Jakub Sławek Explained

Jakub Sławek
Honorific-Suffix:Ph.D.
Order:7th
Ambassador From:Poland
Country:the United Arab Emirates
Term Start:2022
Term End:2024
Successor:Robert Rostek
Nationality:Polish
Spouse:Beata Sławek
Children:3
Alma Mater:Jagiellonian University
Profession:Diplomat, Arabist
Parents:Ewa, Tadeusz

Jakub Kacper Sławek (born 1976[1]) is a Polish diplomat, from 2020 to 2022 chargé d'affaires and from 2022 to 2024 ambassador of the Republic of Poland to the United Arab Emirates.

Life

Jakub Sławek graduated from Arabic studies at the Institute of Oriental Philology of the Jagiellonian University (2002).[2] He also studied at Collegium Civitas in Warsaw, Paris and Damascus.[3] In 2004 he became a sworn translator of the Arabic language.[4] In 2008, at the Faculty of Oriental Studies at the University of Warsaw, he obtained a PhD in literary studies on the basis of the dissertation Tribalism and Text in the Culture of Yemen (doctoral advisor – Marek Dziekan).[5]

In 2002 he started working at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He stayed at posts in Sanaa, Yemen (until 2006), Algiers, Algeria (from September 2007), and Riyadh, Saudi Arabia as the deputy head of the mission and the Consul of the Republic of Poland (from June 2012).[6] In December 2017, he became deputy ambassador to Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. On 1 October 2020, he took the position of chargé d'affaires ad interim there.[7] On 16 November 2021, he was appointed ambassador to the .[8] He took the post on 11 March 2022. He ended his mission in July 2024.

In 2024, he received from the President of the UAE Zayed al-Nahayan First-Class Medal of Independence.[9]

Personal life

Son of Ewa and Tadeusz Sławek. Married to Beata Sławek, father of three children.

Apart from Polish and Arabic, he speaks English, French, Italian and Russian.

Works

Translations

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2021-12-21 . Jakub Sławek Wszystkie książki, wywiady, artykuły . 2022-03-28 . Lubimyczytać.pl . pl . 2021-12-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211221210916/https://lubimyczytac.pl/autor/60453/jakub-slawek . bot: unknown .
  2. Web site: 2022-03-24 . Ambassador . 2022-03-28 . Poland in the UAE - Gov.pl website . https://web.archive.org/web/20220324183517/https://www.gov.pl/web/uae/ambassador-- . 24 March 2022 . dead.
  3. Web site: 2017-07-08 . Absolwenci, Uniwersytet Jagielloński . 2022-03-28 . Exporter.pl . pl . https://web.archive.org/web/20170708015510/http://www.exporter.pl/bazy/dyplomy/1250.php . 8 July 2017 . dead.
  4. Web site: Lista tłumaczy przysięgłych / Tłumacze przysięgli / Rejestry i ewidencje / Biuletyn Informacji Publicznej . 2022-03-28 . arch-bip.ms.gov.pl . pl.
  5. Web site: dr Jakub Sławek . 2022-03-28 . nauka-polska.pl . pl.
  6. Web site: Personel . https://web.archive.org/web/20150830142803/http://rijad.msz.gov.pl/pl/o_ambasadzie/personel/ . 2015-08-30 . 2022-03-28 . rijad.msz.gov.pl . pl.
  7. Web site: 2021-09-28 . Zapis przebiegu posiedzenia Komisji Spraw Zagranicznych /nr 62/ . 2022-03-28 . sejm.gov.pl . pl . https://web.archive.org/web/20211203001100/https://www.sejm.gov.pl/sejm9.nsf/biuletyn.xsp?documentId=6C654B6CD59DF23FC125876C00431719 . 3 December 2021 . dead.
  8. Web site: 2021-11-16 . Postanowienie Prezydenta Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej z dnia 16 listopada 2021 r. nr 110.28.2021 w sprawie mianowania Ambasadora Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej . 2022-03-28 . isap.sejm.gov.pl . pl.
  9. Web site: 2024-08-13 . UAE President confers First-Class Medal of Independence on Ambassador of Poland - Aletihad News Center . 2024-08-13 . web.archive.org.