Kazimierz Rynkowski, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Kazimierz Rynkowski

Polish politician

Date of Birth: 09-Sep-1933

Place of Birth: Pelplin, Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland

Profession: politician

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Kazimierz Rynkowski (born 9 September 1933) is a Polish former Communist politician who was the mayor of Gdansk from 1981 to 1989.
He was notably the last mayor completely during the Polish People's Republic. Born to Bernard Rynkowski and Marianna Kowal with 8 siblings, he became a construction worker in Gdansk after World War II.
In 1964, he graduated from Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan with a master's degree in law.
From 1957 to 1960, he was an employee of the Municipal Committee of the Polish United Workers' Party (PZPR) in Gdansk, later serving in multiple positions in the party's bureaucracy in the city.
From 1970 to 1973, he was the first deputy chairman of the Municipal National Council under Jan Nikolajew.
From 1981 to 1989, he was the mayor of the city, the last fully under the Polish People's Republic.
He was mayor during the rise of the Solidarity movement, which started in the city, as well as the institution of martial law in Poland and the subsequent periods of civil unrest throughout Poland in the 1980s that led to the unraveling of Communist Poland.
He was succeeded by Jerzy Pasinski.
After the establishment of post-Communist Poland, from 2002 to 2012, he was the Pomeranian Spokesperson for party discipline of the Democratic Left Alliance.
He has one daughter.