President Andrzej Duda appointed 19 officers of the Polish Army to general ranks – the National safety Office reported. For six officers it will be another general nomination, while thirteen will receive the first general star. Acts of appointment will be presented on 14 August at the Presidential Palace.
The National safety Bureau informed of president Andrzej Duda's decision to nominate General. There are 19 names on the list of promoted officers. The Armed Forces Commander shall appoint the General rank at the request of the Minister of National Defence. According to tradition, the celebration of the appointments is part of the celebration of the Polish Army. This year it will be held on 14 August at the Presidential Palace.
By decision of the President, General Stanislaw Czosnek, Deputy Head of the General Staff of the Polish Army, was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant General. A soldier's officer began his service in 1982 as a subordinate to the Higher School of Officers of the Armed Forces in Wrocław. He graduated from, among others, the National Defence Academy, the French Staff School and the National Defence University of Beijing. During more than 40 years of military service, he held work positions in the Kraków Military District, the Air-Mechanized Corps, the 1st Armored Brigade in Wesoła and the 11th Lubuska Armoured Cavalry Division. In 2014, as part of the Polish Military Quota in the muslim Republic of Afghanistan, he served as deputy commander – a group of deputy commanders of the east ISAF region.
From November 2021 to June 2024 he was Commander of the Center for Land Operations – Commander of the Land Component. At that time, between 2022 and 2023, he was at the same time the Commander of the European Union Operations Command (OHQ). As of 1 July 2024, he was appointed Deputy Head of the General Staff of the HR.
The officer is awarded the Star of Afghanistan, the Golden Medal of Merit for the defence of the Country, the Golden Medal of Armed Forces in Homeland Service and the Silver Medal for Long Service.
The rank of Lieutenant General has been appointed:
General Stanislaw Czosnek – Deputy Head of the General Staff of the Polish Army
The following were appointed to the rank of Major General:
Brig-Gen Piotr Fajkowski – Commander of the 11th Armoured Cavalry Division
Brig-Gen Piotr Kriese – Training Inspector, Armed Forces General Command
Brig-Gen Michał Rohde – Deputy Commander of the 2nd Polish Corps – Landing Component Command
Brig. Gen. Bogdan Rycerski – Head of the Multinational office of the North-East Corps
Brig. Gen. Marek Wawrzyniak – Head of the Board of Military Engineering, Deputy Inspector of Military Types, General Command of Armed Forces Types
The following were appointed as Brigadier General:
Colonel Witold Bartoszzek – Commander of the 1st Logistics Brigade
Colonel Tomasz Biedziak – Commander of 20th Mechanized Brigade
Colonel Mieczysław Bieniek – Head of the Board of Intelligence and Exploratory Analysis – P2, General Staff of the Polish Army
Colonel Mirosław Bodnar – advisor to coordinator, General Command of Armed Forces Types
Colonel Marek Brzezicha – Commander of the 3rd Radiotechnic Brigade
Colonel Jarosław Chojnacki – Head of the Unit – Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations, Operations Command of Armed Forces Types
Colonel Piotr Iwasko – Commander of 1st Tactical Aviation Wing
Colonel Jerzy Jankowski – coordinator, Office of the Minister of National Defence
Colonel Grzegorz Kaliciak – Commander of the 15th Mechanized Brigade
Colonel Grzegorz Kołodziejczyk – Commander of the 3rd Wings of Transport Aviation
Colonel Damian Matysiak – Deputy Commander of the Warsaw Garrison
Colonel Piotr Saniuk – Commander of 1st Land Army Aviation Brigade
Colonel Arkadiusz Fordel – Head of Military Control Inspectorate
