Aleksandra Monika Kosiorek (born 13 March 1985) is a politician and jurist, and has been mayor of Gdynia since 2024.
Aleksandra Kosiorek | |
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| Mayor of Gdynia | |
| Assumed office 7 May 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Wojciech Szczurek |
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| Born | 13 March 1985 Gdańsk, Poland |
| Political party | Gdynia Dialogue Federation |
| Education | University of Gdańsk |
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Biography
editAleksandra Kosiorek was born on 13 March 1985 in Gdańsk, Poland. She had graduated in law from the University of Gdańsk, and begun working as a jurist. Since 2013, she in a co-owner of a legal firm and a court mediator specialised in medical law. Since 2020 she is a coordinator of a legal team in the Gdańsk District Medical Chamber.[1][2]
Kosiorek is also a social activist, and a member of the Gdynia Dialogue Federation. In the late 2010s and early 2020s, she was one of the organisers of the protests against judiciary reforms and the women's strike protests in the Tricity, and one of the leaders of the All-Poland Women's Strike movement.[3] She was elected as mayor of Gdynia in the 2024 local election as a candidate of the Gdynia Dialogue Federation. In the same election, she was also elected as a member of the Gdynia City Council, but ultimately assumed the position of mayor instead. She began her term on 7 May 2024.[1][4]
Private life
editKosiorek has a husband and two children.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c Katarzyna Fryc (22 April 2024). "Dokonała sensacyjnego przewrotu. Kim jest nowa prezydentka Gdyni?". trojmiasto.wyborcza.pl (in Polish).
- ^ Zygmunt Zmuda-Trzebiatowski (4 June 2023). "Ktoś jako pierwszy musi spróbować przebić ten mur. Rozmowa z Aleksandrą Kosiorek". gdynia.plus.
- ^ Katarzyna Fryc (25 October 2023). "Aleksandra Kosiorek kandydatką Gdyńskiego Dialogu na prezydenta Gdyni". trojmiasto.wyborcza.pl (in Polish).
- ^ "Kosiorek Aleksandra Monika". wybory.gov.pl (in Polish).