Paweł Adamowicz

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Paweł Adamowicz (2018)

Paweł Bogdan Adamowicz (born November 2, 1965 in Gdansk ; † January 14, 2019 ibid) was a Polish local politician and mayor of Gdansk from 1998 until his death . From 2001 to 2015 he was a member of the Civic Platform (Platforma Obywatelska) . He was killed by an assassin in 2019.

Life

Adamowicz 'family was after the Second World War from the region around Vilnius to Gdansk been relocated . After graduating from the Nicolaus Copernicus Lyceum , he studied law at the University of Gdansk . During his studies in 1988 he was involved in student strikes as a committee member . In 1989 he finished his studies and worked as a research assistant at the University of Gdansk. From 1990 to 1993 he was Vice Rector for Student Affairs.

In 1990 Adamowicz was elected to the city parliament of Gdansk for the first time and kept his seat until his election as city president in 1998. In the local elections in 2002 he was re-elected with 72% in the second ballot. In 2006, 2010 and 2014 he was confirmed in his office in the first ballot. In the local elections in 2018 Adamowicz stood with the voters' association “Alles für Danzig” (Wszystko dla Gdańska) , which he founded, and defended his position in the second ballot with 64.8% of the votes against the PiS candidate Kacper Płażyński.

Pope John Paul II awarded him the Order of Pro-Ecclesia-et-Pontifice in 2001 and the then Polish President Aleksander Kwaśniewski awarded him the Silver Cross of Merit of the Republic of Poland in 2003 .

Laying out in the European Solidarność Center

On January 13, 2019, a knife attack was carried out on Adamowicz during the regional closing event of the Great Orchestra of Christmas Aid (Wielka Orkiestra Świątecznej Pomocy), as a result of which he died the following day. The perpetrator had been in prison for more than five years for several bank robberies and, according to the media, was increasingly suffering from mental health problems. He blamed the civil platform , which Adamowicz had not belonged to since 2015, for his prison sentence. After Adamowicz's death, there were spontaneous demonstrations against hatred and violence across the country. The funeral service, led by Poznan Archbishop Stanisław Gądecki, took place in St. Mary's Church in Gdansk. In total, around 45,000 people attended the farewell ceremony, including the President of the European Council , Donald Tusk , the Polish President Andrzej Duda , the former presidents Lech Wałęsa , Aleksander Kwaśniewski and Bronisław Komorowski , Jerzy Owsiak , Jerzy Buzek , Marek Belka and Ewa Kopacz . After his death, commentators complained that the state television channel TVP, which is controlled by the ruling party PiS, had carried out targeted campaigns against Adamowicz, thus paving the way for the attack.

The Hanseatic City of Danzig has been twinned with the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen since 1976 and Pawel Adamowicz has been a frequent guest on the Weser. After his death, the citizens of Bremen displayed a book of condolence and flags were displayed at half-mast on all public buildings.

Adamowicz was married to Magdalena Adamowicz , a law professor at Gdansk University. The marriage resulted in two daughters (* 2003 and 2010).

Awards

Web links

Commons : Paweł Adamowicz  - album with pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

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  8. ↑ TVN24, "Róbmy wszystko, żeby być Taka Wspólnota, O jakiej marzył". Pogrzeb Pawła Adamowicza , January 19, 2019
  9. ↑ Jak TVP opowiadała o Pawle Adamowiczu , onet.pl , January 15, 2019.
  10. ↑ Sieling - buten un is shaken by a fatal assassination attempt on Danzig's mayor. Retrieved February 11, 2019 .
  11. ^ Press office of the Senate - Bremen mourns Pawel Adamowicz - Mayor Sieling: "I am deeply shaken". Retrieved February 11, 2019 .
  12. ↑ a b O mnie (German: About me ), Paweł Adamowicz's website, accessed on January 14, 2019.
  13. ↑ MP 2003 no 45 poz. 671 , Sejm website , accessed January 14, 2019.
  14. ↑ Odszedł Paweł Adamowicz - Niezawodny Przyjaciel ZHP. Retrieved January 15, 2019 .
  15. ↑ Ministerstwo Kultury i Dziedzictwa Narodowego, Medal Zasłużony Kulturze - Gloria Artis , accessed on January 15, 2019
  16. ↑ MP 2010 no 98 poz. 1144 , Sejm website, accessed January 14, 2019.
  17. ↑ Paweł Adamowicz Kawalerem Orderu Legii Honorowej , website of the Wiadomości Gdańsk , accessed on January 14, 2019.
  18. ↑ Teenetemärkide kavalerid , website of the President of Estonia, accessed January 14, 2019.
  19. ↑ Rzeczpospolita, Orzeł Jana Karskiego dla zmarłego prezydenta , January 19, 2019
personal data
SURNAME Adamowicz, Paweł
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Adamowicz, Paweł Bogdan (full name); Obywatelska, Platforma
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Polish politician
DATE OF BIRTH November 2, 1965
PLACE OF BIRTH Danzig
DATE OF DEATH January 14, 2019
Place of death Danzig