Radosław Król (born November 6, 1975, in

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) is a Polish politician, local government official and

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, mayor of the Wydminy Commune in 2010–2023 and since December 2023

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of Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship.

Biography

He graduated in

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from the University of Warmia and Mazury and also completed

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in space and environmental management. He worked as an office manager in a commercial law company and also ran his own business. He was active in the Young People's Forum and also joined the

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. He worked as director of the office of the provincial board of PSL and as director of the office of the Provincial Fund for Environmental Protection and Water Management in

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. In the PSL structure, he held the positions of vice-president of the

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and vice-chairman of the party's general council In the 2006 local elections, he ran for the office of mayor of the Wydminy Commune, but lost to Tomasz Pieluchowski in the second round of elections, receiving 1,356 votes. In the 2010 elections, he was elected to this office, receiving 1,679 votes (58.34%) and defeating the current mayor, Monika Łępicka-Gij. In the 2014 elections, he was re-elected in the first round, receiving 1,734 votes (64.13%). He was also re-elected in the first round in 2018 with 1,505 votes (55.23%). He unsuccessfully ran for a parliamentary seat in the Olsztyn district on the PSL list in the elections in

2005 2005 was designated as the International Year for Sport and Physical Education and the International Year of Microcredit. The beginning of 2005 also marked the end of the International Decade of the World's Indigenous Peoples, Internationa ...

2007 2007 was designated as the International Heliophysical Year and the International Polar Year. Events January * January 1 **Bulgaria and Romania 2007 enlargement of the European Union, join the European Union, while Slovenia joins the Eur ...

2015 2015 was designated by the United Nations as: * International Year of Light * International Year of Soil __TOC__ Events January * January 1 – Lithuania officially adopts the euro as its currency, replacing the litas, and becomes ...

and

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, and also on behalf of

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in the

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.On December 20, 2023,

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appointed him as the

of the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Król, Radosław Civic Platform politicians 1975 births Living people University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn alumni Voivodes of Poland