Artur Dmochowski Explained

Birth Date:13 June 1959
Birth Place:Kraków
Artur Dmochowski
Nationality:Polish
Spouse:Monika Dmochowska
Children:2
Alma Mater:Jagiellonian University
Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey
Profession:Journalist, columnist, historian, diplomat
Office1:Poland Ambassador to Montenegro
Termstart1:31 August 2018
Predecessor1:Irena Tatarzyńska
1Blankname1:President
1Namedata1:Milo Đukanović
Appointer1:Andrzej Duda
Office2:Chairman of the Polish Press Agency
Termstart2:9 May 2016
Termend2:9 October 2017
Appointer2:National Media Council
Predecessor2:Jerzy Paciorkowski
Successor2:Wojciech Surmacz
Successor1:Andrzej Papierz
Termend1:31 May 2023

Artur Antoni Dmochowski[1] (born 13 June 1959 in Kraków)[2] is a Polish journalist, historian, and diplomat; ambassador to Montenegro (2018–2023) and Thailand (2023–2024).

Life

Dmochowski had started, in 1978, his studies at the AGH University of Science and Technology, Kraków. In 1986, he graduated from history at the Jagiellonian University. He has been educated also at the University of Maryland (postgraduate studies in foreign policy) and, thanks to Fulbright grant, in 1995, he gained MA from the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey, California.[3]

In 1980, he was spokesman of the Founding Committee of the AGH Independent Students’ Association. Between 1984 and 1985, he was presiding the Student Self-Government and was member of the Senate of the Jagiellonian University. During the whole 1980s he was active in the underground publishing movement; being founder and editor-in-chief of the Od Nowa and Czas Solidarności magazines. He has been arrested and detained several times.[4]

After the collapse of communism in 1989, he continued his work as an editor and journalist for, among others, Nowy Dziennik in New York, TVP3 Kraków, and Gazeta Polska. In 1993, he started his career at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He was representing Poland at the CSCE Peace Mission in Georgia (1994) and the OSCE Mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina (1996), among others. From 2000 to 2006 he was serving as a minister-counsellor at the Embassy in Rome.[5] Since 2006, he was journalist again, founding and directing the TVP Historia channel. Since 2011, Dmochowski has been editor of Gazeta Polska and Gazeta Polska Codziennie daily. In November 2015 he was back at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on a post of a spokesman. From 9 May 2016[6] to 9 October 2017[7] he was chairman of the Polish Press Agency.

On 29 August 2018, Dmochowski was nominated ambassador to Montenegro,[8] presenting his letter of credence on 6 September 2018.[9] He ended his term on 31 May 2023.[10] In June 2023 he was nominated ambassador to Thailand,[11] accredited also to Cambodia.[12] He returned from the posting in July 2024.[13]

His first wife was Elżbieta Dmochowska. His second wife is Monika Dmochowska.

Honours

Books

Notes and References

  1. Web site: ARTUR ANTONI DMOCHOWSKI ('59) - Internetowy Monitor Sądowy i Gospodarczy. www.imsig.pl. pl. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20191221102417/https://www.imsig.pl/szukaj/osoba,ARTUR_ANTONI,DMOCHOWSKI,cfea6ef9bcf . 2019-12-21 . 2019-12-21.
  2. Web site: Artur Dmochowski – Encyklopedia Solidarności. www.encysol.pl. pl. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20180726085956/http://www.encysol.pl:80/wiki/Artur_Dmochowski . 2018-07-26 . 2019-12-21.
  3. Web site: MFA Spokesperson Artur Dmochowski. 2019-12-21. msz.gov.pl. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20191221101416/https://www.msz.gov.pl/en/news/press_office/mfa_spokesperson_artur_dmochowski. 2019-12-21. 2019-12-21.
  4. Web site: Ambasador. 2019-12-21. podgorica.msz.gov.pl. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20191221092612/https://podgorica.msz.gov.pl/pl/ambasada/kierownik_placowki/. 2019-12-21. 2019-12-21.
  5. Web site: Zapis przebiegu posiedzenia Komisji Spraw Zagranicznych /nr 117/. 2018-07-18. www.sejm.gov.pl. pl. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200802131844/http://www.sejm.gov.pl/sejm8.nsf/biuletyn.xsp?documentId=1BAD0C0A66F06C85C12582D4003BC67E . 2020-08-02 . 2019-12-21.
  6. Web site: Artur Dmochowski, obecnie rzecznik MSZ, będzie prezesem PAP. 2016-04-29. Onet Wiadomości. pl. 2019-12-21. 2016-04-30. https://web.archive.org/web/20160430111916/http://wiadomosci.onet.pl/kraj/artur-dmochowski-obecnie-rzecznik-msz-bedzie-prezesem-pap/q0mjdy. dead.
  7. Web site: Artur Dmochowski zrezygnował ze stanowiska prezesa PAP. 2017-10-12. www.wirtualnemedia.pl. pl. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20171016114412/http://www.wirtualnemedia.pl:80/artykul/artur-dmochowski-zrezygnowal-ze-stanowiska-prezesa-pap-polska-agencja-prasowa . 2017-10-16 . 2019-12-21.
  8. Web site: Artur Dmochowski ambasadorem Polski w Czarnogórze. 2018-08-29. www.wirtualnemedia.pl. pl. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20190131225200/https://www.wirtualnemedia.pl/artykul/artur-dmochowski-ambasadorem-polski-w-czarnogorze . 2019-01-31 . 2019-12-21.
  9. Book: Diplomatic List. Montenegro Ministry of Foreign Affairs. November 2019. Podgorica. 89.
  10. Web site: 2023-05-15 . Postanowienie Prezydenta Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej z dnia 15 maja 2023 r. nr 110.47.2023 w sprawie odwołania Ambasadora Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej . 2023-06-15 . isap.sejm.gov.pl . pl.
  11. Web site: 2023-06-14 . Postanowienie Prezydenta Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej z dnia 14 czerwca 2023 r. nr 110.48.2023 w sprawie mianowania Ambasadora Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej . 2023-06-30 . monitorpolski.gov.pl . pl.
  12. Web site: 2023-06-14 . Postanowienie Prezydenta Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej z dnia 14 czerwca 2023 r. nr 110.49.2023 w sprawie mianowania Ambasadora Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej . 2023-06-30 . monitorpolski.gov.pl . pl.
  13. Web site: 2024-08-05 . Personel . https://web.archive.org/web/20240805154105/https://www.gov.pl/web/tajlandia/personel . 2024-08-05 . 2024-08-05 . Polska w Tajlandii - Portal Gov.pl . pl.
  14. Web site: Postanowienie nr rej. 150/2017 Prezydenta Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej z dnia 12 kwietnia 2017 r. o nadaniu orderów i odznaczeń. 2017-04-12. prawo.sejm.gov.pl. pl. 2019-12-21.
  15. Web site: Kraków: odznaczenia dla działaczy opozycji antykomunistycznej. 2016-11-08. dzieje.pl. pl. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20161109171221/http://dzieje.pl/aktualnosci/krakow-odznaczenia-dla-dzialaczy-opozycji-antykomunistycznej . 2016-11-09 . 2019-12-21.
  16. Web site: 2023-05-12 . Đukanović odlikovao Dmohovskog Ordenom crnogorske zastave . 2023-06-15 . vijesti.me . sr.

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