Edmund Runowicz

Edmund Kazimierz Runowicz (born 17 January 1953) is a retired engineer, politician and government official. He was a mayor of Szczecin, Poland from 2001 to 2002.

Biography
Edmund Runowicz was born on 17 January 1953 in Szczecin, Poland. In 1978 he had graduated from the Faculty of the Engineering and Economics of the Szczecin University of Technology with the master engineer's degree in transportation.

From 1978 to 1980, he worked in the Szczecin Shipyard. He was a commander of the Szczecin division of the Polish Scouting and Guiding Association from 1980 to 1986, and its deputy chief from 1986 to 1989.

Runowicz was a deputy mayor of social matters of Szczecin from 1988 to 1990. On 12 September 1994, the city council appointed him as the city secretary, and on 29 May 2001, as the mayor. He was in the office until 21 November 2002. He run for the relection in the 2002 local election, as a nonpartisan candidate, supported by the electoral committee of the Democratic Left Alliance and the Labour Union. In the first turn, he had received 23.8% of votes (24 199 votes), moving to the second turn where he lost against Marian Jurczyk, receiving 46.57% of votes (47 049 votes).

In 2003, he became a deputy chairperson of the Szczecin-based petrol company Ship-Service.