Monika Zuchniak-Pazdan Explained
Monika Aleksandra Zuchniak-Pazdan (born 1 July 1974, in Nowy Sącz) is a Polish diplomat; an ambassador to Albania (since 2021).
Life
Monika Zuchniak-Pazdan attended high school in Nowy Sącz. She graduated from marketing (1999) and international relations and diplomacy (2001) at Wyższa Szkoła Biznesu – National-Louis University.[1]
In 2000, she began her career at the public administration as an intern at the Chancellery of the Prime Minister of Poland. In 2002, she joined the Ministry of Culture. Later, she returned to Nowy Sącz to work as a lecturer at her alma mater. Following her work for the chancellery of the Sejm, in 2003 she joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Poland as a deputy director of the Promotion Department.[2] In 2006, she became consul general in Varna, Bulgaria. Two years later, she finished her term, closing the consulate.[3] Later, she was heading the consular sections at the embassies in: Ottawa,[4] Tallinn,[5] Beirut, Riga,[6] Vilnius.[7] In 2018, she became at first acting director, and then director of the Director General's Office.[8] In October 2020, she was accepted by the parliament as an ambassador to Albania[9] and appointed by the President following month.[10] She began her term on 1 April 2021.[11]
In 2019, she was awarded Silver Cross of Merit.[12]
Zuchniak-Pazdan is a widow, mother of 1 daughter.
Notes and References
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- Web site: Dziedziczak. Jan. September 2016. Odpowiedź MSZ na zapytanie nr 503 posła W. Zembaczyńskiego (sygn. SM.2113.100.2016). live. https://web.archive.org/web/20190424154946/http://orka2.sejm.gov.pl/INT8.nsf/klucz/283B83FE/$FILE/z00503-o1.pdf. 2019-04-24. 2021-04-01. orka2.sejm.gov.pl. 12. pl.
- Web site: 2009. Diplomatic, Consular & Other Representatives in Canada. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20191215080908/https://qspace.library.queensu.ca/bitstream/handle/1974/8590/diplomatic-consular-2009-01.pdf?sequence=34&isAllowed=y. 2019-12-15. 2021-04-01. qspace.library.queensu.ca. 104.
- Web site: Niesłuchowska. Agnieszka. 2019-08-27. Wszystkim się chwalę, że jestem z Polsk. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20190827230041/https://wiadomosci.wp.pl/wszystkim-sie-chwale-ze-jestem-z-polski-6082109153157761a. 2019-08-27. 2021-04-01. WP Wiadomości. pl.
- Web site: November 2014. The Diplomatic List. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20191024073241/https://www.mfa.gov.lv/data/novembris%202014%20%20%20diplist.pdf. 2019-10-24. 2021-04-01. mfa.gov.lv. 120.
- Web site: Lisiewicz. Janina. 2016-03-23. Język ojczysty na olimpijskim piedestale (galeria). live. https://web.archive.org/web/20190827230055/http://zpl.lt/2016/03/jezyk-ojczysty-olimpijskim-piedestale/. 2019-08-27. 2021-04-01. Związek Polaków na Litwie. pl.
- Web site: 2018-12-11. Organigram funkcjonalny Ministerstwa Spraw Zagranicznych. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20190827230044/https://www.gov.pl/documents/1149181/1150183/Organigram.pdf/45bcf66f-1562-e135-065f-0653a6561876. 2019-08-27. 2021-04-01. gov.pl. pl.
- Web site: 2020-10-07. Sejm: Komisja pozytywnie o kandydatach na ambasadorów w Albanii i Jordanii. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20201010054453/http://www.gazetaprawna.pl/artykuly/1492853,sejm-komisja-pozytywnie-o-kandydatach-na-ambasadorow-w-albanii-i-jordanii.html. 2020-10-10. 2021-04-01. GazetaPrawna.pl. pl.
- Web site: 2020-11-23. Postanowienie Prezydenta Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej z dnia 23 listopada 2020 r. nr 110.45.2020 w sprawie mianowania Ambasadora Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej. 2021-04-01. isap.sejm.gov.pl. pl.
- Web site: 2021-04-15. Ambasador. live. 2021-04-15. Polska w Albanii – Portal Gov.pl. https://web.archive.org/web/20210415121459/https://www.gov.pl/web/albania/ambasador. 2021-04-15.
- Web site: 2019-11-15. Odznaczenia z okazji Dnia Służby Zagranicznej [PL/ENG]]. 2021-04-01. www.prezydent.pl. pl.