Krzysztof Stefan Wójcik (born 16 October 1958 in

Bytom Bytom (Polish pronunciation: ; Silesian language, Silesian: ''Bytōm, Bytōń'', ) is a city in Upper Silesia, in southern Poland. Located in the Silesian Voivodeship, the city is 7 km northwest of Katowice, the regional capital. It is one ...

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) is a

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politician, teacher,

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from 1998 to 2006.

Biography

He graduated from ''political sciences'' on

University of Silesia The University of Silesia in Katowice () is an autonomous state-run university in Katowice, Silesia Province, Poland. The university offers higher education and research facilities. It offers undergraduate, masters, and PhD degree programs, ...

. In period of PRL he acted in

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. In 1990 he joined SdRP, and in 1999 SLD. He presided civic structures of these parties. From 1994 he was councilman of the town for two cadences, he was vice-president of education. After Polish local elections in 1998 the town council chose him as a president of Bytom. In Polish local elections in 2002 he was reelected. In Polish local elections in 2006 he took the third place, but he got into the second round because of resignation of Janusz Paczocha, but he lost and Piotr Koj won the elections. He has a wife and two children.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Wojcik, Krzysztof 1958 births Living people Polish United Workers' Party members Democratic Left Alliance politicians Social Democracy of Poland politicians Mayors of places in Poland People from Bytom