The body of the Ombudsman Janusz Kochanowski, one of many of Poland’s prominent politicians who died in the plane crash in Smolensk on Saturday, has been formally identified.

The 60 year-old Kochanowski was Commissioner for Civil Rights Protection of the Republic of Poland.

Health Minister Ewa Kopacz, who is currently in Moscow, said that identification of 14 of the 96 victims has been made and the remains of 10 more can be ascertained by using visual characteristics of the bodies. The rest will have to be identified from DNA, the minister said.

The body of President Lech Kaczynski - formally identified by his twin brother Jaroslaw at the weekend - was flown home on Sunday and will lay in state at the Presidential Palace from Tuesday onwards.

The remains of the president’s wife, First Lady Maria, have yet to be identified, however. (pg)