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Mayor of Warsaw
Prezydent m.st. Warszawy
Coat of arms of Warsaw
since 22 November 2018
Term length5 years
Inaugural holderJan Andrzej Menich (as mayor of Old Warsaw)
Ignacy Wyssogota Zakrzewski (as mayor of Warsaw)
Formation1695 (office of the mayor of Old Warsaw)
1791 (office of the mayor of Warsaw)
WebsiteOfficial website (in English)
Official website (in Polish)

The Mayor of Warsaw[1] (officially in Polish: Prezydent miasta stołecznego Warszawy[a][2]) is the head of the executive of the capital of Poland elected directly during local elections for a term of five years.[3]

Overview

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Seat of the Mayor, the Commission Palace.

The first city mayor of Warsaw was Jan Andrzej Menich (1695–1696).[4] The municipal self-government existed in Warsaw until World War II and was restored in 1990 (during the communist times, the National City Council – Miejska Rada Narodowa – governed in Warsaw). Since 1990, the structure of city government has been modified several times.[5] Between 1975 and 1990 the Warsaw city mayors simultaneously led the Warsaw Voivode. In the years 1990-1994, the city mayor of Warsaw was elected by the city council.[6] Subsequently, a controversial reform was introduced, transforming the city in the years of 1994–1999 into a loose municipal union of several gminas, dominated by one of them, the gmina Centrum encompassing the entire inner city. During this period, the mayor of gmina Centrum who was elected by its council was automatically designated as the city mayor of Warsaw, in spite of representing only a fraction of the population of the city. The city was becoming increasingly unmanageable, especially after the administrative reform of Poland in 1999 which further complicated the local government structure of Warsaw. In 2002, the new Warsaw Act of the Polish parliament restored Warsaw as a single urban gmina with the status of a city with powiat rights, led by a unified local government. At the same time, a significant reform was implemented in all Polish municipal governments, introducing direct elections of the wójt/town mayor/city mayor in all Polish gminas.[6] The first city mayor of Warsaw elected according to these rules was Lech Kaczyński, who however resigned ahead of term when he was elected President of Polish Republic in 2005.

Warsaw has thereafter remained an urban gmina with the status of a city with powiat rights.[5] Legislative power in Warsaw is vested in a unicameral Warsaw City Council (Rada Miasta), which comprises 60 members.[5] Council members are elected directly every five years (since 2018 election). Like most legislative bodies, the city council divides itself into committees which have the oversight of various functions of the city government.[5] The city mayor exercises the executive power in the city, being the superior of all unelected municipal officials and other employees and supervising all subsidiary entities of the city.

The incumbent city mayor of Warsaw is Rafał Trzaskowski.

Elections

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2024

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CandidateList and partyVotes%+/–
Rafał TrzaskowskiCivic CoalitionCivic Platform444,00657.41+0.74
Tobiasz BocheńskiLaw and JusticeIndependent178,65223.10New
Magdalena BiejatThe Left[b]Together99,44212.86New
Przemysław WiplerConfederationNew Hope34,3894.45New
Janusz Korwin-MikkeNonpartisansConfederation10,8391.40+0.11
Romuald StarosielecRepair Poland MovementIndependent6,0190.78New
Total773,347100.00–
Valid votes773,34799.29
Invalid/blank votes5,5400.71
Total votes778,887100.00
Registered voters/turnout1,322,89758.88
Source: PKW[7]

