Background
Gagor, Franciszek was born in 1951 in Koniuszowa, Poland.
Gagor, Franciszek was born in 1951 in Koniuszowa, Poland.
Graduate, Mechanized Infantry Officer College, Wroclaw, Poland, 1973. Master of Arts in English Philology, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan, Poland, 1983. Doctor in Military Science, National Defense University, Warsaw.
Graduate, North Atlantic Treaty Organization Defense College, Rome, 2001. Distinguished graduate, National War College, National Defense University, Washington, 2002.
He died in the 2010 Polish Air Force Tu-154 crash near Smolensk with the President of Poland Lech Kaczyński. He also held qualifications at the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań (1983 - Master of Arts degree in English philology). The National Defence University in Warsaw (1998 - doctorate in military science).
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization Defense College (2001), and the National Defense University (2002) in Washington District of Columbia. He served in the 2nd Tank Regiment in the 1973.
Afterwards, he became an operations and executive officer responsible for planning and operational activities in United Nations missions. In 1978 he was posted to the Mechanized Infantry Officer College in Wrocław, where he lectured on preparations and training of Polish contingents designated for peacekeeping operations until 1988 and, during that time, took an active part in United Nations Disengagement Observer Force operations (1980–1981 and 1985–1986) as an operations officer
Between 1988 and 1990 General Gągor served at United Nations Disengagement Observer Force Headquarters as Deputy Chief of Logistics. In 1991 he was an executive officer/second-in-command at the Polish Military Contingent for Desert Storm Operation.
He later became the Deputy Sector Commander of United Nations Iraq-Kuwait Observation mission UNIKOM between 1991 and 1992.
In 1993, as a Colonel, he became the Chief of Polish Armed Forces Peacekeeping Division of the Polish Armed Forces. He was promoted to the rank of Brigadier General in 1997. In August 2003, he returned to United Nations Disengagement Observer Force after being appointed by then United Nations Secretary General Kofi Anan as its Head of Mission and Force Commander.
On 27 February 2006, Gagor was made Chief of General Staff of the Polish Armed Forces upon appointment by the President of Poland.
He was promoted to General on May the 3rd 2006. Along with Krzysztof Paszkowski, he wrote the book: “Defense Doctrine of the Polish Republic for Peacekeeping Operations.” General
Gągor is an author of numerous articles and publications on military affairs and co-operation, defence transformation and armed forces modernization.
He was a key member of the Polish Armed Forces preparations team for Polish accession to North Atlantic Treaty Organization, taking care of initial and first rounds of North Atlantic Treaty Organization Defence Planning for Poland.
Married Lucyna Gagor. 2 children.