Paweł Adamowicz, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Mayor of Gdańsk (1998-2019)
Date of Birth: 02-Nov-1965
Place of Birth: Gdańsk, Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland
Date of Death: 14-Jan-2019
Profession: lawyer, politician
Nationality: Poland
Zodiac Sign: Scorpio 
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About Paweł Adamowicz
- Pawel Bogdan Adamowicz (['pav?w 'b?gdan ada'm?v?it??]; 2 November 1965 – 14 January 2019) was a Polish politician and lawyer who served as mayor of the city of Gdansk, Pomeranian Voivodeship, 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 Gdansk City Council, chairing the body from 1994 during his second term and holding this post until 1998.
- He was elected Mayor of Gdansk 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 minority groups such as Kashubians.On 13 January 2019, Adamowicz was stabbed during a live charity event in Gdansk by a former inmate, who had been released from prison a month prior to the assassination.
- Adamowicz died the following day from his injuries, at the age of 53.
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