Jacek Majchrowski

Jacek Maria Majchrowski (born 13 January 1947 in Sosnowiec) is a Polish politician and the current Mayor of the Royal Capital City of Kraków since 2002 - making longest serving in the history of the city (reelected in 2006, 2010, 2014 and in 2018), a lawyer and historian, and a professor at Jagiellonian University.

Jacek Majchrowski
Mayor of Kraków
Assumed office
19 November 2002
DeputyTadeusz Trzmiel (2002–2018)
Preceded byAndrzej Maria Gołaś
Personal details
Born (1947-01-13) 13 January 1947
Sosnowiec, Poland
Political partyIndependent (since 2002)
Democratic Left Alliance (1999–2002)
Polish United Workers' Party (1965–1981)

Biography

Majchrowski was born on 13 January 1947 in Sosnowiec. He became a member of the Democratic Left Alliance, a major left-wing Polish political party, but suspended his membership for the duration of his mayorship in Kraków. He has written 14 history books, specializing mostly in the history of Polish political thought and doctrines. On 7 December 2015, he became Co-President of the Council of European municipalities and Regions.

Selected awards

Works
  • Geneza politycznych ugrupowań katolickich: Stronnictwo Pracy, grupa "Dziś i Jutro" (1984)
  • Silni - zwarci - gotowi: Myśl polityczna Obozu Zjednoczenia Narodowego (1985)
  • Szkice z historii polskiej prawicy politycznej lat Drugiej Rzeczypospolitej (1986)
  • Ugrupowania monarchistyczne w latach Drugiej Rzeczypospolitej (Monarchist Groups in the Second Republic) (1988)
  • Ulubieniec Cezara: Bolesław Wieniawa-Długoszowski: Zarys biografii (1990)
  • Polska myśl polityczna XIX i XX wieku. Cz. 1, U źródeł nacjonalizmu: Myśl wszechpolska (1990)
  • Polska myśl polityczna XIX i XX wieku. Cz. 3, Nacjonalizm: Myśl "potomstwa obozowego" (1993)
  • Pierwszy ułan drugiej Rzeczypospolitej: O generale Wieniawie-Długoszowskim (1993)
  • Polska myśl polityczna 1918-1939: Nacjonalizm (Polish Political Thought 1918-1939: Nationalism) (2000)
  • Pierwsza Kompania Kadrowa: Portret oddziału (2002, 2004)

References
  1. "Medal Gloria Artis dla twórców i działaczy kultury". Retrieved 2018-11-02.
  2. "MK_039" (PDF). Retrieved 2018-11-02.
  3. "M.P. 2011 nr 64 poz. 617". Retrieved 2018-11-02.
  4. "Bundeskanzler Anfragebeantwortung" (PDF). Retrieved 2018-11-02.
  5. "Ordonnance Souveraine n° 4.047 du 20 novembre 2012 portant nominations dans l'Ordre de Saint-Charles". Retrieved 2018-11-02.
  6. "Prezydent Majchrowski Kawalerem Orderu Legii Honorowej". Retrieved 2018-11-02.
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