Marek Ziółkowski Explained

Marek Ziółkowski
Term Start:2017
Term End:2019
Predecessor:Jacek Najder
Successor:Tomasz Szatkowski
Predecessor2:Anna Grupińska
Successor2:Jacek Bazański
Predecessor3:Jerzy Bahr
Successor3:Jacek Kluczkowski
Birth Place:Kętrzyn, Poland
Nationality:Polish
Children:two
Alma Mater:University of Warsaw
Profession:Diplomat
Office:Poland Ambassador to NATO
1Blankname:Secretary General
1Namedata:Jens Stoltenberg
Appointer:Andrzej Duda
Office1:Undersecretary of State in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Appointer1:Beata Szydło
Termstart1:2015
Termend1:2017
Office2:Poland Ambassador to Kenya
Termstart2:2012
Termend2:2015
Appointer2:Bronisław Komorowski
1Namedata2:Mwai Kibaki
Uhuru Kenyatta
1Blankname2:President
Office3:Poland Ambassador to Ukraine
Appointer3:Aleksander Kwaśniewski
1Blankname3:President
1Namedata3:Leonid Kuchma
Viktor Yushchenko
Termstart3:2001
Termend3:2005
Office4:Poland Chargé d'Affaires to Belarus
Termstart4:1995
Termend4:1996
Predecessor4:Elżbieta Smułkowa
Successor4:Ewa Spychalska
Appointer4:Władysław Bartoszewski
1Blankname4:President
1Namedata4:Alexander Lukashenko

Marek Ziółkowski (born 1955 in Kętrzyn) is a Polish diplomat, ambassador of Poland to Ukraine (2001–2005), Kenya (2012–2015), and NATO (2017–2019).

Life

Marek Ziółkowski has graduated from philosophy at the University of Warsaw. He was working in the tourism industry.

In 1991, he joined the diplomatic service. He was deputy head of the Polish Consulate-General and Embassy in Mińsk until 1996. From 1997 to 2001 he was the deputy director and director of the Department of Eastern Europe at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He served as an ambassador to Ukraine (2001–2005). From 2006 to 2008 he was the deputy director of the Security Policy Department, and then the director of the MFA Department of Development Cooperation (2008–2011).[1] Later, he was Poland ambassador to Kenya, responsible also for the relations with UN-HABITAT, Burundi, Comoros, Madagascar, Mauritius, Rwanda, Somalia, Seychelles, Tanzania and Uganda (2012–2015).[2] In December 2015 he was appointed Undersecretary of State for Eastern and Security Policy at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.[3] In May 2017, the President of the Republic of Poland appointed him as Permanent Representative of Poland to NATO.[4] He ended his term on 31 March 2019.[5] Since 2021 retired.

In regards to personal life, Ziółkowski is married and has two children.[6]

Awards

Works

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Protokół posiedzenia Komisji Spraw Zagranicznych /nr 8/. 2012-01-26. orka.sejm.gov.pl. pl. 2019-03-24.
  2. Web site: Ambasada Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej w Republice Kenii. https://web.archive.org/web/20151006101346/http://www.nairobi.msz.gov.pl/pl/ambasada/. dead. 2015-10-06. 2015-10-06. nairobi.msz.gov.pl. pl. 2019-03-24.
  3. Web site: Marek Ziółkowski podsekretarzem stanu w MSZ. 2015-12-22. www.msz.gov.pl. pl. 2019-03-24.
  4. Web site: Postanowienie Prezydenta Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej z dnia 17 maja 2017 r. nr 110.14.2017 w sprawie mianowania Ambasadora Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej. 2017-05-17. prawo.sejm.gov.pl. pl. 2019-03-24.
  5. Web site: Polska bez ambasadora przy NATO. Kto będzie następcą? - Defence24. Lesiecki. Rafał. 2019-03-29. www.defence24.pl. pl. 2019-04-05.
  6. Web site: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary - Permanent Representative of the Republic of Poland to NATO. brusselsnato.mfa.gov.pl. en. 2019-03-24.
  7. Web site: Ordery i odznaczenia z okazji Dnia Służby Zagranicznej. https://archive.today/20120910102902/http://www.prezydent.pl/aktualnosci/ordery-i-odznaczenia/art,1034,ordery-i-odznaczenia-z-okazji-dnia-sluzby-zagranicznej.html. dead. 2012-09-10. 2011-11-16. prezydent.pl. pl. 2019-03-24.
  8. Web site: Указ Президента України № 1178/2005 - Офіційне представництво Президента України. https://web.archive.org/web/20140709203952/http://president.gov.ua/documents/3083.html. dead. 2014-07-09. 2014-07-09. uk. 2019-03-24.