Grażyna Gęsicka

Grażyna Gęsicka
Born	Template:Birth date Warsaw, Poland
Died	April 10, 2010(2010-04-10) (aged 58)
Occupation(s)	Politician, sociologist
Known for	Minister of Regional Development (2006–2007), member of Sejm (2007–2010), leader of Law and Justice parliamentary faction (2009–2010)

Grażyna Gęsicka (born 13 December 1951, died 10 April 2010) was a prominent Polish politician and sociologist. She served as the Minister of Regional Development from 2006 to 2007, holding office during the administrations of both Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz and Jarosław Kaczyński. In the parliamentary elections of 2007, she secured a seat in the Sejm. From 2009 until her passing, she led the parliamentary faction of the Law and Justice party.

Grave of Grażyna Gęsicka at Powązki Military Cemetery, 2011

Born in Warsaw, she completed her studies at the Institute of Sociology at Warsaw University in 1974 and earned her doctoral degree in 1985.

Her professional affiliations included membership in the Polish Sociological Society as well as the Association Internationale des Sociologues de Langue Francaise.

Gęsicka was proficient in both the English language and French language.

She was listed among the passengers on the flight manifest of the Tupolev Tu-154 operated by the 36th Special Aviation Regiment, which was transporting Polish President Lech Kaczyński. The aircraft tragically crashed near Smolensk-North airport close to Pechersk, near Smolensk, Russia, on 10 April 2010, resulting in no survivors.

Following her death, on 25 April she was interred at the Military Cemetery located in Powązki, Warsaw.

On 16 April 2010, she was honored posthumously with the Commander's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta.