New Chief of General Staff general Mieczyslaw Cieniuch

The replacement for General Franciszek Gagor, chief of General Staff of the Polish Armed Forces who died in the Smolensk air disaster, is to be nominated tomorrow. Other vacant strategic military positions to be filled in shortly.

Report by Slawek Szefs

Six top Polish Armed Forces commanders have been killed in the presidential plane crash at Smolensk almost four weeks ago. Though relevant military procedures have guaranteed a continuation of current operations, official replacements to the positions held by the killed generals have to be made. The most important vacancy is that of the Chief of General Staff.