Full Text of SR0780 96th General Assembly
SR0780 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, On April 10, 2010, Polish President Lech | 3 |
| Kaczynski, his wife, Maria, political and military officials, | 4 |
| and several others died when their government airplane crashed | 5 |
| in western Russia; and
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| WHEREAS, President Kaczynski and others were en route to a | 7 |
| ceremony commemorating the 70th anniversary of the Katyn | 8 |
| massacre, where 20,000 Polish officers and intelligentsia were | 9 |
| executed by the Red Army; and
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| WHEREAS, Lech Kaczynski was born, along with his twin | 11 |
| brother, Jaroslaw, on June 18, 1949, in Warsaw, Poland, to | 12 |
| parents, Rajmund and Jadwiga, both strong patriots and | 13 |
| participants in the Warsaw uprising of 1944 during World War | 14 |
| II; and
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| WHEREAS, Lech Kaczynski graduated from Warsaw University | 16 |
| in 1971 with a degree in law, and later earned his Ph.D. in the | 17 |
| same field from Gdansk University, and continued to lecture at | 18 |
| the University for the next twenty years; and
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| WHEREAS, He first became active in politics in 1977, when | 20 |
| he joined the democratic opposition's organization, and was | 21 |
| later elected senator; and
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| WHEREAS, Lech Kaczynski was elected Mayor of Warsaw in 2002 | 2 |
| and took a tough stance on crime, spearheaded a fight to end | 3 |
| corruption in the city and in national government, and | 4 |
| supported the creation of the Museum of the Warsaw Uprising in | 5 |
| 2004; and
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| WHEREAS, He was elected President of Poland in 2005, and he | 7 |
| led the nation by focusing on economic security, ending | 8 |
| corruption, and increasing national solidarity; and
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| WHEREAS, The State of Illinois has the second largest | 10 |
| Polish population in the United States, and is greatly saddened | 11 |
| by this series of tragic events, especially the passing of | 12 |
| President Kaczynski; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL | 14 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we recognize the | 15 |
| dedication and leadership of President Lech Kaczynski to the | 16 |
| people of Poland; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That it is with profound sadness that we mourn, | 18 |
| along with President Barack Obama, other heads of state, and | 19 |
| his surviving family and friends, the passing of President Lech | 20 |
| Kaczynski.
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