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Waldemar Skrzypczak | |
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| Born | 19 January 1956 Szczecin, Polish People's Republic |
| Allegiance |  Poland |
| Service/ |  Polish Land Forces |
| Rank | Lieutenant General |
Waldemar Skrzypczak (born 19 January 1956, in Szczecin) is a retired Polish general.
He was the 4th commander of the Multinational Division Central-South (in 2005).[ citation needed ]
From 2006 to 2009 he was the commander of the Polish Land Forces. He resigned in August of that year following a dispute with the Ministry of National Defence over a skirmish in the War in Afghanistan in which a Polish officer was killed. [1]
From 8 September 2011 he has been an adviser at the Polish Ministry of National Defence. On 25 June 2012, he became deputy minister of defense, responsible for armament and modernization.[ citation needed ]
Skrzypczak appeared in the music video for Sabaton's song "Uprising" (about the 1944 Warsaw Uprising) as an unnamed leader of the Polish resistance. [2]
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