Paweł Adamowicz

Paweł Bogdan Adamowicz (, 2 November 1965 – 14 January 2019) was a Polish politician and lawyer. He was the mayor of the city of Gdańsk from 1998 until his assassination in 2019. He was born in Gdańsk. Adamowicz was a member of the Civic Platform party.

On 13 January 2019, Adamowicz was stabbed in the heart on stage at a charity event in Gdańsk and was taken to hospital in critical condition. He died the next day at the hospital at the age of 53. The assault was captured on video.