Krzysztof Matyjaszczyk
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New Left (since 2021)
affiliationsThe Left (since 2019)
Krzysztof Matyjaszczyk | |
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| City mayor of Częstochowa | |
| Assumed office 10 December 2010 | |
| Preceded by | Piotr Kurpios (Acting) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 27 May 1974 |
| Party | Democratic Left Alliance (until 2021) New Left (since 2021) |
| Other political affiliations | The Left (since 2019) |
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.
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]
