Andrzej Kaznowski (23 December 1935 – 12 August 2023) was a Polish Communist politician who was the mayor of

Gdańsk Gdańsk ( , also ; ; csb, Gduńsk;Stefan Ramułt, ''Słownik języka pomorskiego, czyli kaszubskiego'', Kraków 1893, Gdańsk 2003, ISBN 83-87408-64-6. , Johann Georg Theodor Grässe, ''Orbis latinus oder Verzeichniss der lateinischen Benen ...

from 1973 to 1977. In 1964, he graduated from Gdańsk College of Education (later the University of Gdańsk). He became a member of the Polish United Workers' Party in 1960 and later held a number of bureaucratic positions in the city. Kaznowski was the mayor of Gdańsk from 13 December 1973 to 15 September 1977. He was the first mayor of the city after the city council split the offices of mayor and the presidium of the National City Council. He began the twin city program between Gdańsk and

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in what was then

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, the first of its kind in Poland. He was succeeded by

Jerzy Młynarczyk Jerzy Młynarczyk (2 August 1931 – 9 September 2017) was a Polish politician and basketball player. He was born in Wilno, Poland (now Vilnius, Lithuania). He competed in the men's tournament at the 1960 Summer Olympics. He was professor of law ...

. He later worked in a number of diplomatic positions before going into private enterprise. Kaznowski died on 12 August 2023, at the age of 87.

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