Jacek Majchrowski

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Jacek Majchrowski (born January 13, 1947 in Sosnowiec) is the mayor of the Royal Capital City of Kraków, a lawyer, and a professor at Jagiellonian University. He has written many books about history.

He is a member of the Democratic Left Alliance, a major left-wing Polish political party.

He was also one of very few prominent Polish politicians (alongside Jacek Kuroń) who openly criticized war in Iraq and Polish participation in the war. He even refused to meet U.S. President George W. Bush during his visit in Kraków.


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