Jacek Majchrowski

Jacek Majchrowski
Mayor of Kraków
Incumbent
Assumed office 19 November 2002
Deputy	Tadeusz Trzmiel
Preceded by	Andrzej Maria Gołaś
Personal details
Born	13 January 1947 Sosnowiec, Poland
Political party	Independent (2002-present) Democratic Left Alliance (1999-2002)

Prof. dr hab. Jacek Maria Majchrowski (born 13 January 1947 in Sosnowiec) is the Mayor of the Royal Capital City of Kraków since 2002 (reelected in 2006, 2010 and in 2014), a lawyer and historian, and a professor at Jagiellonian University.

Biography

Majchrowski was born on 13 January 1947 in Sosnowiec. He became a member of the Democratic Left Alliance, a major left-wing Polish political party, 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.

Works

• Geneza politycznych ugrupowań katolickich: Stronnictwo Pracy, grupa "Dziś i Jutro" (1984)
• Silni - zwarci - gotowi: Myśl polityczna Obozu Zjednoczenia Narodowego (1985)
• Szkice z historii polskiej prawicy politycznej lat Drugiej Rzeczypospolitej (1986)
• Ugrupowania monarchistyczne w latach Drugiej Rzeczypospolitej (Monarchist Groups in the Second Republic) (1988)
• Ulubieniec Cezara: Bolesław Wieniawa-Długoszowski: Zarys biografii (1990)
• Polska myśl polityczna XIX i XX wieku. Cz. 1, U źródeł nacjonalizmu: Myśl wszechpolska (1990)
• Polska myśl polityczna XIX i XX wieku. Cz. 3, Nacjonalizm: Myśl "potomstwa obozowego" (1993)
• Pierwszy ułan drugiej Rzeczypospolitej: O generale Wieniawie-Długoszowskim (1993)
• Polska myśl polityczna 1918-1939: Nacjonalizm (Polish Political Thought 1918-1939: Nationalism) (2000)
• Pierwsza Kompania Kadrowa: Portret oddziału (2002, 2004)

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