Marek Wojtkowski (born 26 February 1968) is a Polish politician. He served two terms as a member of the
Sejm
The Sejm (English: , Polish: ), officially known as the Sejm of the Republic of Poland ( Polish: ''Sejm Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej''), is the lower house of the bicameral parliament of Poland.
The Sejm has been the highest governing body of ...
from 2007 to 2014. He left parliament to take office as mayor of
Włocławek
Włocławek (Polish pronunciation: ; german: Leslau) is a city located in central Poland along the Vistula (Wisła) River and is bordered by the Gostynin-Włocławek Landscape Park. As of December 2021, the population of the city is 106,928. Loc ...
.
Career
Wojtkowski was born in
Lubraniec
Lubraniec is a town in Włocławek County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland, with 3,235 inhabitants (2004).
Lubraniec is a sister city with the Dutch Winsum
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on 26 February 1968. He graduated from the Faculty of Humanities of the
Kazimierz Wielki University in Bydgoszcz
Kazimierz Wielki University in Bydgoszcz ( pl, Uniwersytet Kazimierza Wielkiego w Bydgoszczy; UKW), also known as the Casimir the Great University, is a state-funded university in Bydgoszcz, Poland. It was named after Casimir III the Great (''K ...
in 1994 with a master's degree in history. In 2002, Wojtkowski completed a doctorate in history at
Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń
Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń or NCU ( pl, Uniwersytet Mikołaja Kopernika w Toruniu, UMK) is located in Toruń, Poland. It is named after Nicolaus Copernicus, who was born in Toruń in 1473.Mirosław Krajewski.
Wojtkowski won 5,353 votes in the
2007 Polish parliamentary election
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, and was elected to the
Sejm
The Sejm (English: , Polish: ), officially known as the Sejm of the Republic of Poland ( Polish: ''Sejm Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej''), is the lower house of the bicameral parliament of Poland.
The Sejm has been the highest governing body of ...
as a
Civic Platform
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It w ...
candidate representing
Toruń
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. He won reelection in 2011, securing 7,352 votes. Wojtkowski defeated in the
2014 Polish local elections
The 2014 Polish local elections were held in two parts, with its first round on November 16, 2014 and second on November 30, 2014.
The first round included elections of deputies to provincial voivodeship sejmiks, as well for gmina and powiat coun ...
, and took office as mayor of
Włocławek
Włocławek (Polish pronunciation: ; german: Leslau) is a city located in central Poland along the Vistula (Wisła) River and is bordered by the Gostynin-Włocławek Landscape Park. As of December 2021, the population of the city is 106,928. Loc ...
. He faced Jarosławem Chmielewskim 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 ...