Pawel Adamowicz
- Birth Date:
- 02.11.1965
- Death date:
- 14.01.2019
- Length of life:
- 53
- Days since birth:
- 21358
- Years since birth:
- 58
- Days since death:
- 1927
- Years since death:
- 5
- Categories:
- Lawyer, Mayor, Politician, Victim of crime
- Nationality:
- pole
- Cemetery:
- Set cemetery
Paweł Bogdan Adamowicz was a Polish politician and lawyer. He served as the mayor of the city of Gdańsk, Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland until his assassination.
He studied law at the University of Gdańsk, where he also became a prominent student movement member. He was one of the organizers of the 1988 strike and became the headperson of the strike committee.[1] Between 1990 and 1993, he served as a vice-rector at his alma mater.
In 1990, Adamowicz was elected a member of the City Council in Gdańsk and held this post until 1998, when he was elected the Mayor of Gdańsk. On 10 November 2002 he was re-elected and gained 72% of votes.[2]
He was awarded with the Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice Golden Cross by Pope John Paul II and with the Cross of Merit by the President Aleksander Kwaśniewski. In 2014, he also became the recipient of the Cross of Freedom and Solidarity to honour his contributions to the democratic opposition in Poland during the Communist Period.
In 2018, he provided honorary patronage over the 4th Gdańsk Gay Pride Parade in which he personally participated.[3]
On 13 January 2019, he was stabbed on stage at the Great Orchestra of Christmas Charity event in Gdańsk and was taken to hospital in critical condition.[4] He died the following day from the critical wounds he sustained
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