Elżbieta Jolanta Rogala-Kończak (19 November 1952 –23 February 2024) was a Polish politician and engineer. She served as mayor of Rumia from 2002 to 2014,running on behalf of local committees.
Rogala-Kończak graduated from the I Liceum Ogólnokształcące im. Mikołaja Kopernika w Gdańsku,then studied in electronics at the Gdańsk University of Technology. She worked at the Dior radio plant in Wałbrzych,then as a programmer at her alma mater. She ran her own business and was also employed by,among others,as an inspector at the Social Insurance Institution and a manager in a leasing fund. [1]
Rogala-Kończak was an activist of the Freedom Union. In the 2001 elections,she unsuccessfully ran for a parliamentary seat from the party's list. [2] In the 2002 local elections,she was elected mayor of Rumia,defeating Jan Klawiter,who was running for re-election. [3] She retained this position also in the 2006 elections. [4] In the 2010 elections,she secured election for a third term,running with the support of Civic Platform (PO) [5] and winning for the first time in the first round. [6] In the 2014 elections,in the second round,with 34.7% of the votes,she lost to MichałPasieczny from PO. [7]
Rogala-Kończak was married and had two sons. [1] In 2004,she was awarded the Golden Cross of Merit. [8] She died on 23 February 2024,at the age of 71. [9]
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