Konrad Fijołek was born in 1976 in Rzeszów. He is a graduate of the Pedagogical University in Rzeszów and Apsley Business School of London.
In the years 1998 - 2021 he served as a councilor of the city of Rzeszów. In 2006–2010, he was the chairman of Rzeszów City Council, and since 2010, the vice-chairman of the Council. Since June 21 2021 he has been the Mayor of the City of Rzeszów.
Konrad Fijołek has been involved in the management of the refugee crisis since February 24. Together with the municipal staff and citizens of Rzeszów he provided support to refugees in many different aspects. Rzeszów, as the first large city near the border with Ukraine has been heavily affected by the war in Ukraine. In the peak of the crisis the city which is normally inhanbited by 200 000 people, hosted 100 000 refugees. All of them were provided with proper support. In appreciation of the city’s and its citizens’ involvement Rzeszów became the first city of the world to be granted the Rescuer City title by the President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky.
The support has not ceased, now it focuses on integration processes and winterisation.
Apart from the crisis management regarding the war in Ukraine, the Mayor has been very actively involved in the matters concerning involving citizens in the process of management of the city, including Urban Lab, urban app Rzeszów is Us (information and intervention), participatory budget, advisory councils (youth, senior citizens, women, economic, sport, culture, students). His focus has always been the improvement of the quality of life in Rzeszów and that is why the city joined the Net Zero Mission conducted by the European Commission. A variety of activities has been and is being implemented in this respect, with emphasis put on mobility, energy and digitalization.