Henryk Zakrzewski

Henryk Zakrzewski (; 22 May 1897 – 1973) was a politician, and local and social activist. He was a mayor of Gdynia, Poland, from 1945 to 1950, and a member of the Legislative Sejm from 1947 to 1952. Zakrzewski was a member of the Polish Socialist Party, and the Polish United Workers' Party.

Biography Henryk Zakrzewski was born on 22 May 1897. He moved to Gdynia, Poland in the 1920s, and from 1922, he was a member of the Polish Socialist Party. In 1928 he was one of the founders of the Gdynia Housing Association, and in 1937, became the chairperson of the Second Gdynia Housing Association. In 1938, he became a regional chairperson of the Worker's University Association in Gdynia.

In 1945, Zakrzewski was appointed by the Ministry of Public Administration as the mayor of Gdynia, and remained in the office until 1950. From 4 February 1947 to 4 August 1952, he was a member of the Legislative Sejm. He was elected as a member of the Polish Socialist Party (as part of the Democratic Bloc coalition), which in 1948 was incorporated into the Polish United Workers' Party. While in the office, he was also the member of the parliamentary Commission of the Sea and International Trade.

Zakrzewski died in 1973.

From 1987 to 1991, a street in Gdynia was named after him. Currently it is called Franciszka Sokoła Street.