Grażyna Bernatowicz Explained

Grażyna Bernatowicz
Birth Date:12 March 1946
Birth Place:Warsaw, Poland
Nationality:Polish
Office:Poland ambassador to the Czech Republic
Term Start:2013
Term End:2017
Predecessor:Jan Pastwa (pl)
Successor:Barbara Ćwioro
Office2:Undersecretary of State at the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Term Start2:2007
Term End2:2013
Office3:Poland Ambassador to Spain
Term Start3:2002
Term End3:2007
Predecessor3:Jerzy Maria Nowak (pl)
Successor3:Ryszard Schnepf
Office4:Undersecretary of State at the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Term Start4:2000
Term End4:2002

Grażyna Maria Bernatowicz (born 12 March 1946 in Warsaw) is a Polish diplomat and political scientist. She was the Undersecretary of State at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Poland from 2000 to 2002, and again from 2007 to 2013. She has been the Polish ambassador to Spain and Andorra (2002–2007), and to the Czech Republic (2013–2017).

Life and career

In 1968, Bernatowicz graduated from the Faculty of Law at the University of Warsaw. In 1975 she obtained a doctoral degree in law there, with a doctoral dissertation entitled Wewnętrznych i zewnętrznych uwarunkowań polityki zagranicznej Hiszpanii (Internal and external determinants of Spanish foreign policy).[1] In 1992, she was awarded a Habilitation in humanities with a specialization in political science.[1]

After obtaining her doctoral dissertation, Bernatowicz became a professor in the Faculty of Law of the Polish Institute of International Affairs.[1] In 1995, she became a professor at the Helena Chodkowska University (pl).[1]

Beginning in 1993, Bernatowicz joined the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs.[1] There she first worked as an advisor to the minister and deputy director of the Strategic Research Department, and in 1998 became a coordinator of issues related to European integration.[1] From 2000 to 2002, she was the Undersecretary of State in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.[1]

In April 2002, Bernatowicz was appointed by the President of Poland to be Ambassador to Spain and Andorra.[1] She served in this role until 2007, when she was re-appointed to the office of the Undersecretary of State at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.[1]

In 2013, Bernatowicz was appointed Poland's ambassador to the Czech Republic,[2] and retired in 2017.[3]

Selected Awards and Honours

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Podsekretarz Stanu Grażyna Maria Bernatowicz . pl . Government of Poland . 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120508181453/http://www.msz.gov.pl/Podsekretarz,Stanu,Grazyna,Maria,Bernatowicz,13377.html . 10 August 2020. 8 May 2012 .
  2. Web site: M.P. 2013 poz. 701 . pl . Government of Poland . 2013 . 10 August 2020.
  3. Web site: M.P. 2017 poz. 1170 . pl . Government of Poland . 2017 . 10 August 2020.
  4. Web site: Diário da República, 2.ª série — N.º 40 — 26 de Fevereiro de 2009 . Government of Portugal . 2009 . pt . 10 August 2020.
  5. Web site: Tartalomjegyzék . hu . Government of Hungary . 10 August 2020.
  6. Web site: Gazzetta tal-Gvern ta' Malta . mt . Government of Malta . 2010 . 10 August 2020.
  7. Web site: Bulletin Officiel de la Principauté . fr . Government of Monaco . 10 August 2020.
  8. Web site: Hoffsjefens sammendrag . no . Government of Norway . 2012 . 10 August 2020.
  9. Web site: Odznaczenia z okazji Święta Narodowego 3 Maja . pl . Government of Poland . 3 May 2013 . 10 August 2020 . 5 July 2013 . https://archive.today/20130705193014/http://www.prezydent.pl/aktualnosci/ordery-i-odznaczenia/art,1208,odznaczenia-z-okazji-swieta-narodowego-3-maja.html . dead .