Paweł Adamowicz
1965 – 2019 · aged 54
Mayor of Gdańsk (1998-2019)
- Born
- 2 Nov 1965 · Gdańsk
- Died
- 14 Jan 2019 · University Clinical Centre in Gdańsk
Life timeline
Their life from birth to death. On the timeline, world events of the time are shown faintly.
- 2 Nov 1965BornBorn in Gdańsk
- 1998 – 2019RoleMayor
- 2001AwardHonoured Administrator of Physical Education
- 2001AwardPro Ecclesia et Pontifice
- 2003AwardSilver Cross of Merit
- 2004AwardSrebrny Medal „Za Zasługi dla Policji”
- 2005AwardSilver Medal for Merit to Culture – Gloria Artis
- 2007AwardPro Memoria Medal
- 2008AwardSiberian Honorary Award
- 2009AwardGold Medal for Merit in Fire Protection
- 2009AwardKomandoria Missio Reconciliationis
- 2010AwardKnight of the Order of Polonia Restituta
- 2010AwardMedal św. Wojciecha
- 2011AwardGrzegorz Palka Award
- 14 Jan 2019DiedDied in University Clinical Centre in Gdańsk
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Meanwhile in the world
Major world events during their lifetime (1965 – 2019).
- 19661966 FIFA World Cup
- 1966 – 1976Cultural Revolution
- 1968Prague Spring
- 1969Apollo 11 Moon landing
- 19721972 Summer Olympics
- 19741974 FIFA World Cup
- 19781978 FIFA World Cup
- 1978 – 1979Iranian Revolution
- 1979 – 1989Soviet–Afghan War
- 1980 – 1988Iran–Iraq War
- 19841984 Summer Olympics
- 1985Schengen Agreement
- 19891989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre
- 1989Fall of the Berlin Wall
- 19901990 FIFA World Cup
- 1991Dissolution of the Soviet Union
- 19941994 FIFA World Cup
- 1994 – 1996First Chechen War
- 19981998 FIFA World Cup
- 2001 – 2021War in Afghanistan
- 2003 – 2011Iraq War
- 20042004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami
- 20062006 FIFA World Cup
- 20082008 Summer Olympics
- 2008Russo-Georgian War
- 20102010 Haiti earthquake
- 2010 – 2012Arab Spring
- 20112011 Norway attacks
- 2011Libyan civil war
- 2011 – 2024Syrian civil war
- 20122012 Summer Olympics
- 20142014 FIFA World Cup
- 2014Russo-Ukrainian war
- 2015Paris Agreement
- 20182018 FIFA World Cup
Biography
Paweł Bogdan Adamowicz ([ˈpavɛw ˈbɔɡdan adaˈmɔvʲit͡ʂ]; 2 November 1965 – 14 January 2019) was a Polish politician and lawyer who served as the city mayor of Gdańsk from 1998 until his assassination in 2019.
Adamowicz was one of the organizers of the 1988 Polish strikes before becoming the head of the strike committee. In 1990, he was elected to the Gdańsk City Council, chairing the body from 1994 during his second term and holding this post until 1998. He was elected Mayor of Gdańsk in 1998 and reelected in 2002 with 72% of the vote. In 2018, he was reelected as an independent. He was known as a liberal, progressive figure, speaking in support of LGBT rights, immigration, and of minority ethnic groups such as Kashubians.
On 13 January 2019, Adamowicz was stabbed during a live charity event in Gdansk, the Great Orchestra of Christmas Charity's 27th Grand Finale, by 27-year-old Stefan Wilmont, a former inmate diagnosed with schizophrenia. He died the following day from his injuries, at the age of 53.
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