Rafał Piotr Bruski (born 1 July 1962 in

Bydgoszcz Bydgoszcz ( , , ; german: Bromberg) is a city in northern Poland, straddling the meeting of the River Vistula with its left-bank tributary, the Brda. With a city population of 339,053 as of December 2021 and an urban agglomeration with mor ...

) is a Polish politician who is a president of Bydgoszcz (since 2010), was a

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Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, also known as Cuiavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship or simply Kujawsko-Pomorskie, or Kujawy-Pomerania Province ( pl, województwo kujawsko-pomorskie ) is one of the 16 voivodeships (provinces) into which Poland is divide ...

(2007-2010) and a former Deputy- President of Bydgoszcz (2006-2007). Bruski worked in Polskie Linie Oceaniczne (''Polish Ocean Lines'') in

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(1986-1992) and Urząd Kontroli Skarbowej (''Revenue Inspection Office'') in

(1994-2005). In 2006 local election he was a candidate for

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lor. He polled 481 votes only in 1st district. It was fifth result on

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list and Bruski was not elected. President of Bydgoszcz Konstanty Dombrowicz, who was re-elected, nominated him as his Deputy. Bruski was Deputy-President between 2006 and 2007. After appointed of Donald Tusk Cabinet, Bruski was nominated as Voivode of Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship (' pl, wojewoda kujawsko-pomorski). He was a Voivode since 29 November 2007. He earned first place in the first round of the 2010 local election for President of Bydgoszcz, winning 43.28% of the votes and advanced to the second round, which took place on 5 December 2010. In the second round of voting Bruski won 59,17% of the votes, winning the election with the incumbent Konstanty Dombrowicz, who won 40,83% of the votes. In 2014 he successfully applied for re-election, defeating his predecessor in the second round of voting, winning 57.11% of the votes. In 2015, he was one of the founders of the

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election committee in the presidential election. In the same year he was decorated with the

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. In 2018, he again became a candidate for President of Bydgoszcz as a representative of the

and

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Coalition (within the Civic Coalition). He was re-elected in the first round, receiving 54.64% of votes.

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Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship Office webside
{{DEFAULTSORT:Bruski, Rafal 1962 births Living people Politicians from Bydgoszcz Voivodes of Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship

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