Jacek Zbigniew Sutryk (born 17 September 1978, in

Wrocław Wrocław is a city in southwestern Poland, and the capital of the Lower Silesian Voivodeship. It is the largest city and historical capital of the region of Silesia. It lies on the banks of the Oder River in the Silesian Lowlands of Central Eu ...

) is a Polish politician and sociologist. He currently serves as the mayor of the city of

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, Poland. In June 2024 he was elected chairman of the Association of Polish Cities.

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

University of Wrocław The University of Wrocław (, UWr; ) is a public research university in Wrocław, Poland. It is the largest institution of higher learning in the Lower Silesian Voivodeship, with over 100,000 graduates since 1945, including some 1,900 researcher ...

. 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. In the

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

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and Modern political parties. He also received official support of the then-mayor

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as well as the Democratic Left Alliance and the

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. In the first round of the elections, he received 129,669 votes (50.2%) thus beating the

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candidate Mirosława Stachowiak-Różecka who gained 71,049 votes (27.5%). On 19 November 2018, he was officially sworn in as Mayor of Wrocław.

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Life and career

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