Artur Michalski Explained

Artur Michalski
Term Start:15 May 2018
Term End:31 August 2023
Predecessor:Konrad Pawlik
Predecessor2:Bogumił Luft
Successor2:Bartłomiej Zdaniuk
Birth Date:5 May 1962
Birth Place:Warsaw, Poland
Nationality:Polish
Alma Mater:Warsaw Theological Academy
Profession:Diplomat, journalist
Office:Poland Ambassador to Belarus
Office1:Poland Ambassador to Moldova
1Namedata:Alexander Lukashenko
1Blankname:President
Appointer:Andrzej Duda
Appointer1:Bronisław Komorowski
1Namedata1:Nicolae Timofti
Igor Dodon
1Blankname1:President
Termstart1:2012
Termend1:2017

Artur Antoni Michalski (born 5 May 1962, in Warsaw) is a Polish diplomat and journalist; an ambassador to Moldova (2012–2017) and Belarus (2018–2023).

Life

Michalski has graduated from philosophy at the Warsaw Theological Academy. In 1987, he started his professional career at "Ład" ("Order") weekly, as a journalist. He was covering democratic processes in Central and Eastern Europe.[1]

In 1990, he joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Poland. Between 1991 and 1996 he was press officer at the embassy in Moscow, with a rank of Second and First Secretary. In 1996, he has been heading the Russian Unit at the Centre for Eastern Studies, Warsaw. In 1997, he became head of analogical unit at the MFA. From 2000 to 2004 he was press officer at the embassy in Washington. Following his work at the Department of the Americas (2004–2006),[2] he was serving as a deputy ambassador in Ottawa, Canada.[3] In 2010, he returned to the MFA, Eastern Department. From 2011, as its director. In 2012, he was nominated Poland ambassador to Moldova, ending his term in 2017. For the next year, he was director of the Eastern Department again. On 15 May 2018 he was nominated Polish ambassador to Belarus. He arrived to Minsk on 12 June 2018,[4] and in two weeks presented his letter of credence to the President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko.[5] On 5 October 2023, due to deterioration of Polish-Belarusian relations, Michalski returned to Warsaw. Officially though, he ended his term as ambassador on 31 August 2023.[6]

Besides Polish, Michalski speaks fluently English and Russian. He has also communicative knowledge of Romanian language.

Works

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Zapis przebiegu posiedzenia Komisji Spraw Zagranicznych /nr 108/. 2018-05-09. www.sejm.gov.pl. pl. live. 2019-09-29. https://web.archive.org/web/20191208120509/http://www.sejm.gov.pl/sejm8.nsf/biuletyn.xsp?documentId=759D5412A3795A28C12582940046211B . 2019-12-08 .
  2. Web site: Ambasador Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej na Białorusi. minsk.msz.gov.pl. pl. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20190929214701/https://minsk.msz.gov.pl/pl/ambasada/ambasador/. 2019-09-29. 2019-09-29.
  3. Book: Diplomatic, Consular& Other Representatives in Canada. Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada / Affaires étrangères et Commerce international Canada. 2009. Ottawa. 104.
  4. Book: Дыпламатычны даведнікдипломатический справочник. Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic Of Belarus. August 2018. Minsk. 17. be.
  5. Web site: Лукашенко принял верительные грамоты послов зарубежных государств. 2018-06-26. www.belta.by. be. live. 2019-09-29. https://web.archive.org/web/20190929220055/https://www.belta.by/special/president/view/lukashenko-prinjal-veritelnye-gramoty-poslov-zarubezhnyh-gosudarstv-308299-2018/ . 2019-09-29 .
  6. Web site: Monitor Polski 2023 r. poz. 940 . 2023-09-07 . monitorpolski.gov.pl.