2018

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CandidatePartyVotes%
Rafał TrzaskowskiPlatform.Modern Civic Coalition (PO)505,18756.67
Patryk JakiLaw and Justice (SP)254,32428.53
Jan ŚpiewakCommittee of Jan Śpiewak - Warsaw Will Win (Ind.)26,6892.99
Marek JakubiakKukiz'15 (Ind.)26,6602.99
Justyna GlusmanThe City Is Ours – City Movements (Ind.)20,6432.32
Andrzej RozenekSLD Left Together (SLD)13,3701.50
Janusz Korwin-MikkeLiberty in Local Governments11,5161.29
Jacek WojciechowiczCommittee of Jacek Wojciechowicz Action Warsaw9,0021.01
Piotr IkonowiczSocial Justice Movement of Piotr Ikonowicz7,2710.82
Sławomir AntonikNonpartisan Local Government Activists (Ind.)6,4570.72
Paweł TanajnoUnjam Warsaw. RiGCz. Tanajno. Hawaiian+3,7450.42
Jakub StefaniakPolish People's Party2,7930.31
Jan Zbigniew PotockiSecond Republic of Poland2,1170.24
Krystyna KrzekotowskaWorld Congress of Poles (Ind.)1,6040.18
Total891,378100.00
Source: National Electoral Commission

2014

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CandidatePartyFirst roundSecond round
Votes%Votes%
Hanna Gronkiewicz-WaltzCivic Platform294,43447.19342,85758.64
Jacek SasinLaw and Justice172,88727.71241,79041.36
Piotr GuziałWarsaw Self-Government Community (Ind.)53,2618.54
Przemysław WiplerNew Right of Janusz Korwin-Mikke26,2494.21
Sebastian WierzbickiSLD Left Together (SLD)25,8174.14
Joanna ErbelThe Greens (Ind.)15,0302.41
Andrzej RozenekCommittee of Andrzej Rozenek14,2232.28
Mariusz DzierżawskiWarsaw for Family (Ind.)9,7681.57
Agata Nosal-IkonowiczSocial Justice Movement – Piotr Ikonowicz6,9511.11
Zbigniew WrzesińskiCommunity Patrotism Solidarity2,8080.45
Andrzej GorayskiDirect Democracy2,4540.39
Total623,882100.00584,647100.00
Source: National Electoral Commission

2010

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CandidatePartyVotes%
Hanna Gronkiewicz-WaltzCivic Platform345,73753.67
Czesław BieleckiLaw and Justice (Ind.)149,20023.16
Wojciech OlejniczakDemocratic Left Alliance85,88913.33
Janusz Korwin-MikkeMovement of Voters of Janusz Korwin-Mikke (Ind.)25,1533.90
Romuald SzeremietiewCommittee of Romuald Szeremietiew (Ind.)13,9212.16
Katarzyna MunioWarsaw Self-Government Community11,4651.78
Waldemar FydrychGawks and Gnomes (Ind.)4,9520.77
Danuta BodzekPolish People's Party3,3290.52
Piotr StrzemboszReal Politics Union (PR)2,7740.43
Piotr SkulskiPatriotic Poland (Ind.)1,1550.18
Cezary StachońBetter Poland6240.10
Total644,199100.00
Source: National Electoral Commission

2006

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CandidatePartyFirst roundSecond round
Votes%Votes%
Kazimierz MarcinkiewiczLaw and Justice272,05038.67329,30946.82
Hanna Gronkiewicz-WaltzCivic Platform242,51934.47374,10453.18
Marek BorowskiSLD+SDPL+PD+UP Left and Democrats (SDPL)159,04322.61
Janusz Korwin-MikkeReal Politics Union15,9512.27
Włodzimierz CałkaWarsaw Self-Government Agreement Our City (Ind.)4,3300.62
Waldemar FydrychGawks and Gnomes (Ind.)2,9140.41
Wojciech WierzejskiLeague of Polish Families2,4390.35
Wanda NowickaPolish Labour Party (Ind.)1,9270.27
Jerzy KrzekotowskiOur Warsaw and Masovia (Ind.)1,2860.18
Marek CzarneckiSelf-Defence of the Republic of Poland1,0960.16
Total703,555100.00703,413100.00
Source: National Electoral Commission

