Marek Całka Explained

Marek Całka
Order:5th
Ambassador From:Poland
Country:South Korea
Term Start:2007
Term End:2011
Predecessor:Andrzej Derlatka
Successor:Krzysztof Majka
Order2:4th
Ambassador From2:Poland
Country2:Azerbaijan
Term Start2:February 2015
Term End2:2019
Predecessor2:Michał Łabenda
Successor2:Rafał Poborski
Birth Date:2 January 1966
Birth Place:Warsaw, Poland
Nationality:Polish
Children:one
Alma Mater:University of Warsaw
Profession:Diplomat

Marek Janusz Całka (born 2 January 1966 in Warsaw, Poland) is a Polish civil servant and career diplomat serving as a Poland ambassador to South Korea (2007–2011) and Azerbaijan (2015–2019).

Life

Education

Marek Całka has graduated from history at the University of Warsaw in 1991.[1] Besides Polish, he speaks English, and Russian languages.[2]

Diplomatic career

Following his work for the Centre for Eastern Studies (1992–1993), Całka joined the Polish diplomatic service in 1993. At the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Warsaw he had been responsible mostly for the foreign policy planning, including on the position of the head of the Department of Urban Studies and Planning (1996–1998) and the Eastern Director deputy director (2010–2015). He served as counsellor at the embassies in Budapest (1999–2000) and Moscow (2000–2003). In 2006, he was an Assistant Secretary of State at Chancellery of the Prime Minister. In 2007, he became Poland Ambassador to South Korea. He ended his term in 2010.[3] In December 2014, he was appointed Poland ambassador to Azerbaijan,[4] he took the post in February 2015.[5] He has been accredited also to Turkmenistan.[6] Całka ended his term in 2019.[7] That year he became director of the Department of Economic Cooperation.[8]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Zapis przebiegu posiedzenia Komisji Spraw Zagranicznych. 2006-09-08. www.sejm.gov.pl. pl. 2019-05-17.
  2. Web site: Zapis przebiegu posiedzenia Komisji Spraw Zagranicznych. 2014-08-27. orka.sejm.gov.pl. pl. 2019-05-17.
  3. Web site: Ambassador. baku.msz.gov.pl. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20190517220311/https://baku.msz.gov.pl/en/embassy/ambassador/. 2019-05-17. 2019-05-16.
  4. Web site: Nominacje dla nowych ambasadorów RP. 2014-12-01. www.msz.gov.pl. pl. 2019-05-16.
  5. Web site: Azərbaycan Prezidentinin Rəsmi internet səhifəsi - XƏBƏRLƏR » Qəbullar. 2015-02-25. president.az. az. 2019-05-16.
  6. Web site: The Issues of Strengthening Turkmen-Polish Cooperation Have Been Discussed at the MFA of Turkmenistan. 2018-12-10. austria.tmembassy.gov.tm. en. 2019-05-16.
  7. Web site: Poprzedni Ambasadorowie. baku.msz.gov.pl. pl. 2019-10-02.
  8. Web site: Organigram funkcjonalny Ministerstwa Spraw Zagranicznych. 2019-10-01. gov.pl/dyplomacja. pl. 2019-10-03.