Waldemar Skrzypczak (born 19 January 1956, in Szczecin) is a Polish general.

Military career

He was the 4th commander of the Multinational Division Central-South (in 2005).

Waldemar Skrzypczak

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.

Waldemar Skrzypczak

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.

Waldemar Skrzypczak

In media

Skrzypczak appeared in the music video for Sabaton's song "Uprising" (about the 1944 Warsaw Uprising) as an unnamed leader of the Polish resistance.

References

1956 births

Polish generals

Living people

Military personnel from Szczecin

Recipients of the Order of Polonia Restituta