2002

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CandidatePartyFirst roundSecond round
Votes%Votes%
Lech KaczyńskiLaw and Justice265,99449.58335,26270.54
Marek BalickiDemocratic Left Alliance – Labour Union117,22721.85140,01529.46
Andrzej OlechowskiCivic Platform72,28213.47
Julia PiteraCommittee of Julia Pitera32,0095.97
Zbigniew BujakUnion for Warsaw14,5062.70
Jan Maria JackowskiLeague of Polish Families11,5712.16
Henryk DzidoSelf-Defense of the Republic of Poland9,3861.75
Antoni MacierewiczTogether for Poland5,8491.09
Janusz PiechocińskiSelf-Government Center Our Capital2,5620.48
Waldemar FydrychMore Cheerful and Competent Warsaw2,0880.39
Józef JanikConfederation Defence of the Unemployed Movement RP1,0780.20
Jerzy KrzekotowskiCommittee of Jerzy Krzekotowski "Warsaw, Law and Home"7870.15
Mirosław BojańczykBetter Future6250.12
Lech JęczmykOur Self-Government5750.11
Total536,539100.00475,277100.00
Source: National Electoral Commission

List of city mayors

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Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, Before 1792)

Kościuszko Uprising

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  • Andrzej Rafałowicz (21 March 1793 – 17 April 1794)
  • Ignacy Zakrzewski-Wyssogota (17 April 1794 – 3 November 1794).
  • Józef Michał Łukasiewicz (20 November 1794 – 25 July 1796).

Prussian occupation (1795–1806)

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Duchy of Warsaw (1807–1815)

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Congress Poland (1816–1915)

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World War I and German occupation (1916/1917)

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Republic of Poland (Second Polish Republic, 1918–1939)

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General Government under German occupation (1939–1944)

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  • Julian Kulski (28 October 1939 – 1 August 1944)
  • Marceli Porowski (5 August 1944 – 2 October 1944)
  • Helmut Otto German Nazi Reich commissioned mayor (October 1939)
  • Oskar Rudolf Dengel German Nazi Reich commissioned mayor (5 November 1939 – 20 March 1940)
  • Ludwig Leist German Nazi plenipotentiary of Governor of the Warsaw District, since October 1941, Mayor of Warsaw. It should be clarified that the last three mentioned were appointed by the Germans during their occupation of Poland.

People's Republic of Poland (1945–1989)

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Between 1950 and 1973 the highest representative of the government in Warsaw was named the "Head of the Presidium of the National Council of the Capital City of Warsaw" (Przewodniczący Prezydium Rady Narodowej miasta stołecznego Warszawy).

Republic of Poland (since 1990)

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See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ abbrev. Prezydent m.st. Warszawy, lit. 'President of Capital City of Warsaw'
  2. ^ Supported by The City Is Ours.

References

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  1. ^ "Mayor of Warsaw - Rafał Trzaskowski - City of Warsaw". en.um.warszawa.pl. Retrieved 4 June 2023.
  2. ^ "Prezydent m.st. Warszawy". bip.warszawa.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 19 February 2023.
  3. ^ Ustawa z dnia 5 stycznia 2011 r. - Kodeks wyborczy, Dz. U., 2011, vol. 21, No. 112
  4. ^ Barbara Petrozolin-Skowrońska (1994). "Encyklopedia Warszawy". Warsaw Encyclopedia (in Polish). Polish Scientific Publishers PWN. p. 94. ISBN 83-01-08836-2. Archived from the original on 8 January 2022. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
  5. ^ a b c d "Administration". e-warsaw.pl. Archived from the original on 18 December 2008. Retrieved 31 January 2009.
  6. ^ a b Masa Djordjevic (2006). Politics of Urban Development Planning: Building Urban Governance in Post-Socialist Warsaw?. Ashgate Publishing, Ltd. p. 8. Archived from the original on 9 May 2013. Retrieved 10 October 2010.
  7. ^ "Wyniki w wyborach Prezydenta m. st. Warszawy". wybory.gov.pl. National Electoral Commission. Retrieved 11 April 2024.
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