Magdalena Czarzyńska-Jachim (born 22 September 1972) is a Polish politician who, since 2023, has been serving as mayor ofSopot. Prior to 2024, she was the city's acting mayor. She filled the role of deputy mayor from 2019 to 2023 and was aspokeswoman for the city before assuming that role. She is the founder and chairwoman of the association Sopot dla Ciebie.[1][2]
In 2006, she became a spokeswoman for the city of Sopot, prior to which she had been a journalist forDziennik Bałtycki. From 2010 to 2019, she headed the city's Office for Promotion and Social Communication. In 2019, after the resignation of the previous deputy mayor of Sopot, Joanna Cichocka-Gula, mayorJacek Karnowski appointed her the new deputy mayor; she assumed the role on 4 November 2019.[4][5]
She oversaw social policy, education, healthcare, communication with citizens, promotion, and tourism. She also superintended theSopot Hippodrome [pl], theForest Opera, the beaches, and theSopot Pier, among other buildings and institutions.[6][7][8][9][10][11]
Since the beginning of theRussian invasion of Ukraine, Czarzyńska-Jachim has been heavily involved in providing aid for those affected by the war.[19][20] In August 2023, she announced her candidacy for the2024 Polish local elections to formally become mayor of Sopot, having been acting mayor up to that point.[21] She won in the first round, receiving 59.27% of the vote.[22][23] She was inaugurated on 7 May 2024, officially becoming the first woman to be mayor of Sopot.[24]
In 2024, she received theCross of the Home Army for her efforts to spread knowledge of the wartime and post-war fates ofHome Army soldiers.[25] She was given the Power of Women Award in 2023 by the 57th Battalion of theArmed Forces of Ukraine for her support for the troops.[26]
