This article lists the people holding the office of president of Gdańsk () from 1945 to the present day (or holders of the equivalent offices), as well as the historical offices of mayor of Danzig () in the State of the Teutonic Order (1308–1454), city mayor of Danzig () in the Crown of the Kingdom of Poland (1454–1793) and the Kingdom of Prussia (1793–1919) and senate president of the Free City of Danzig (1919–1939).
Historical outline 997 - Gdańsk first mentioned as urbs Gyddanyzc 1224 – Gdańsk received medieval city rights 1308 – Teutonic takeover of Danzig (Gdańsk) 1454 – Danzig reclaimed by the Crown of the Kingdom of Poland 1569 – Danzig subsumed into the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth 1793 – Danzig lost in the Second Partition of Poland to the Kingdom of Prussia, but not subsumed into the Holy Roman Empire 1807 – Danzig a Napoleonic free city under the Duchy of Warsaw and Prussia 1815 – Danzig under Prussian control, but not as part of Germany (the German Confederation) 1871 – Danzig a part of the German Empire 1920 – Free City of Danzig in a union with the Second Polish Republic concerning foreign, military, customs, rail and postal affairs 1939 – Danzig annexed by Nazi Germany at the beginning of World War II 1945 – Danzig annexed by Poland after World War II and renamed to Gdańsk
City mayors of Gdańsk and equivalents City mayors of Gdańsk 1945–1950 1945–1946 – Franciszek Kotus-Jankowski 1946–1949 – Bolesław Nowicki 1949–1950 – Piotr Stolarek
Presidents of Presidium of the City National Council of Gdańsk 1950–1973 Between 1950 and 1973 functions of the city mayor of Gdańsk and president of the City National Council of Gdańsk were combined into one office.
1950–1953 – Piotr Stolarek 1953–1954 – Stanisław Schmidt 1954–1958 – Julian Cybulski 1958–1963 – Stanisław Schmidt 1963–1969 – Tadeusz Bejm 1969–1973 – Jan Mikołajew
City mayors of Gdańsk 1973–1990
1973–1977 – Andrzej Kaznowski 1977–1981 – Jerzy Młynarczyk 1981–1989 – Kazimierz Rynkowski 1989–1990 – Jerzy Pasiński
City mayors of Gdańsk from 1990 1990–1991 – Jacek Starościak 1991–1994 – Franciszek Jamroż 1994–1998 – Tomasz Posadzki 1998–2019 – Paweł Adamowicz from 2019 – Aleksandra Dulkiewicz
Historical mayors or city mayors of Gdańsk or Danzig
Prior to the Teutonic Order Prior to the arrival of the Teutonic Order, Gdańsk, ruled by the dukes of Pomerelia and the dukes of Gdańsk, was governed by sculteti (Schultheiß or sołtys).
Teutonic Order Note that dates overlap. This is because there were four mayors. First was titled president and had highest power, the rest were named second mayor, third mayor and fourth mayor. After a year the president gave power to the second mayor, and became the fourth mayor. The process repeated itself, interrupted by deaths and elections of new mayors.
Kingdom of Poland Teutonic Order lost Danzig to Poland after 1454, during the Thirteen Years' War, and by the Second Peace of Toruń
Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth begun in 1569 with the Union of Lublin, which transformed the personal union of Poland and Lithuania into a real union and also reintegrated Pomerelia as part of Royal Prussia into the Crown of the Kingdom of Poland
Kingdom of Prussia 1794 – von Lindenow
Free City of Danzig (Napoleonic) 1807–1808 – Carl Friedrich von Gralath 1808–1810 – Gottlieb Hufeland 1810–1814 – Johann Willhelm Wernsdorff 1814–1849 – Joachim Heinrich von Weickhmann
Kingdom of Prussia and German Empire 1850–1862 – Carl August von Groddeck 1863–1891 – Leopold von Winter 1891–1896 – Dr. Karl Adolf Baumbach 1896–1902 – Dr. Clemens von Delbrück 1903–1910 – 1910–1919 – Heinrich Heinrich Scholtz
Free City of Danzig Free City of Danzig created by the Treaty of Versailles
1920–1931 – Dr. Heinrich Sahm (since 1920 President of Senate) 1931–1933 – Ernst Ziehm (President of Senate) 1933–1934 – Hermann Rauschning (President of Senate) 1934–1939 – Arthur Greiser (President of Senate) 1939 – Albert Forster (Head of State)
World War II Free City occupied by Nazi Germany and incorporated into the Reichsgau Danzig-West Prussia 1939–1945 –
Speakers of the municipal legislature
Presidents of the Volkstag (1920-1939)
1920–1921: Wilhelm Reinhard 1921-1921: Adalbert Mathaei 1921–1923: Adolf Treichel (first term) 1923–1924: Julius Gehl (first term) 1924–1926: Adolf Treichel (second term) 1926–1928: Alfred Semrau 1928–1930: Fritz Spill 1930–1931: Julius Gehl (second term) 1931–1933: Wilhelm von Wnuck (first term) 1933-1933: Franz Potrykus 1933–1936: Wilhelm von Wnuck (second term) 1937–1939: Edmund Beyl
Chairpersons of the City National Council of Gdańsk 1945–1950 1945–1948 – Alfred Kossakowski 1948–1949 – Leon Srebrnik 1949–1950 – Bolesław Gemza
Presidents of the Presidium of the City National Council of Gdańsk 1950–1973 Between 1950 and 1973 functions of the city mayor of Gdańsk and chairperson of the City National Council of Gdańsk were combined into one office. 1950–1953 – Piotr Stolarek 1953–1954 – Stanisław Schmidt 1954–1958 – Julian Cybulski 1958–1963 – Stanisław Schmidt 1963–1969 – Tadeusz Bejm 1969–1973 – Jan Mikołajew
Chairpersons of the City National Council of Gdańsk 1973–1990 1973–1977 – Adam Nowotnik 1977–1981 – Jarosław Polski 1981–1984 – Wiesław Julian Gruszkowski 1984–1986 – Eugeniusz Wójcik 1986–1990 – Janusz Lewiński
Chairpersons of the City Council of Gdańsk from 1990 1990 – Franciszek Jamroż 1990–1994 – Andrzej Januszajtis 1994–1998 – Paweł Adamowicz 1998–2001 – Elżbieta Grabarek-Bartoszewicz 2001–2018 – Bogdan Oleszek from 2018 – Agnieszka Owczarczak
See also List of Gdańsk aristocratic families History of Gdańsk Timeline of Gdańsk
External links List at roots.gdansk.pl