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10 april 2010 smolensk , russia bielsko-biała polish 220px polish 11 june 1965 mariusz handzlik 2.jpg mariusz handzlik
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mariusz handzlik

mariusz handzlik -lrb- june 11 , 1965 -- april 10 , 2010 -rrb- was a polish diplomat , the undersecretary of state in the office of the president of the republic of poland and since october , 2008 in charge of foreign policy .
born on june 11 , 1965 in bielsko biała ; ma in sociology of international relations , school of social sciences , the catholic university of lublin , poland .
prime minister 's advisor on foreign policy -lrb- 1992-1994 -rrb- ; first secretary and counselor for political and military affairs at the embassy of the republic of poland in washington , dc -lrb- 1994-2000 -rrb- ; director of export policy department -lrb- 2000-2001 -rrb- , deputy director of security policy department at the ministry of foreign affairs -lrb- 2001-2002 -rrb- ; ambassador at large and chairman of the missile technology control regime / mtcr / , paris -lrb- 2002-2003 -rrb- ; minister counselor for political affairs at the mission of poland to the united nations in new york -lrb- 2004 - 2005 -rrb- ; head of the office of foreign affairs in the presidential chancellery -lrb- 2006-2008 -rrb- .
postgraduate education at the school of social sciences at the university of vienna , austria ; the university of geneva , switzerland ; the university of cranfield , united kingdom and the center of international trade and security at the university of georgia , united states .
traineeship in the committee on foreign affairs of the house of representatives and the us senate foreign relations committee of the us congress ; the united nations research institute for social development -lrb- unrisd -rrb- and the permanent delegation of the republic of poland to nato in 2000 awarded `` the medal for outstanding public service '' by the secretary of defense of the united states department of defense .
father of three children : daughters - julia and iwona , son - jan he was listed on the flight manifest 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 .
handzlik befriended polish war hero and righteous gentile jan karski in the latter 's final years .
the two men were playing chess on july 13 , 2000 , when karski fell ill .
alarmed , handzlik started to call an ambulance .
karski sternly responded : `` minister handzlik , check !
your move . ''
karski perished soon after reaching the hospital .
a statue of karski playing chess now sits outside the polish consulate in new york city , with a copy installed on the georgetown campus .
