Paweł Herczyński | |
Honorific-Suffix: | Amb. |
Ambassador From: | European Union |
Country: | Georgia |
President: | Ursula von der Leyen |
Term Start: | September 2022 |
Predecessor: | Carl Hartzell |
Office1: | European External Action Service (EEAS) Managing Director for the Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP) and Crisis Response |
Term Start1: | September 2019 |
Term End1: | September 2022 |
Office2: | Director for Security and Defence Policy at the EEAS |
Term Start2: | February 2017 |
Term End2: | September 2019 |
Office3: | Ambassador of Poland to the EU Political and Security Committee (PSC) |
Term Start3: | 2013 |
Term End3: | 2017 |
Education: | Warsaw School of Economics Warsaw, Poland |
Paweł Herczyński is a Polish diplomat and the EU ambassador to Georgia since September 2022.
Herczyński holds a master's degree in economics from the Warsaw School of Economics.[1]
He served as the European External Action Service (EEAS) Managing Director for the Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP) and Crisis Response, and also served as Director for Security and Defence Policy at the EEAS. Prior to that, he was Polish ambassador to the EU Political and Security Committee (PSC).[2] [3] [4]
Herczyński held several senior positions within the Polish Foreign Ministry, including Deputy Permanent Representative to the UN, deputy director of the EU Department – European Correspondent, and Deputy Representative of Poland to NATO Political Committee in Brussels.[5]
Paweł Herczyński speaks his native Polish, and also English, Spanish, German, French, and Russian.[5]