Rafał Komarewicz

Rafał Paweł Komarewicz
Rafał Komarewicz in 2024
Member of the Sejm
Incumbent
Assumed office
13 November 2023
ConstituencyKraków
Chairman of the Kraków City Council
In office
10 January 2022 – 13 November 2023
Preceded byDominik Jaśkowiec
Succeeded byJakub Kosiec
Parliamentary groupPoland 2050
Personal details
Born (1971-06-10) 10 June 1971
Ełk
PartyPoland 2050 (2022-2026)
Centre (since 2026)
Alma materJagiellonian University

Rafał Paweł Komarewicz (born 17 June 1971 in Ełk) is a Polish politician, entrepreneur, local councillor, and a poseł for the 10th term of the Sejm. Elected to the Kraków City Council in 2018 Polish local elections, he was the chairman of the city council between 2022 and 2023.[1]

Biography

A dentist by education, he graduated from the Jagiellonian University in 1996.[1][2] He started his own business, opening a commercial law company.[3] He became the owner of a chain of pharmacies and a medical consulting company.[2][4] He held the positions of vice-president of the board of the Andrzej Urbańczyk Foundation,[5] president of the Krakow Health Academy Association and second vice-president of the Common Małopolska Association.[2]

In the 2010 Polish local elections, he ran for the Kraków City Council on behalf of the Jacek Majchrowski Electoral Committee, the incumbent mayor of the city.[6] He took office during the 2012 term, replacing Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz.[5] He was not elected in the 2014 Polish local elections,[7] but he nevertheless became a councillor for the next term at the beginning of the term after Jacek Majchrowski, who was re-elected as mayor, resigned from his seat.[8] He was then properly elected in the 2018 Polish local elections, running on the list of Jacek Majchrowski's Electoral Committee – Obywatelski Kraków and successfully retaining his seat.[9] He was a member of the presidential club Friendly Kraków (Polish: Przyjazny Kraków and served as vice-chairman of the city council.[10]

In the 2019 Polish parliamentary election, he unsuccessfully ran for a seat in the Senate from his own electoral committee in constituency no. 33 (covering part of Kraków). He received 27,904 votes (12.39%), which was the lowest result among the three candidates.[11] He later joined Poland 2050 of Szymon Hołownia and became the party's chairman for the Małopolska Voivodeship.[4] On 10 January 2022, he replaced Dominik Jaśkowiec as the chairman of the Kraków City Council.[12]

In the 2023 Polish parliamentary election, he was the leader of the Third Way list in the Kraków constituency. He won a seat in the 10th term Sejm, receiving 44.808 votes (5.92% of all votes cast in the constituency).[13] In the 2024 Polish local elections, he unsuccessfully ran for mayor of Kraków.[14]

In February 2026, together with 17 other MPs of Poland 2050, he decided to leave the party and form a new parliamentary club, Centrum.[15]

Election history

Election Party Chamber Constituency Result Won?
2010 Jacek Majchrowski Electoral Committee Kraków City Council no. 3 326 (0.87%) No
2014 no. 4 588 (1.35%) No
2018 Obywatelski Kraków no. 3 4560 (8.78%)[9] Yes
2019 Rafał Komarewicz Electoral Committee 10th term Senate no. 33 27 904 (12.39%)[11] No
2023 Third Way 10th term Sejm no. 4 27 596 (5.17%)[13] Yes
2024 Mayor of the Royal Capital City of Kraków 9126 (3.07%)[14] No

References

  1. ^ a b "Posłowie X kadencji: Rafał Komarewicz". sejm.gov.pl (in Polish). Archived from the original on 21 November 2023.
  2. ^ a b c "Skład Zarządu". wspolnamalopolska.pl (in Polish). Archived from the original on 2 May 2022.
  3. ^ "Komarewicz Rafał Paweł". infoveriti.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2023-10-17.
  4. ^ a b "Rafał Komarewicz". polska2050.pl (in Polish). Archived from the original on 23 March 2023.
  5. ^ a b "Rafał Komarewicz nowym radnym" (PDF). krakow.pl (in Polish). 13 February 2012. Retrieved 2023-10-31.
  6. ^ "Wybory samorządowe 2010". pkw.gov.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2023-10-31.
  7. ^ "Wybory samorządowe 2014". pkw.gov.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2023-10-31.
  8. ^ "Radni złożyli ślubowanie, wybór przewodniczącego odłożony". Telewizja Polska (in Polish). 2014-12-01. Archived from the original on 31 October 2023.
  9. ^ a b "Wybory samorządowe 2018". pkw.gov.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2023-10-31.
  10. ^ Patryk Salamon (10 January 2022). "Rafał Komarewicz został przewodniczącym Rady Miasta Krakowa". lovekrakow.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2023-10-31.
  11. ^ a b "Wybory do Sejmu i Senatu Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej 2019". Państwowa Komisja Wyborcza (in Polish). Retrieved 2023-10-17.
  12. ^ "Zmiany w prezydium Rady Miasta Krakowa". pap.pl (in Polish). 2022-01-10. Retrieved 2023-10-17.
  13. ^ a b "Wybory do Sejmu i Senatu Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej 2023". Państwowa Komisja Wyborcza (in Polish). Retrieved 2023-10-17.
  14. ^ a b "Wybory samorządowe 2024". Państwowa Komisja Wyborcza. Retrieved 2024-04-09.
  15. ^ "Rozłam Polski 2050. Oto skład nowego klubu parlamentarnego Centrum (LISTA)". Onet. 2026-02-18. Retrieved 2026-02-18.
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