President of the Republic of Poland Karol Nawrocki has signed a decision to posthumously honour the tragically deceased Member of the Sejm of the Republic of Poland Łukasz Karol Litewka. The decision was made on 27 April 2026, just four days after the death of the 36-year-old.
Łukasz Litewka has been awarded the Officer’s Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta (Polonia Restituta) – one of the highest state decorations, awarded for outstanding services to the public good.
The award follows a motion submitted by 26 social organisations, mainly active in animal protection. The letter to the president highlighted the MP’s exceptional charitable and social work – hundreds of spectacular fundraising campaigns for seriously ill children, lonely seniors and homeless animals.
“We are convinced that the posthumous award of the Officer’s Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta will be a deeply just and necessary gesture – not only as an act of justice towards a man who deserved it, but as a clear signal for the whole of society” – the motion states.
Łukasz Litewka died on 23 April 2026 in a cycling accident on Kazimierzowska Street between Sosnowiec and Dąbrowa Górnicza. He was an MP of the 10th term of the Sejm from the New Left, a councillor of Sosnowiec and the founder of the Team Litewka Foundation. He was known as a politician-influencer and one of the most active charity campaigners in Poland.
The information about the award was confirmed by the president’s spokesperson Rafał Leśkiewicz. The decoration will be presented to the MP’s family and loved ones during a ceremony, the date of which will be announced in the coming days.
