Jan Radtke

Jan Radtke (; 9/10 February 1872 – 22 December 1958) was a politician, who served as the mayor (sołtys) of Gdynia, and the mayor (wójt) of the municipality of Chylonia, from 1919 to 1926.

Biography Jan Radtke was born on either 9 or 10 February 1872, in the village of Dębogórze, then located in the West Prussia, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire, and currently, within the Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland. The exact date of his birth remains contested. The documentation from his baptism lists the date as 9 February. However, Radtke himself listed the date as 10 February. It is possible that he intentionally listed this date instead, as it was the date on which the Poland's Wedding to the Sea ceremony was held in 1920.

Following his graduation from the school of agriculture in Sopot, and finishing an internship in the Neustadt District Hall in Wejherowo, he began working as an administrator of a small landed property in West Prussia. In 1910, he moved to Gdynia, where in 1912, he built a summer vacation pension guest house.

In 1926, he was chosen to be the deputy mayor of Gdynia. However, he was not approved in the position by the voivode of the Pomeranian Voivodeship, due to concerns of potential nepotism, as he was closely related to two members of the city council. Instead, he became a councillor. He was member of the National Democracy party.

Orders and decorations Silver Cross of Merit (7 February 1930)