List of city mayors of Gdańsk

This article lists the people holding the office of president of Gdańsk (Polish: prezydent miasta Gdańska) from 1945 to the present day (or holders of the equivalent offices), as well as the historical offices of mayor of Danzig (German: Bürgermeister von Danzig) in the State of the Teutonic Order (1308–1454), city mayor of Danzig (German: Oberbürgermeister von 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.

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