Tomasz Kozłowski Explained

Predecessor3:João Cravinho
Successor3:Ugo Astuto
Nationality:Polish
Term Start3:2015
Children:3
Alma Mater:Moscow State Institute of International Relations
Profession:Diplomat
Term End3:2019
Country3:India
Tomasz Kozłowski
Predecessor:Lucjan Mieczkowski
Ambassador From:Poland
Country:Pakistan
Term Start:2001
Term End:2003
Successor:Bogdan Marczewski
Ambassador From3:European Union
Order2:1st
Ambassador From2:European Union
Country2:South Korea
Term Start2:2011
Term End2:2015
Successor2:Gerhard Sabathil
Order3:2nd

Tomasz Edward Kozłowski (born 1958) is a Polish diplomat, Poland ambassador to Pakistan (2001–2003), European Union ambassador to South Korea (2011–2015) and India (2015–2019).

Life

Kozłowski had started his studies at the Warsaw School of Economics. He graduated from the Moscow State Institute of International Relations (1984), specializing in the relations among Asian states. He has been studying also at the Stanford University, California.[1]

In 1984, Kozłowski started his career at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Poland. He has been working as the Third and Second Secretary at the Embassy in Jakarta, Indonesia (1987–1991). He was serving as chargé d'affaires in Malaysia (1994–1996).[2] He was member of the United Nations international observation mission in Cambodia (1993) and South Africa (1994). Between 2001 and 2003 he was ambassador to Pakistan, accredited to Afghanistan as well. Next, he was director of the MFA Asia-Pacific Department. In 2004, he joined the European External Action Service (EEAS), working as a head of unit at the bureau of the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Javier Solana. He was also advisor at the Directorate-General for External Relations.[3] From 2011[4] to 2015 he was first European Union ambassador to South Korea. Next, from 2015 to 2019 he was EU ambassador to India, accredited also to Bhutan.[5] Next, he served as a head of the EEAS Inspection Service.[6]

In 2010 Kozłowski was honoured with the Knight's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta.[7]

Besides Polish, he speaks English, Russian and Indonesian. He is married, with three children.[8]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2001-02-13. Protokół posiedzenia Komisji Spraw Zagranicznych /nr 141/. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20220208055541/http://orka.sejm.gov.pl/Biuletyn.nsf/0/36D0B312BB8913A8C1256B73003D6B30?OpenDocument. 2022-02-08. 2020-01-25. orka.sejm.gov.pl. pl.
  2. Web site: Poczet ambasadorów. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20180324113748/https://kualalumpur.msz.gov.pl/pl/ambasada/poprzedni_ambasadorowie/. 2018-03-24. 2020-01-25. kualalumpur.msz.gov.pl. pl.
  3. Web site: 2010-09-15. Joanna Wronecka i Tomasz Kozłowski pierwszymi polskimi ambasadorami w dyplomacji Unii Europejskiej. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20190306043023/https://www.msz.gov.pl/pl/aktualnosci/wiadomosci/aktualnosc_37879. 2019-03-06. 2020-01-25. msz.gov.pl. pl.
  4. Web site: Polacy będą ambasadorami Unii w Jordanii i Korei. 2010-09-15. Newsweek.pl. pl. 2020-01-25.
  5. Web site: About the EU Delegation to India and Bhutan. eeas.europa.eu. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20190413012331/https://eeas.europa.eu/delegations/india_en/669/About%20the%20EU%20Delegation%20to%20India%20and%20Bhutan. 2019-04-13. 2020-01-25.
  6. Web site: 2020-07-01. EU WHOISWHO. Official Directory of the European Union. European External Action Service. https://web.archive.org/web/20200712010249/https://op.europa.eu/webpub/wiw/pdf/EUWhoiswho_EEAS_EN.pdf. 2020-07-12. 2022-02-08. op.europa.eu. 5.
  7. Web site: 1997-10-23. Postanowienie Prezydenta Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej z dnia 23 października 1997 r. o nadaniu odznaczeń.. 2020-09-28. isap.sejm.gov.pl. pl.
  8. Web site: 2015. Bio. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20190104175525/http://wsds.teriin.org/2016/bio/tomasz-kozlowski.pdf. 2019-01-04. 2020-01-25. wsds.teriin.org.