Maciej Lang | |
Term Start2: | November 2018 |
Term End2: | July 2020 |
Term Start3: | 2016 |
Term End3: | 2018 |
Predecessor4: | Mieczysław Cieniuch |
Successor4: | Jakub Kumoch |
Term Start4: | 2015 |
Term End4: | 2016 |
Predecessor5: | Jacek Kluczkowski |
Successor5: | Selim Chazbijewicz |
Term Start5: | 2009 |
Term End5: | 2012 |
Predecessor6: | Jerzy Więcław |
Successor6: | Piotr Łukasiewicz |
Birth Place: | Piotrków Trybunalski, Poland |
Nationality: | Polish |
Alma Mater: | University of Warsaw |
Profession: | Diplomat, historian |
Office1: | Poland Ambassador to Turkey |
Predecessor1: | Jakub Kumoch |
Termstart1: | 2023 |
Office2: | Poland Ambassador to Romania |
Predecessor2: | Marcin Wilczek |
Successor2: | Paweł Soloch |
Termstart2: | July 29, 2020 |
Termend2: | February 5, 2023 |
Office3: | Undersecretary of State in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
Appointer3: | Jacek Czaputowicz |
Appointer2: | Andrzej Duda |
1Blankname2: | President |
1Namedata2: | Klaus Iohannis |
Office4: | Poland Ambassador to Turkey |
Appointer4: | Andrzej Duda |
1Blankname4: | President |
1Namedata4: | Recep Tayyip Erdoğan |
Office5: | Poland Ambassador to Kazakhstan |
Appointer5: | Bronisław Komorowski |
1Blankname5: | President |
1Namedata5: | Nursultan Nazarbayev |
Office6: | Poland Ambassador to Afghanistan |
1Namedata6: | Hamid Karzai |
1Blankname6: | President |
Appointer6: | Lech Kaczyński |
Office7: | Poland Ambassador to Turkmenistan |
Termstart7: | 2007 |
Termend7: | 2009 |
Appointer7: | Lech Kaczyński |
Predecessor7: | Witold Śmidowski |
Successor7: | Stefan Radomski |
1Blankname7: | President |
1Namedata7: | Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow |
Office8: | Poland Charge d'Affairs to Greece |
Termstart8: | 2006 |
Termend8: | 2007 |
Appointer8: | Stefan Meller |
Predecessor8: | Maciej Górski |
Successor8: | Michał Klinger |
Maciej Przemysław Lang (born in 1968 in Piotrków Trybunalski) is a Polish political scientist, journalist and diplomat with a PhD in Humanities. He has served as the Ambassador of the Republic of Poland to Turkmenistan (2007–2009), Afghanistan (2009–2012), Kazakhstan (2015–2016), Turkey (2016–2018, since 2023), and Romania (2020–2023), and Undersecretary of State in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for Security, Asian Policy, American Policy, and African and Middle Eastern Policy (2018–2020).[1]
He is an expert in the areas of Central Asia, the Middle East, including Iran, and petroleum issues in the region. He is fluent in English, Persian, French, Italian, and Russian.[2]
Graduate of the Bolesław Chrobry Secondary School in Piotrków Trybunalski. In 1993 he graduated from the Faculty of Journalism and Political Science at the University of Warsaw. In 2016, he obtained a Ph.D. degree in the Faculty of Oriental Studies of the University of Warsaw,[3] presenting the thesis “The concept of state and nation in the writings of Deobandi ulema”.
In the years 1993–1997 he worked in the Department of Migration and Refugees of the Ministry of Interior and Administration. In 1997 he joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In the years 1997–2003, he was the counselor of the Embassy of the Republic of Poland in Almaty. After returning to Poland, he was a minister's advisor in the Department of Eastern Policy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. From March 2006 to January 2007, he Served at the Polish Embassy in Greece as chargé d’affaires. In 2007–2009 he was the first ambassador of the Republic of Poland in Ashgabat[4] [5] after the establishment of the branch, and from August 2009 to June 2012 he managed the Polish diplomatic mission in Kabul.[6] [7] From April 2014 to July 2015, he was the head of the regional team of observers of the OSCE in w Ukraine. In August 2015, he was appointed an extraordinary and plenipotentiary Ambassador of the Republic of Poland in Kazakhstan,[8] and in November that year also accredited as Ambassador to Kyrgyzstan.[9] In October 2016, he was appointed the Polish ambassador to Turkey.[10] On November 5, 2018, he became the Undersecretary of State in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs responsible for economic diplomacy, development cooperation, relations with Asian, African and Middle East countries.[11] In July 2020, he was nominated ambassador to Romania,[12] presenting his credentials the same month.[13] He ended his term in Bucharest on February 5, 2023 and was nominated for the second term as the ambassador to Turkey.[14]
He is the author of publications and analytical studies devoted to Central Asia and the Middle East (including ethnic and demographic problems, peace processes and conflicts, and energy issues). He cooperated, among others with the Centre for Eastern Studies. He is a co-author of publications from the scientific series "Contemporary Central Asia" prepared by the Institute of Political Sciences of the University of Warsaw.
He authored a number of publications and analyses, mainly on Central Asia and the Middle East:
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