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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 the 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]
Podporucznik (Second lieutenant) - 1980 [3] 
Porucznik (First lieutenant) - 1984 [4] 
Kapitan (Captain) - 1987 [5] 
Major (Major) - 1991 [6] 
Podpułkownik (Lieutenant colonel) - 1993 [7] 
Pułkownik (Colonel) - 1996 [8] 
Generał brygady (Brigadier general) - 2000 [9] 
Generał dywizji (Major general) - 2004 [10] 
Generał broni (Lieutenant general) - 2006 [11] 
Commander's Cross of Order of Polonia Restituta (2005) [12] 
Knight's Cross of Order of Polonia Restituta (2000) [13] 
Commander's Cross of Order of the Military Cross (2011) [14] 
Golden Cross of Merit (1993) [15] 
Golden Medal of the Armed Forces in the Service of the Fatherland (previously awarded silver and bronze)
Golden Medal of Merit for National Defence 
Commemorative Medal of the Multinational Division Central-South in Iraq
Officer of Legion of Merit (USA) 
Meritorious Service Cross (Canada, 2009) [16] 
Grand Officer of Order of Merit (Portugal, 2008) [17] 
Cross of Military Merit in white (Spain, 2013) [18] 
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