Jacek Zbigniew Sutryk (born 17 September 1978,
Wrocław) is a
Polish politician and
sociologist. He currently serves as the mayor of the city of
Wrocław,
Lower Silesian Voivodeship
Lower Silesian Voivodeship, or Lower Silesia Province, in southwestern Poland, is one of the 16 voivodeships (provinces) into which Poland is divided. The voivodeship was created on 1 January 1999 out of the former Wrocław, Legnica, Wałbrz ...
, Poland.
Life and career
He was born on 17 September 1978 in Wrocław. He attended the
Wincenty Pol Primary School No.9 and the Social General Secondary School No.1 in Wrocław. He also graduated in sociology from the Faculty of
Social Sciences of the
University of Wrocław. After completing his studies, he assumed the post of director of the
Warsaw-based WRZOS Association, a non-governmental organization established to represent interests of individuals and groups of people who are socially marginalized and who are facing the threat of
exclusion from society. He also worked at the Collegium of
Socio-Economics of the
Warsaw School of Economics as well as the
Janusz Korczak Pedagogical University in Warsaw.
Since 2007, he worked at the Wrocław
city council and was in charge of the city's
social service policy. In November 2011, he assumed the position of director at the Social Affairs Department of the City of Wrocław, which he held for seven years. He supervised the city's cultural institutions, sports and recreation centres, as well as medical and social service facilities.
2018 local elections
In the
2018 Polish local elections
The 2018 Polish local elections were held on October 21 for all 16 provincial (voivodeship, ''województwo'') assemblies, 380 county (''powiat'') councils, and 2477 commune (''gmina'') councils. There were also direct elections for commune heads (m ...
he stood for office of Mayor of Wrocław representing the
Civic Coalition formed between the
Civic Platform and
Modern political parties. He also received official support of the then-mayor
Rafał Dutkiewicz
Rafał Dutkiewicz (born 6 July 1959, Mikstat) is a Polish politician and entrepreneur who served as the city mayor of Wrocław, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland from 2002 to 2018.
Career till 2002
In the late 1970s and early 1980s he engag ...
as well as the
Democratic Left Alliance and the
Union of European Democrats
The Union of European Democrats ( pl, Unia Europejskich Demokratów, UED) is a liberal political party in Poland. It is led by Elżbieta Bińczycka.
It was founded as a merger of Democratic Party – demokraci.pl and "European Democrats" in ...
. In the first round of the elections he received 129,669 votes (50.2%) thus beating the
Law and Justice
Law and Justice ( pl, Prawo i Sprawiedliwość , PiS) is a right-wing populist and national-conservative political party in Poland. Its chairman is Jarosław Kaczyński.
It was founded in 2001 by Jarosław and Lech Kaczyński as a direct su ...
candidate Mirosława Stachowiak-Różecka who gained 71,049 votes (27.5%). On 19 November 2018, he was officially sworn in as Mayor of Wrocław.
See also
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Politics of Poland
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Local elections in Poland
Local elections in Poland
Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million ...
References
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1978 births
Living people
Mayors of Wrocław
Polish sociologists
Mayors of places in Poland
Politicians from Wrocław
University of Wrocław alumni