Jacek Maria Majchrowski (born 13 January 1947 in

Sosnowiec Sosnowiec is an industrial city county in the Dąbrowa Basin of southern Poland, in the Silesian Voivodeship, which is also part of the Silesian Metropolis municipal association.—— Located in the eastern part of the Upper Silesian Indust ...

) is a

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, lawyer, historian, professor at the Jagiellonian University, and the current mayor of

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since 2002; making him the longest serving mayor in the history of the city, and the only one who was elected by the townspeople five times in a row.

Biography

Majchrowski was born on 13 January 1947 in Sosnowiec. He became a member of the

Democratic Left Alliance The Democratic Left Alliance () was a social-democratic political party in Poland. It was formed in 9 July 1991 as an electoral alliance of centre-left parties, and became a single party on 15 April 1999. It was the major coalition party in P ...

, a major

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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.

Selected awards

*Silver

Medal for Merit to Culture – Gloria Artis A medal or medallion is a small portable artistic object, a thin disc, normally of metal, carrying a design, usually on both sides. They typically have a commemorative purpose of some kind, and many are presented as awards. They may be int ...

(Poland, 2005) *

Order of Merit of the Kingdom of Hungary The Order of Merit of the Kingdom of Hungary ( hu, Magyar Érdemrend) was established on 14 June 1922 by Miklós Horthy the Regent of the Kingdom of Hungary. On 23 December 1935 it was transformed into an official distinction. Since then it has b ...

(Hungary, 2009) *Commander's Cross with Star of the

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(Poland, 2011) *

Decoration of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria The Decoration of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria (german: Ehrenzeichen für Verdienste um die Republik Österreich) is a state decoration of the Republic of Austria. It is divided into 15 classes and is the highest award in the ...

(Austria, 2012) *

Order of Saint-Charles The Order of Saint Charles (french: Ordre de Saint Charles) is a dynastic order of knighthood established in Monaco on 15 March 1858. Award This order rewards service to the State or Prince. In particular cases, it may be granted to foreign ...

(Monaco, 2012) *Knight's Cross of the

Legion of Honour The National Order of the Legion of Honour (french: Ordre national de la Légion d'honneur), formerly the Royal Order of the Legion of Honour ('), is the highest French order of merit, both military and civil. Established in 1802 by Napoleon ...

(France, 2013)

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 Bolesław Ignacy Florian Wieniawa-Długoszowski (22 July 1881 – 1 July 1942) was a Polish general, adjutant to Chief of State Józef Piłsudski, politician, freemason, diplomat, poet, artist and formally for one day the President of the Rep ...

: 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)

References

1947 births Living people People from Sosnowiec Democratic Left Alliance politicians Mayors of Kraków 20th-century Polish historians Polish male non-fiction writers Academic staff of Jagiellonian University Recipients of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary Recipients of the Order of Saint-Charles Chevaliers of the Légion d'honneur Commanders with Star of the Order of Polonia Restituta Recipients of the Silver Medal for Merit to Culture – Gloria Artis 21st-century Polish historians {{Poland-mayor-stub