Rafał Trzaskowski
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Rafał Kazimierz Trzaskowski ([ˈrafaw tʂaˈskɔfski]; born 17 January 1972) is a Polish politician and the current city mayor of Warsaw. He is also a political scientist specializing in European studies.
Rafał Trzaskowski | |
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Mayor of Warsaw | |
Assumed office 22 November 2018 | |
Deputy Mayor | Robert Soszyński Michał Olszewski Renata Kaznowska |
Preceded by | Hanna Gronkiewicz-Waltz |
Minister of Administration and Digitization | |
In office 3 December 2013 – 22 September 2014 | |
Prime Minister | Donald Tusk |
Preceded by | Michał Boni |
Succeeded by | Andrzej Halicki |
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Secretary of State for European Affairs | |
In office 22 September 2014 – 16 November 2015 | |
Prime Minister | Ewa Kopacz |
Minister | Grzegorz Schetyna |
Preceded by | Piotr Serafin |
Succeeded by | Konrad Szymański |
Member of the Sejm | |
In office 12 November 2015 – 21 November 2018 | |
Constituency | Kraków |
Member of the European Parliament for Poland | |
In office 14 July 2009 – 2 December 2013 | |
Personal details | |
Born | (1972-01-17) 17 January 1972 (age 52) Warsaw, Poland |
Political party | Civic Platform (since 2004) |
Other political affiliations | Civic Coalition (since 2018) Yes! For Poland (since 2020) |
Spouse |
Małgorzata Trzaskowska
(m. 2002) |
Children | 2 |
Parent | Andrzej Trzaskowski (father) |
Alma mater | College of Europe (MA) University of Warsaw (PhD) |
Awards | Legion of Honour |
Signature | |
He served as a Member of the European Parliament (2009–2013), Minister of Administration and Digitization (2013–2014) as well as the Secretary of State in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Poland (2014–2015). He was elected a Member of the Polish Parliament in 2015. In November 2017, it was announced that he would be the joint candidate for the Mayor of Warsaw of the Civic Platform and the Modern political party in the 2018 Polish local elections.[1] He subsequently went on to win the elections on 21 October 2018 in the first round and was elected Mayor of Warsaw after defeating his major rival Patryk Jaki of the Law and Justice party.[2][3][4] He received a total of 505,187 votes (56.67%).[5]
In May 2020, Trzaskowski became the Civic Platform's candidate for Presidency of Poland to stand in the presidential election.[6] He made it into the second round of the election but then went on to lose against incumbent Andrzej Duda, receiving 10,018,263 votes or 48.97% of the vote.[7][8]
He is considered as being a member of PO's progressive wing.[9]