Krzysztof Żuk

Life and career

He was born in 1957 in Krasnystaw and graduated from High School No. 1 in Świdnik. He then graduated in economics from the Maria Curie-Skłodowska University (UMCS) in Lublin. Between 1990–1996, he served as Chairperson of the City Council of Świdnik. In 2005, he was appointed a member of the Economics and Management Commission of the Polish Academy of Sciences (PAN) in Lublin. Between 2007–2009, he served as Undersecretary of State in the Ministry of State Treasury. Since 2010, he has served as the Mayor of Lublin.

On 16 March 2010, he became a member of the Civic Platform political party. In 2015, he was one of the founding members of the committee supporting Bronisław Komorowski in the 2015 Polish presidential election.

In 2022, he became a recipient of the Ukrainian Medal for Supporting the Armed Forces as a recognition of his efforts in providing humanitarian aid to Ukraine amid the ongoing Russian Invasion of Ukraine. The ceremony took place in the Lublin Town Hall on 27 December. Apart from the medal, he received the Ukrainian national flag signed by the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Valerii Zaluzhnyi.