Grażyna Gęsicka

{{Short description|Polish politician and sociologist (1951–2010)}}

{{Expand Polish|topic=bio|date=April 2010|Grażyna Gęsicka}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Grażyna Gęsicka

| image = JKRUK 20090429 GRAŻYNA GĘSICKA IMG 6411.jpg

| office = Minister of Regional Development

| term_start = 31 October 2005

| term_end = 7 September 2007

| successor = Jarosław Kaczyński

| office2 = Minister of Regional Development

| term_start2 = 11 September 2007

| term_end2 = 16 November 2007

| predecessor2 = Jarosław Kaczyński

| successor2 = Elżbieta Bieńkowska

| birth_date={{birth date|1951|12|13|df=yes}}

| birth_place={{nowrap|Warsaw, Polish People's Republic}}

| death_date = {{death date and age|2010|04|10|1951|12|13|df=yes}}

| death_place= Smolensk, Russia

| party = Law and Justice

| spouse=Janusz Gęsicki

| children= Klara (daughter)

| alma_mater=Warsaw University

| signature=Grażyna Gęsicka signature 2010.svg

}}

Grażyna Gęsicka (13 December 1951 – 10 April 2010) was a Polish sociologist and politician and a former (2006–2007) minister of Regional Development in Marcinkiewicz's and Jarosław Kaczyński's government. From 2009 until her death she was the leader of Law and Justice parliamentary caucus.

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She was born in Warsaw. In 1974, she graduated from Warsaw University's Institute of Sociology and in 1985 received her doctorate.

She was a former member of the Polish Sociological Society and the Association Internationale des Sociologues de Langue Francaise.

She was a speaker of English and French.

She was listed on the flight manifest[http://wiadomosci.gazeta.pl/Wiadomosci/1,80269,7752563,Prezydenckim_Tu_154_lecialy_najwazniejsze_osoby_w.html Prezydenckim Tu-154 leciały najważniejsze osoby w państwie (Polish)] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100415024851/http://wiadomosci.gazeta.pl/Wiadomosci/1%2C80269%2C7752563%2CPrezydenckim_Tu_154_lecialy_najwazniejsze_osoby_w.html |date=2010-04-15 }} of the Tupolev Tu-154 of the 36th Special Aviation Regiment carrying the President of Poland Lech Kaczyński which crashed near Smolensk-North airport near Pechersk near Smolensk, Russia, on 10 April 2010, killing all aboard.{{cite web|url=http://wiadomosci.gazeta.pl/Wiadomosci/1,80269,7752563,Prezydenckim_Tu_154_lecialy_najwazniejsze_osoby_w.html|title=Prezydenckim Tu-154 leciały najważniejsze osoby w państwie|accessdate=10 April 2010|work=Wiadomosci|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100415024851/http://wiadomosci.gazeta.pl/Wiadomosci/1%2C80269%2C7752563%2CPrezydenckim_Tu_154_lecialy_najwazniejsze_osoby_w.html|archivedate=15 April 2010}} On 25 April, she was buried in the Smolensk Cemetery Headquarters Military Cemetery in Warsaw.

On 16 April 2010, Gęsicka was posthumously awarded the Commander's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta.