Kazimierz Rynkowski (9 September 1933 – 10 June 2022)[1] was a Polish Communist politician who was the mayor of Gdańsk from 1981 to 1989.
Born to Bernard Rynkowski and Marianna Kowal with 8 siblings, he became a construction worker in Gdańsk after World War II.
In 1964, he graduated from Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań with a master's degree in law.
From 1970 to 1973, he was the first deputy chairman of the Municipal National Council under Jan Nikołajew.
After the establishment of post-Communist Poland, from 2002 to 2012, he was the Pomeranian Spokesperson for party discipline of the Democratic Left Alliance.