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In July 2008, before commencing the 5th Congress of Mathematics in Amsterdam, a decision was made to hold the next congress in Kraków. In a secret ballot Kraków defeated Vienna and Prague. The Polish side was represented by the late Prof. dr hab. Andrzej Pelczar (a former Rector of the Jagiellonian University), Prof. dr hab. Piotr Tworzewski and Dr Krzysztof Deszyński. The right to organize the next congress given to the Jagiellonian University and the Polish Mathematical Society was a reflection of the high esteem for Polish mathematics and the attractiveness of Poland and the city of Kraków.