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.
Biography
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 Michał Pasieczny from PO.[7]
Personal life and death
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]
