Jacek SUTRYK

Jacek Zbigniew Sutryk (born 17th September1978 inWroclaw) – a sociologist by education, the director of the Social Affairs Department of the Wroclaw City Office, the mayor ofWroclaw since November 2018.

Jacek Sutryk was born at Tarnogaj inWroclaw. He attended the Wincenty Pol Primary School No. 9 at ul. Nyska and the Social General Secondary School No. 1 at ul. Długa. He is a graduate in sociology at the Faculty of Social Sciences of theUniversityofWroclawand a doctoral student of the Collegium of Socio-Economic Policy of the Warsaw School of Economics and a lecturer at the Janusz Korczak Pedagogical University in Warsaw. Wroclaw is not only his birthplace – it is also the home city of his parents and grandparents.

‘Wroclawhas shaped me and I carry it within me. I couldn’t live anywhere else. It’s my place. I know the oldWroclawfrom my grandma’s memories. I still remember the city from the times of my childhood and then youth. Today I’m proud and delighted to see the beauty of our modernWroclaw,’ says Jacek Sutryk.

He is an avid social activist and local government member. He has always engaged in social activities: he was the chairman of the Council of Social Welfare, the director of the Working Community of Unions of Social Organisations in Warsaw – a NGO comprising over 800 social organisations from around Poland, the vice-president of the Polish National Association of Directors of Local Government Social Welfare Centres, a member of the Management Board of the Polish National Federation of Non-Governmental Organisations, a co-organiser of local and international conferences on social policy. He co-operates with social organisations from aroundPoland.

He prefers active leisure: he likes playing tennis, jogging and cycling. He is a fan of the Wroclawspeedway team and Wroclawfemale volleyball and basketball teams. His favourite writer is Katarzyna Bonda.