| Selim Chazbijewicz | |
| Honorific-Suffix: | Ph.D. |
| Ambassador From: | Poland |
| Country: | Kazakhstan |
| Term Start: | 12 August 2017 |
| Term End: | 15 November 2023 |
| Predecessor: | Maciej Lang |
| Birth Date: | 17 November 1955 |
| Birth Place: | Gdańsk, Poland |
| Nationality: | Polish |
| Alma Mater: | University of Gdańsk |
| Profession: | Political scientist, columnist, poet |
Selim Chazbijewicz (born 17 November 1955 in Gdańsk) is a Polish political scientist, columnist, and poet. Between 2017 and 2023, he served as an ambassador to Kazakhstan.
Selim Chazbijewicz was born in 1957 in Gdańsk to a family of Tatar descent. He spent his childhood there. In 1980, he earned his master's degree from the University of Gdańsk, Faculty of Polish Philology. In 1991, he defended at the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań Ph.D. thesis on Polish Muslims in 20th century. In 2002, he received his post-doctoral degree (habilitation), thesis on Crimean Tatars after World War II. He has been working as an assistant professor at the University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn.[1] He is also member of the Polish Academy of Sciences.[2]
Apart from his academic career, he has been publishing poems and working as an editor. Between 1986 and 1991, he was editor-in-chief of Życie Muzułmańskie (Muslim Life) quarterly. In 1994 he became editor-in-chief of Rocznik Tatarów Polskich (Polish Tatars Yearly).[3] He is a member of Polish Writers' Association.
Between 1999 and 2007, he was the president of Związek Tatarów Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej (Association of Tatars of the Republic of Poland). In 2003, he became Imam of Gdańsk Muslim Community. In the 2000s, he joined the Law and Justice party since 2000s. In 2017, Chazbijewicz was nominated Poland ambassador to Kazakhstan. On 18 October 2017, he presented his credentials to the President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev.[4] He is accredited also to Kyrgyzstan, presenting his credentials to the President of Kyrgyzstan Almazbek Atambayev on 27 October 2017.[5] He ended his term on 15 November 2023.[6] He is the recipient of the Bronze Cross of Merit (2014).[7]