Aleksandra Kosiorek Explained

Aleksandra Kosiorek
Office:Mayor of Gdynia
Term Start:7 May 2024
Predecessor:Wojciech Szczurek
Birth Date:13 March 1985
Birth Place:Gdańsk, Poland
Party:Gdynia Dialogue Federation
Education:University of Gdańsk

Aleksandra Monika Kosiorek (born 13 March 1985) is a politician and jurist, and has been mayor of Gdynia since 2024.

Biography

Aleksandra 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 begun her term on 7 May 2024.[1] [4]

Private life

Kosiorek has a husband and two children.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Dokonała sensacyjnego przewrotu. Kim jest nowa prezydentka Gdyni?. 22 April 2024. pl. trojmiasto.wyborcza.pl. Katarzyna Fryc.
  2. Web site: Ktoś jako pierwszy musi spróbować przebić ten mur. Rozmowa z Aleksandrą Kosiorek. gdynia.plus. Zygmunt Zmuda-Trzebiatowski. 4 June 2023.
  3. Web site: Aleksandra Kosiorek kandydatką Gdyńskiego Dialogu na prezydenta Gdyni. trojmiasto.wyborcza.pl. pl. 25 October 2023. Katarzyna Fryc.
  4. Web site: Kosiorek Aleksandra Monika. wybory.gov.pl. pl.