Rafał Dutkiewicz (born 6 July 1959, Mikstat) is a Polish politician and entrepreneur who served as the city mayor of Wrocław, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland from 2002 to 2018.

In the late 1970s and early 1980s he engaged in the organisation of the Christian Culture Weeks in Wrocław and held the chair of the Adam Mickiewicz Scholarship Association.

He also studied at the Department of Christian Philosophy of the Catholic University of Lublin, and in 1985 obtained his doctoral degree in formal logic ("Research on the Beth semantic tableaux method"[1][2]) under the supervision of Professor Ludwik Borkowski.

[4] In 2006, he successfully stood as an independent (endorsed by the PO-PIS coalition) and having secured 84.53% of Wrocław citizens votes (with 40,04% turnout) he ensured a landslide victory for himself in the first round.

As a result, the city saw the highest number of investments in its post-war history and the first European country with the Wrocław Agglomeration benefiting from over 400 thousand new jobs created by foreign and local business investors.

Prominent laureates who were awarded this prestigious prize and visited Wrocław include Tadeusz Mazowiecki, Zbigniew Brzeziński, Siergiej Kowaliow, Stanisław Szuszkiewicz, Valdas Adamkus, Leszek Balcerowicz, Tomas Venclova, Borys Gudziak, Szewach Weiss and Joachim Gauck In 2009 Dutkiewicz initiated the exhibition "Europe – It's Our History" in Wrocław Centennial Hall, co-organised with the Museum of Europe in Brussels and visited by 85 thousand guests.

One of the main purposes of Mayor Dutkiewicz's presidency - the promotion of Wrocław internationally as business-oriented metropolia, hub of innovation, science and culture - was supported by new partnerships with European cities, launched from 2002 to 2018.

With the goal of promoting democratic engagement, enabling community-driven initiatives and fostering inter-cultural dialogue the city launched the Civic Budget.

His recent engagements and contributions include: In November 2019, Dutkiewicz followed in the footsteps of Władysław Bartoszewski and Bronisław Komorowski as the third Polish speaker to deliver a speech in Bundestag.

Rafał Dutkiewicz (nie tylko) o Wrocławiu (2018)[48] -    articles in Die Welt and Gazeta Wyborcza[49] on critical analysis of Ivan Krastev and Stephan Holmes’ book ‘’Das Licht, das erlosch’’ (, Światło, które zgasło’’) -   ’’The Incredible Cosmopolitanism of Wrocław’’ in ‘’Arts & International Affairs Journal’’ (2019) Nr 4.2, Autumn 2019 [50] Dutkiewicz is fluent in German, English, and Russian.