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A list of the dead from the plane crash has emerged with senior politicians and members of the Polish armed forces on board.

Names of some of the deceased
Lech Kaczynski, Poland president
Franciszek Gagor, Chief Of General Staff Of The Polish Armed Forces
Zbigniew Wassermann, Member of Parliament
Slawomir Skrzypek, Poland central bank governor
Przemyslaw Gosiewski, Member of Parliament
Gregory Dolniak, Member of Parliament
Andrzej Kremer, Foreign Minister Secretary
Ryszard Kaczorowski, The last President of Poland to be in exile
Krzysztof Putra, Vice chairman of Polish Parliament
Krystyna Bochenek, The Senato Deputy Mayor
Tadeusz Ploski, The Bishop of Poland
George Barm, The Polish ambassador to Russia

Representatives of the Polish Armed Forces
General Bronislaw Kwiatkowski – Operations
General Andrew Blasik- Air force
General Tadeusz Buk – Ground Forces
General Andrzej Karweta – Naval forces
Janusz Kochanowski
Janusz Krupski
Miron Chodakowski, Ortodoks baş rahip
Adam Pilch
John Osinski
Edward Duchnowski
Aleksandra Natali-Swiat
Leszek Deptula
Grazyna Gesicka
Arkadiusz Rybicki
Sebastian Karpiniuk
Jolanta Szymanek-Deresz
Wieslaw Water
Edward Wojtas
Janina Feklinska
Stanislaw Zajac
Izabela Jaruga-Nowacka
Janusz Kochanowski
Slawomir Skrzypek
Janusz Kurtyka
Andrew Carrier
Gregory Dolniak
Przemyslaw Gosiewski
Zbigniew Wassermann
Jerzy Szmajdzinski
Wladyslaw Stasiak
Aleksander Szczyglo
Jacek Sasin
Pawel Wypych
Stanislaw Komorowski
Tomasz Merta
Maciej Plazynski
Mariusz Kazan
Pawel Wypych
Mariusz Handzlik
Andrew Kremer
Lech Kaczynski
Maria Kaczynska