Sławomir Skrzypek

Sławomir Skrzypek
World Economic Forum in Turkey
President of the National Bank of Poland
In office
10 January 2007  10 April 2010
Preceded byLeszek Balcerowicz
Succeeded byMarek Belka
Personal details
Born(1963-05-10)10 May 1963
Katowice, Poland
Died10 April 2010(2010-04-10) (aged 46)
Smolensk, Russia

Sławomir Stanisław Skrzypek (10 May 1963 – 10 April 2010) was the President of the National Bank of Poland (NBP) from 2007 until his death in 2010. He died in the 2010 Polish Air Force Tu-154 crash, when a plane transporting a number of Polish notables, including the President of Poland Lech Kaczyński, crashed en route to a ceremony commemorating the 70th anniversary of the Katyń massacre.