as Krystyna Maria Bochenek
Krystyna Bochenek

Sławomir Kaczorek · Provided by the Chancellery of the Senate of the Republic of Poland · CC BY-SA 3.0 pl
- Born
- 1953 · Katowice.
- Died
- 2010 · Smolensk.
- Nationality
- Poland
- Occupation
- writer · journalist · politician
- Education
- University of Silesia in Katowice
- Honours
- Medal of the National Education Commission · Medal for Merit to Culture · Commander with Star of the Order of Polonia Restituta · Gold Cross of Merit · Karol Miarka Award · Wojciech Korfanty prize
- Languages
- Polish
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Krystyna Maria Bochenek (née Neuman) (30 June 1953 – 10 April 2010) was a Polish journalist, politician and Vice-Marshal of the Senate of the Republic of Poland representing Civic Platform (Platforma Obywatelska). She died in office on board the Polish presidential jet in the April 2010 Smolensk air disaster, along with the President of Poland.
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Krystyna Bochenek (1953–2010) was a journalist, politician and writer, of Polish nationality. The journalist was born in Katowice and died in Smolensk. Krystyna Bochenek was educated at University of Silesia in Katowice.
Languages used include Polish. Honours include Gold Cross of Merit, Karol Miarka Award and Medal for Merit to Culture, among others.
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Biography
Krystyna Bochenek studied at University of Silesia in Katowice. The recorded working language is Polish. Positions recorded include Deputy Marshal of the Senate of the Republic of Poland. Distinctions recorded are Medal of the National Education Commission, Medal for Merit to Culture, Commander with Star of the Order of Polonia Restituta and Gold Cross of Merit.
Bochenek was born in Stalinogród, and graduated from a high school there, proceeding to study at the University of Silesia. In 1976, she became a journalist for Polish Radio Katowice. For many years, she worked with the press and television. She was responsible for the popularization of the culture of the Polish language and the popularization of health. She organized events abroad promoting the Polish language. Besides that, she also prepared nearly a thousand hours of programming on health, including Medical Magazine on radio. She co-wrote the TV program A to Health. She was part of the Polish Language Council at the Presidium of the Polish Academy of Sciences (including the President of the Language in the Media Commission). She initiated the resolution on the establishment by the Senate of 2006 as the Year of the Polish Language. She organized scientific conferences, i.e. Polish language legislation, Polish language politicians at the beginning of the 21st century, as well as Polish Language Festival 2006, which took place under the patronage of the Marshal of the Senate Bogdan Borusewicz, with 5,000 people participating. She was the head of the Silesian Scholarship Fund. She served as Vice-President of the Programme Council in TVP Polonia. In cooperation with Silesian newsrooms, she led a campaign raising awareness for the prevention of breast cancer in women under the name "Pink Ribbon". She has helped many social causes including the Great Orchestra of Christmas Charity, the reconstruction of the burnt Silesian Opera building, the Silesian Theatre and the Mining Families Foundation. As a non-partisan candidate of the Katowice district, on 26 September 2004, she won the by-election for the Senate on behalf of the Freedom Union. She won again as a senator in 2005, with 53.28% of the votes in the district, this time for the Civic Platform. In the 2007 parliamentary elections, she was given a mandate for a third time with 255 792 votes. On 5 November of the same year, she was appointed Deputy Speaker of the Senate for her seventh term. During this time, she was Vice-President of the Parliamentary Group for Cooperation with NGOs.
Death
Death
Bochenek was listed on the flight manifest of the Tupolev Tu-154 of the 36th Special Aviation Regiment carrying the President of Poland Lech Kaczyński, who was on his way to the 70th anniversary memorial of the Katyn massacre, which crashed near Smolensk-North airport near Pechersk near Smolensk, Russia, on 10 April 2010, killing all aboard. On 22 April 2010, she was buried in the cemetery on Sienkiewicza Street in Katowice.
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1953
Krystyna Bochenek was born in 1953 at Katowice.
2010
Krystyna Bochenek died in 2010 at Smolensk.
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Commander's Cross with Star of the Order of Polonia Restituta (April 2010)
Deputy Marshal Krystyna Bochenek opening the discussion panel "Language of Polish politics after 1989" in the Polish Senate
Michał Józefaciuk · The Chancellery of the Senate of the Republic of Poland · Senat Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej
Deputy Marshal of the Senate Krystyna Bochenek. 65th anniversary of Polish children's arrival to New Zealand
Michał Józefaciuk · The Chancellery of the Senate of the Republic of Poland · Senat Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej
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- 1.Ogólnopolskie Dyktando 2014. www.dyktando.info.pl.
- 2.Wybory 2005. www.wybory2005.pkw.gov.pl.
- 3.Prezydenckim Tu-154 leciały najważniejsze osoby w państwie (Polish)
- 4.Warszawa, dnia 10 kwietnia 2010 r. Agencja Bezpieczeństwa Wewnętrznego.
- 5.Pogrzeb Krystyny Bochenek w Katowicach - Wieści - MM Moje Miasto. 7 July 2010.
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