Tadeusz Buk

Tadeusz Buk (15 December 1960 – 10 April 2010) was a Polish military figure. He received numerous military and civil awards, including the Order of Polonia Restituta.

Buk was born at Mójcza. He served as commander of the Polish Land Forces until his death in the 2010 Polish Air Force Tu-154 crash near Smolensk.

Education

Buk graduated from Juliusz Słowacki high school in Kielce. In 1984, he graduated from the Academy of Armed Forces Officers in Poznań.

Military service

  • In 1984, he joined the 29th Medium Tank Regiment in Żagań and served in this unit until 1991.
  • In 1991, he enrolled at the Faculty of Land Forces of the National Defence Academy in Warsaw.
  • Between 1993 and 1995, he served, inter alia, in the 18th Battalion Airborne assault and 6 Air Assault Brigade.
  • From 1995 to 1998, he served in the 25th Air Cavalry Brigade in Tomaszów Mazowiecki.
  • In 1999, after completing the annual post-graduate command post in the USA, he was appointed deputy commander of his unit.
  • From 2002 to 2005, he served as commander of the 34th Armoured Cavalry Brigade in Zagan.
  • In 2004 and 2005, he was deputy commander of Multinational Division Central-South in Iraq.
  • Between 2005 and 2006, he was deputy director of the NATO Joint Force Training Centre in Bydgoszcz.
  • From 2006 to 2007, he was Deputy Commanding General of the Combined Security Transition Command-Afghanistan.
  • On 15 June 2007, Buk was appointed commander of 1st Mechanised Division of Warsaw.
  • On 25 July 2007, he took command of the IX amendment NEC and Multinational Division Center-South in Iraq
  • On 15 September 2009, he was appointed by President Lech Kaczyński to commander of the Army.
  • On 10 April 2010, he died in the presidential plane crash near Smolensk.

Awards and decorations

Military promotions

  • 15 August 2004: promoted to the rank of brigadier general.
  • 10 July 2007: promoted to the rank of major general.

References

  1. ↑ "M.P. 2010 nr 40 poz. 587". Isap.sejm.gov.pl. 16 April 2010. Retrieved 12 July 2012.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Pamięci generała broni Tadeusza Buka". Army.mil.pl. 8 April 2011. Archived from the original on 22 July 2012. Retrieved 12 July 2012.
  3. ↑ "List of People Who Died in the Smolensk Airplane Disaster". The Chancellery of the Prime Minister. Retrieved 12 July 2012. {{cite web}}: External link in |publisher= (help)
  4. ↑ "GENERAL ORDERS NO. 2010–20" (PDF). armypubs.army.mil/. HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY. Retrieved 12 July 2012.
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