Jacek Zbigniew Sutryk (born 17 September 1978,

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) is a

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politician and sociologist. He currently serves as the mayor of the city of

, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland.

Life and career

He was born on 17 September 1978 in Wrocław. He attended the

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Primary School No.9 and the Social General Secondary School No.1 in Wrocław. He also graduated in sociology from the Faculty of

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of the

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. After completing his studies, he assumed the post of director of the

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-based WRZOS Association, a non-governmental organization established to represent interests of individuals and groups of people who are socially marginalized and who are facing the threat of exclusion from society. He also worked at the Collegium of

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of the

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Pedagogical University in Warsaw. Since 2007, he worked at the Wrocław

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and was in charge of the city's

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policy. In November 2011, he assumed the position of director at the Social Affairs Department of the City of Wrocław, which he held for seven years. He supervised the city's cultural institutions, sports and recreation centres, as well as medical and social service facilities.

2018 local elections

In the

2018 Polish local elections The 2018 Polish local elections were held on October 21 for all 16 provincial (voivodeship, ''województwo'') assemblies, 380 county (''powiat'') councils, and 2477 commune (''gmina'') councils. There were also direct elections for commune heads (m ...

he stood for office of Mayor of Wrocław representing the Civic Coalition formed between the

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and

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political parties. He also received official support of the then-mayor Rafał Dutkiewicz as well as the

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and the Union of European Democrats. In the first round of the elections he received 129,669 votes (50.2%) thus beating the Law and Justice candidate Mirosława Stachowiak-Różecka who gained 71,049 votes (27.5%). On 19 November 2018, he was officially sworn in as Mayor of Wrocław.

References

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Life and career

2018 local elections

See also

References