| Aleksander Marek Szczygło | |
| Office: | Head of the National Security Bureau |
| Term Start: | 15 January 2009 |
| Term End: | 10 April 2010 |
| Deputy: | Witold Waszczykowski, Zbigniew Nowek |
| Predecessor: | Władysław Stasiak |
| Office2: | Minister of National Defence |
| Term Start2: | 7 February 2007 |
| Term End2: | 16 November 2007 |
| Primeminister2: | Jarosław Kaczyński |
| Successor2: | Bogdan Klich |
| Term Start3: | 2 August 2006 |
| Term End3: | 7 February 2007 |
| Successor3: | Robert Draba |
| Office4: | Member of the Sejm |
| Term Start4: | 5 November 2007 |
| Term End4: | 15 January 2009 19 October 2001 – 2 August 2006 |
| Constituency4: | 35 – Olsztyn |
| Birth Date: | 27 October 1963 |
| Birth Place: | Jeziorany, Poland |
| Death Place: | Smolensk, Russia |
| Nationality: | Polish |
| Party: | Law and Justice |
| Alma Mater: | University of Gdańsk |
Aleksander Marek Szczygło (27 October 1963 – 10 April 2010) was a Polish politician. He was first elected to the Polish parliament, the Sejm, in 2001 and reelected on 25 September 2005 with 19,006 votes in 35th electoral district (Olsztyn). Both times he was a candidate of the Law and Justice party.
From 7 February 2007 until 16 November 2007 he was Minister of National Defence in the cabinet of Jarosław Kaczyński.
From 15 January 2009 until his death he was the chief of the National Security Bureau.
He was listed on the flight manifest[1] 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.
In 2010, Szczygło was posthumously awarded the Commander's Cross with Star of the Order of Polonia Restituta. He had previously been awarded the Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary in 2009 and the Ukrainian Order of Merit 2nd Class.
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