Iwo Byczewski Explained

Successor2:Sławomir Czarlewski
Nationality:Polish
Spouse:Anna Nehrebecka
Birth Date:29 February 1948
Alma Mater:Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań
Profession:Diplomat, jurist
Birth Place:Poznań
Predecessor2:Jan Wojciech Piekarski
Term Start:2001
Order:3rd
Ambassador From:Poland
Country:the European Union
Term End:2002
Predecessor:Jan Truszczyński
Successor:Marek Grela
Iwo Byczewski
Ambassador From2:Poland
Country2:Belgium
Term Start2:2002
Term End2:2006
Ambassador From3:Poland
Country3:Tunisia
Term Start3:2012
Term End3:2016
Predecessor3:Krzysztof Olendzki
Successor3:Lidia Milka-Wieczorkiewicz
Honorific-Suffix:Ph.D.

Iwo Byczewski (born 29 February 1948, in Poznań) is a Polish diplomat. He served as Deputy Foreign Minister (1991–1995), Ambassador to Belgium and Permanent Representative to the European Union.

Life

He is a law graduate from the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań and studied at the College of Europe (1971–1972, Dante Alighieri promotion) in Bruges.[1] He has a doctorate from the Institute of State and Law of the Polish Academy of Sciences in 1972. Between 1977 and 1982 he was working for the Ministry of Justice. He has been Solidarity member. As active dissident he was taking part in Polish Round Table Agreement negotiations.

He joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1990 when Poland became independent, serving as vice minister from 1991 to 1995. Then, he worked in business since the mid 90s. In 2001, he was appointed Permanent Representative of Poland to the European Union. From 2002 to 2007, he served as Ambassador to Belgium.[2] From 2012 to 2016 Byczewski served as Ambassador to Tunisia.[3] [4]

He is married to Anna Nehrebecka.

Honours

Notes and References

  1. [Dieter Mahncke]
  2. Web site: Encyklopedia Solidarności. www.encysol.pl. pl. 2020-04-26.
  3. Web site: Ambasador. https://archive.today/20151216221659/http://www.msz.gov.pl/pl/p/tunis_tn_a_pl/ambasada/ambasador/. dead. 2015-12-16. 2015-12-16. archive.is. 2019-02-27.
  4. Web site: Postanowienie nr 110.10.2016 Prezydenta Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej z dnia 2 czerwca 2016 r. w sprawie odwołania Ambasadora Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej. prawo.sejm.gov.pl. 2019-02-27.
  5. Web site: Postanowienie Prezydenta Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej z dnia 3 lutego 1995 r. o nadaniu orderu.. 1995-02-03. prawo.sejm.gov.pl. pl. 2020-04-26.
  6. Web site: Postanowienie Prezydenta Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej z dnia 14 września 2009 r. o nadaniu orderów i odznaczeń. 2009-09-14. prawo.sejm.gov.pl. pl. 2020-04-26.