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Kaczynski’s twin brother to run for Polish President

April 26, 2010 06:59 pm | Updated November 28, 2021 09:21 pm IST - Warsaw

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FILE - The Nov. 5, 2007 file photo shows Poland's Prime Minister Jaroslaw Kaczynski, right, hands his resignation documents to his twin brother President Lech Kaczynski during a ceremony at the Presidential Palace in Warsaw, Poland. Polish President Lech Kaczynski and some of the country's highest military and civilian leaders died when the presidential plane crashed as it came in for a landing in thick fog in western Russia on Saturday, April 10, 2010, killing 96, officials said. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

FILE - The Nov. 5, 2007 file photo shows Poland's Prime Minister Jaroslaw Kaczynski, right, hands his resignation documents to his twin brother President Lech Kaczynski during a ceremony at the Presidential Palace in Warsaw, Poland. Polish President Lech Kaczynski and some of the country's highest military and civilian leaders died when the presidential plane crashed as it came in for a landing in thick fog in western Russia on Saturday, April 10, 2010, killing 96, officials said. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

The twin brother of Poland’s late President Lech Kaczynski, announced on Monday that he would run for President in the forthcoming snap elections.

Jaroslaw Kaczynski heads the opposition right-wing Law and Justice party and served as Prime Minister in 2006-2007.

Presidential elections have been set for June 20, following the death of Lech Kaczynski in a plane crash in Smolensk, Russia that also killed 95 others, including senior political and military figures,

“We must complete their mission,” Mr. Jaroslaw Kaczynski said in the statement announcing his candidacy.

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