Jacek Jaśkowiak
Jacek Jaśkowiak | |
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Mayor of Poznań | |
Assumed office 8 December 2014 | |
Preceded by | Ryszard Grobelny |
Personal details | |
Born | Poznań, Poland | 10 March 1964
Political party | Civic Platform |
Spouse(s) | Joanna Jaśkowiak |
Alma mater | UAM Poznań University of Bielefeld |
Profession | politician, entrepreneur |
Jacek Jaśkowiak (born 10 March 1964) is a Polish politician and entrepreneur. He is the current mayor of the city of Poznań, Greater Poland Voivodeship, Poland, and a member of the Civic Platform political party.
Life and education[]
He graduated in law and administration from the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań. He also completed postgraduate studies in finance and tax law. He received a GFPS-Poland scholarship and studied at the University of Bielefeld, Germany. As a student, Jaśkowiak was a member of the Rural Youth Union (Polish: Związek Młodzieży Wiejskiej).[1]
In the 1990s, he started to pursue a career in business and worked as a sales director at Kulczyk Tradex – a company belonging to billionaire Jan Kulczyk. In 1997, he established his own firm specializing in . In the same year, he met Jacek Kaczmarski and worked as his manager. In 2007 he became the CEO of the Jaśkowiak Sp. Z.o.o company providing accounting services to middle-sized foreign businesses.[2]
In 2012 and 2014, he was one of the organizers of the FIS Cross-Country World Cup events in Szklarska Poręba.[3]
Political career[]
In the 2010 Polish local elections he unsuccessfully stood for office of the mayor of Poznań representing "My Poznaniacy" initiative gaining 7.16% of the votes. In 2013, he officially became a member of the Civic Platform political party and in the 2014 Polish local elections he ran for the post of mayor of Poznań as a Civic Platform candidate. He received 21.46% of the votes in the first round and made it to the second round where he defeated the then-mayor of Poznań Ryszard Grobelny after 16 years of his mayorship in the city receiving 59.09% of the votes.[4] In the 2018 Polish local elections he was successfully re-elected as mayor of Poznań gaining 55.99% of the votes in the first round.[5][6]
In 2018, as the first mayor of Poznań in history, he provided honorary patronage over the LGBT Poznań Pride Week as well as the Poznań Gay Pride Parade in which he personally participated.[7]
Personal life[]
He married a notary Joanna Jaśkowiak. He has two children: Jarosław and Stanisław. His interests include cross-country skiing, boxing and theatre, and loves to bike. Jaśkowiak is also an ardent promoter of the musical legacy of Jacek Kaczmarski with whom he collaborated in the past.[2]
References[]
- ^ "Jacek Jaśkowiak – Najnowsze informacje". Retrieved 17 November 2018.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Prezydent Miasta Poznania Jacek Jaśkowiak". Retrieved 17 November 2018.
- ^ "Jacek Jaśkowiak prezydentem Poznania. Kim jest?". Retrieved 17 November 2018.
- ^ "Wybory Samorządowe 2014". Retrieved 17 November 2018.
- ^ "Wybory Samorządowe 2018". Retrieved 17 November 2018.
- ^ "Exit poll: Jacek Jaśkowiak secures Poznań mayorship for another term". Retrieved 17 November 2018.
- ^ "Prezydent Jacek Jaśkowiak obejmie patronatem Marsz Równości". Retrieved 17 November 2018.
- 1964 births
- Living people
- Mayors of Poznań
- Civic Platform politicians
- Politicians from Poznań