Adam Kułach Explained

Alma Mater:Moscow State Institute of International Relations
Nationality:Polish
Successor2:Michele Cervone
Birth Date:10 January 1965
Birth Place:Lubliniec, Poland
Death Place:Katowice, Poland
Profession:Diplomat
Predecessor2:Luigi Narbone
Term Start:2004
Order:2nd
Ambassador From:Poland
Country:Saudi Arabia
Term End:2010
Predecessor:Krzysztof Płomiński
Successor:Witold Śmidowski
Adam Kułach
Order2:2nd
Ambassador From2:European Union
Country2:Saudi Arabia
Term Start2:October 2012
Term End2:September 2016
Ambassador From3:European Union
Country3:Djibouti
Term Start3:October 2016
Term End3:2020
Predecessor3:Joseph Silva
Successor3:Aidan O'Hara
Resting Place:Northern Communal Cemetery, Warsaw
Parents:Władysław, Józefa

Adam Jarosław Kułach (10 January 1965 – 1 September 2022)[1] [2] was a Polish diplomat; ambassador of Poland to Saudi Arabia (2004–2010) and ambassador of the European Union to Saudi Arabia (2012–2016) and Djibouti (2016–2020).

Life

Kułach was born in Lubliniec, and grew up in Sosnowiec. He graduated from political sciences at the Moscow State Institute of International Relations, Faculty of Oriental Studies (1991). He studied also at the Polish Institute of International Affairs (Foreign Service Post-Graduate Studies, 1992), and University of Warsaw (Post-Graduate Studies in Law & Economy of European Communities, 1992; Post-Graduate Management Studies, 2001).[3]

In 1992, he joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Poland. He was junior desk officer for Iraq, Kuwait, and Saudi Arabia at the Department of Africa, Asia, Australia & South Sea Islands. From 1993 to 1999 he was Second and then First Secretary as well as Consul at the Embassy of Poland in Tripoli. For next four years he held the post of desk officer for Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, reaching the rank of Minister-counselor. In 2000 he became member of the Polish civil service.[4] Between 2004 and 2010 he served as the ambassador of the Republic of Poland to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Since 2005 he was accredited to the Sultanate of Oman, and, since 2009, the Republic of Yemen, as well. He returned to the MFA, being responsible for relations with Arab countries and Iran as deputy director of the Department of Africa and the Middle East; since February 2012 he was director of the Department. In August 2011 he became also Plenipotentiary of the Minister for North Africa.[5] From October 2012 to September 2016 he was in Saudi Arabia, this time as an ambassador of the European Union, accredited also to Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, and since 2016 the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation.[6] In 2016, he ended his term and was nominated EU ambassador to Djibouti and the Intergovernmental Authority on Development.[7] He ended his term in 2020.

In 2013, he received Knight's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta for creating Polish policy towards the Middle East after the Arab Spring.[8]

Besides Polish, Kułach was speaking English, Russian, Arabic, and French.

He rested on the Northern Communal Cemetery, Warsaw.[9]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Rocznik Polskiej Polityki Zagranicznej . . 2004 . Wizimirska . Barbara . Warszawa . 311 . pl . 1230-4794.
  2. Web site: 3 September 2022 . Ambasador Adam Kułach wspomina Witold Jurasz Pressmania . https://web.archive.org/web/20220903150808/http://pressmania.pl/ambasador-adam-kulach-wspomina-witold-jurasz/ . 3 September 2022 . 4 September 2022 . pressmania.pl . pl.
  3. Web site: CV Adam Kulach EN. 2012. eeas.europa.eu. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20190106153226/https://eeas.europa.eu/sites/eeas/files/cv-adam-kulach_en.pdf. 6 January 2019. 18 January 2020.
  4. Web site: Protokół posiedzenia Komisji Spraw Zagranicznych /nr 142/. 18 December 2003. orka.sejm.gov.pl. pl. 17 January 2020.
  5. Web site: Jan Tombiński i Adam Kułach polskimi ambasadorami w dyplomacji Unii Europejskiej. 16 May 2012. www.msz.gov.pl. pl. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20121102161731/http://www.msz.gov.pl:80/pl/aktualnosci/wiadomosci/jan_tombinski_i_adam_kulach_polskimi_ambasadorami_w_dyplomacji_ue . 2 November 2012 . 17 January 2020.
  6. Web site: Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC). 8 August 2016. EEAS - European External Action Service - European Commission. en. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20180930083930/https://eeas.europa.eu/delegations/iraq/7932/organisation-islamic-cooperation-oic_en . 30 September 2018 . 17 January 2020.
  7. Web site: Contacts. EEAS - European External Action Service - European Commission. en. 17 January 2020.
  8. Web site: Osoby odznaczone i wyróżnione podczas Dnia Służby Zagranicznej 2013. 15 November 2013. www.msz.gov.pl. pl. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20140515004050/http://www.msz.gov.pl/pl/aktualnosci/wiadomosci/osoby_odznaczone_i_wyroznione_podczas_dnia_sluzby_zagranicznej_2013 . 15 May 2014 . 17 January 2020.
  9. Web site: Wyszukiwarka cmentarna --- Warszawskie cmentarze . 2022-09-10 . www.cmentarzekomunalne.com.pl . pl.