List of mayors of Warsaw

The Mayor of Warsaw, or more literally the President of Warsaw (the official title in Polish is "Prezydent Miasta Stołecznego Warszawy", literal translation "President of the Capital City of Warsaw") is the head of the capital of Poland.

Mayor of Warsaw
Incumbent
Rafał Trzaskowski
since 22 November 2018
Inaugural holderAlexander Chalmers
Formation1702
Websitewarszawa.pl

Following the Warsaw Act (Ustawa warszawska) of 27 October 2002, the Mayor of Warsaw carries over most of the executive duties in the city. His or her prerogative is, among others, governing the city-owned property that still constitutes a major part of the city.

Current mayor

The current mayor is Civic Platform Rafał Trzaskowski, who took office on 22 November 2018.

Overview
Seat of the Mayor, the Commission Palace.

Legislative and local executive powers are exercised by the city council (rada miasta), the directly elected mayor (prezydent), and the city offices (urząd miasta).

Since 1990 the President of Warsaw had been elected by the city council.[1]

In the years of 1994–1999 the mayor of the district Centrum automatically was designated as the President of Warsaw: the mayor of Centrum was elected by the district council of Centrum and the council was elected only by the Centrum residents.

Elections

Since 2002 the President of Warsaw is elected by all of the citizens of Warsaw. The seat of the Mayor is the city hall, known as Commission Palace or Palace of the Ministry of Revenues and Treasury.

1st election, 2002
2002 Election (first round)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PiS Lech Kaczyński 265 994 49,58
SLD-UP Marek Balicki 117 227 21,85
PO Andrzej Olechowski 72 282 13,47
Independent Julia Pitera 32 009 5,97
UW Zbigniew Bujak 14506 2,70
LPR Jan Maria Jackowski 11 571 2,16
SRP Henryk Dzido 9 386 1,75
Independent Antoni Macierewicz 5 849 1,09
PSL Janusz Piechociński 2 562 0,48
Independent Waldemar Fydrych 2 088 0,39
Independent Józef Janik 1 078 0,20
Independent Jerzy Krzekotowski 787 0,15
Independent Mirosław Bojańczyk 625 0,12
Independent Lech Jęczmyk 575 0,11
2002 Election (second round)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PiS Lech Kaczyński 335 262 70,54
SLD-UP Marek Balicki 140 015 29,46
PiS win (new seat)

2nd election, 2006
2006 Election (second round)
PO Hanna Gronkiewicz-Waltz 374 104 53,18%
PiS Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz 329 309 46,82%
Party Candidate Votes % ±%

3rd election, 2010
2010 Election
PO Hanna Gronkiewicz-Waltz 345 737 53,67%
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PiS Czesław Bielecki 149 200 23,16%
SLD Wojciech Olejniczak 85 889 13,33%
WiP Janusz Korwin-Mikke 25 153 3,90%
Independent Romuald Szeremietiew 13 921 2,16%
Wspólnota Samorządowa Katarzyna Munio 11 465 1,78%
Gamonie i Krasnoludki Waldemar Fydrych 4 952 0,77%
PSL Danuta Bodzek 3 329 0,52%
UPR Piotr Strzembosz 2 774 0,43%
Polska Patriotyczna Piotr Skulski 1 155 0,18%
Lepsza Polska Cezary Stachoń 624 0,10%

4th election, 2014
2014 Election (second round)
PO Hanna Gronkiewicz-Waltz 342 857 58,64%
PiS Jacek Sasin 241 790 41,36%
Party Candidate Votes % ±%

5th election, 2018
2018 Election (first round)
PO Rafał Trzaskowski 505,187 56.67%
PiS Patryk Jaki 254,324 28.53%
Party Candidate Votes % ±%

List of Mayors
Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (First Polish Republic,[2] Before 1792)
  • Alexander Chalmers (1702–1703)
  • Józef Benedykt Loupia (1724–1727)
  • Henryk Makin (1728)
  • Józef Benedykt Loupia (1734)
  • Mateusz Kostrzewski (1743)
  • Paweł Andrychowicz (1750–1751)
  • Paweł Andrychowicz (1753)
  • Jan Feliks Dulfus (1754–1756)
  • Michał Sakres (1761)
  • Jan Feliks Dulfus (1764)
  • Michał Sakres (1765–1766)
  • Jan Feliks Dulfus (1767)
  • Michał Sakres (1768)
  • Franciszek Witthoff (1769–1771)
  • Grzegorz Łyszkiewicz (1772)
  • Wojciech Lobert (1773–1776)
  • Jakub Maraszewski (1777)
  • Franciszek Witthoff (1778–1779)
  • Grzegorz Łyszkiewicz (1780–1780)
  • Wojciech Lobert (1781–1788)
  • Jan Dekert (23 February 1789 – 4 October 1790)
  • Józef Michał Łukasiewicz (1791 – 13 April 1792)
  • Ignacy Zakrzewski-Wyssogota (16 April 1792 – 25 August 1792)
  • Józef Michał Łukasiewicz (30 August 1792 – 20 March 1793)
  • Andrzej Rafałowicz (21 March 1793 – 17 April 1794)

Kościuszko Uprising
  • 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)

Duchy of Warsaw (1807–1815)

Congress Poland (1816–1915)

World War I and German occupation (1916/1917)

Republic of Poland (Second Polish Republic, 1918–1939)
  • Piotr Drzewiecki (28 November 1921 – 7 December 1922)
  • Stanisław Nowodworski (7 December 1922 – 22 June 1927)
  • Władysław Jabłoński 22 June – 7 July 1927
  • Zygmunt Słomiński (7 July 1927 – 2 March 1934)
  • Marian Zyndram-Kościałkowski (2 March – 28 June 1934)
  • Stefan Starzyński (2 August 1934 – 27 October 1939)

General Government (1939–1944)
  • Julian Kulski (28 October 1939 – 1 August 1944)
  • Marceli Porowski (5 August 1944 – 2 October 1944)
  • Helmut Otto Nazi Reich commissioned mayor (October 1939)
  • Oskar Rudolf Dengel Nazi Reich commissioned mayor (5 November 1939 – 20 March 1940)
  • Ludwig Leist 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 Nazis during their occupation of Poland.

People's Republic of Poland (1945–1989)

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).

  • Marian Spychalski (18 September 1944 – March 1945)
  • Stanisław Tołwiński (5 March 1945 – 23 May 1950)
  • Jerzy Albrecht (23 May 1950 – 14 May 1956)
  • Janusz Zarzycki (14 May 1956 – 17 December 1956)
  • Zygmunt Dworakowski (17 December 1956 – 5 May 1960)
  • Janusz Zarzycki (5 May 1960 – 29 December 1967)
  • Jerzy Majewski (29 December 1967 – 9 December 1973)
  • Jerzy Majewski (13 December 1973 – 18 February 1982)
  • Mieczysław Dębicki (18 February 1982 – 5 December 1986)
  • Jerzy Bolesławski (5 December 1986 – 30 January 1990)

Republic of Poland (since 1990)

See also

Notes and references
  1. "Djordjevic Masa Paper | Governance | Strategic Planning". Scribd. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
  2. Official country name in Polish is "Rzeczpospolita Obojga Narodów" which literally means "The Republic of Both Nations" (Polish Rzeczpospolita is literal translation of Greek "res publica") even if this country was a kingdom. In Poland we are referring to this historical country as "Pierwsza Rzeczpospolita" which means First Commonwealth, First Res Publica, First Republic). This translation issues often leads to misconception
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