Krzysztof Matyjaszczyk

Krzysztof Adam Matyjaszczyk (born 27 May 1974, Radomsko) is a Polish politician, Member of the Polish Parliament (2007-2010), local official, since 2010 president of Częstochowa.

Krzysztof Matyjaszczyk
City mayor of Częstochowa
Assumed office
10 December 2010
Preceded byPiotr Kurpios (Acting)
Personal details
Born (1974-05-27) 27 May 1974
Radomsko, Poland
Political partyDemocratic Left Alliance

Life and career

He graduated from construction and management at the Częstochowa University of Technology.[1] He is a member of the Democratic Left Alliance.[2] In the years 2002-2007 he was a member of the City Council of Częstochowa, serving as vice-chairman.[1]

In the parliamentary election in 2005,[3] from the list of SLD, he ran without success to the Sejm. In the local government elections in 2006[4] from LiD, he ran for the presidency of Czestochowa, taking 3rd place out of 6 candidates (obtained 14,683 votes, which was 20.83%).

In the parliamentary election in 2007,[5] he was elected an MP, running from the LiD list in the Częstochowa constituency and receiving 16,432 votes.

In the local government elections in 2010,[6] he started again as a SLD candidate for the office of President of Częstochowa. In the first round, he obtained 35,045 (45.83%) votes. He moved to the second round with Izabela Leszczyna from the PO, who received 16 815 votes (21.99%). In the second round, he obtained a score of 33,696 (70.89%) of the votes against 13,840 (29.11%) of votes for his opponent. In the local government elections in 2014, he successfully applied for re-election, receiving in the second round 56.72% of the votes and defeating the PiS candidate - Artur Warzocha.[7] In 2018 local elections he was elected for the next term in the first round, obtaining 59.76% of votes.[8]

Reforms and political views

Krzysztof Matyjaszczyk is a politician with liberal-leftist views, but against the background of his own party he is a politician with very moderate and centrist views. He is a proponent of ruling a city in a coalition with a Civic Coalition.

As Mayor, Matyjaszczyk introduced funding program for in vitro fertilisation in Częstochowa. He supports to create Częstochowa Voivodeship again.[9]

References
  1. "ŚLUBOWANIE NOWEGO PREZYDENTA KRZYSZTOFA MATYJASZCZYKA". 2 March 2012. Archived from the original on 2 March 2012. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
  2. "Posel: Krzysztof Matyjaszczyk". www.sejm.gov.pl. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
  3. "Wybory 2005". www.wybory2005.pkw.gov.pl. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
  4. "Geografia wyborcza - Wybory samorządowe - Państwowa Komisja Wyborcza". wybory2006.pkw.gov.pl. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
  5. "Wybory 2007". wybory2007.pkw.gov.pl. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
  6. "Wybory Samorządowe 2010 - Geografia wyborcza - Województwo śląskie - - m. Częstochowa". wybory2010.pkw.gov.pl. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
  7. "PKW | Samorząd 2014". samorzad2014.pkw.gov.pl. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
  8. "Wybory samorządowe 2018". wybory2018.pkw.gov.pl. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
  9. "Czy na mapę Polski wróci województwo częstochowskie? Prezydent apeluje". www.rmf24.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 9 November 2019.
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