Anna Pieńkosz Explained

Anna Pieńkosz
Ambassador From:Poland
Country:Cuba
Term Start:12 March 2015
Term End:15 November 2020
Predecessor:Małgorzata Galińska-Tomaszewska
Successor:Joanna Kozińska-Frybes
Birth Date:30 December 1976
Birth Place:Warsaw
Nationality:Polish
Alma Mater:University of Silesia in Katowice
Maria Curie-Skłodowska University
Profession:Diplomat

Anna Pieńkosz (born 30 December 1976 in Warsaw) is a Polish civil servant and diplomat, serving as an ambassador to Cuba (2015–2020).

Life

Pieńkosz has graduated from political science at the University of Silesia in Katowice, as well as romance studies at the Maria Curie-Skłodowska University. She was studying also at the Polish Diplomatic Academy.

In 2002, she joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. From 2004 at the Department of the Americas as desk officer for relations with Mercosur. Between 2006 and 2010 she was working at the embassy in Caracas, Venezuela, for a year being in charge of as chargé d’affaires. From 2010 to 2012 she was heading political-economic unit in Havana, Cuba. Since 2012 back at the Department of the Americas, responsible for relations between European Union with Latin America and the Caribbean.[1]

In January 2015 Pieńkosz was nominated Poland ambassador to Cuba.[2] She entered the office on 12 March 2015,[3] and presented her credentials within two weeks.[4] She ended her term on 15 November 2020.

Besides Polish, Pieńkosz speaks English and Spanish, and French languages.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Zapis przebiegu posiedzenia Komisji Spraw Zagranicznych /nr 151/. 22 October 2014. www.sejm.gov.pl. pl. 2019-09-10.
  2. Web site: MSZ: Anna Pieńkosz nowym Ambasadorem RP w Republice Kuby (komunikat). centrumprasowe.pap.pl. pl. 2019-09-09.
  3. Web site: Ambasador. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20170809042025/http://www.msz.gov.pl/pl/aktualnosci/wiadomosci/anna_pienkosz_nowym_ambasadorem_rp_w_republice_kuby. 2017-08-09. 2019-09-09. hawana.msz.gov.pl. pl.
  4. Web site: Precedencia de los jefes de misión. Embajadores extraordinarios y plenipotenciarios residentes. 2018. minrex.gob.cu. 119. es. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20190221090046/http://www.minrex.gob.cu/sites/default/files/2018-12/Listado%20del%20Cuerpo%20Diplom%C3%A1tico%20acreditado%20en%20Cuba.pdf . 2019-02-21 .