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Jacek Majchrowski | |
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Mayor of the Royal City of Kraków | |
In office 19 November 2002 – 7 May 2024 | |
Deputy | Tadeusz Trzmiel (2002–2018) |
Preceded by | Andrzej Maria Gołaś |
Succeeded by | Aleksander Miszalski |
Personal details | |
Born | Sosnowiec, Poland | 13 January 1947
Political party |
Independent (since 2002) Democratic Left Alliance (1999–2002) Polish United Workers' Party (1965–1981) |
Jacek Maria Majchrowski (born 13 January 1947) is a Polish politician, lawyer, historian, and professor at the Jagiellonian University, who served as the Mayor of Kraków between 2002 and 2024.
Majchrowski was born on 13 January 1947 in Sosnowiec. In 1999 he joined Democratic Left Alliance, but suspended his membership for the duration of his mayorship in Kraków. He has written 14 history books, specializing mostly in the history of Polish political thought and doctrines. On 7 December 2015, he became co-president of the Council of European Municipalities and Regions.