| Urszula Doroszewska | |
| Term Start: | 29 May 2017 |
| Term End: | 19 March 2023 |
| Predecessor: | Jarosław Czubiński |
| Successor: | Konstanty Radziwiłł |
| Order2: | Poland Ambassador to Georgia |
| Ambassador From2: | Poland |
| Term Start2: | 2008 |
| Term End2: | 2013 |
| Predecessor2: | Jacek Multanowski |
| Successor2: | Andrzej Cieszkowski |
| Birth Date: | 2 December 1955 |
| Birth Place: | Warsaw, Poland |
| Nationality: | Polish |
| Spouse: | Wiktor Krzysztoporski |
| Alma Mater: | University of Warsaw |
| Profession: | Diplomat, sociologist, journalist |
| Office: | Poland Ambassador to Lithuania |
| Office1: | Poland Ambassador to Georgia |
| 1Blankname: | President |
| 1Namedata: | Dalia Grybauskaitė Gitanas Nausėda |
| Appointer: | Andrzej Duda |
| 1Namedata2: | Mikheil Saakashvili |
| 1Blankname2: | President |
| Appointer2: | Lech Kaczyński |
Urszula Doroszewska (born 2 December 1954 in Warsaw)[1] is a Polish diplomat, journalist and sociologist, ambassador to Georgia (2008–2013) and Lithuania (2017–2023).
Urszula Doroszewska was born on 2 December 1954 in Warsaw. During her school years she was a scout.[2] In 1978 she graduated from sociology at the University of Warsaw.
In 1970s she was engaged in opposition activities against the Polish People's Republic government. She cooperated with the Workers' Defence Committee. From 1977 to 1989 she had been the editor of the independent and catholic press, e.g. journal "Głos". Between 1980 and 1981 she ran the daily news desk for "Solidarity" Mazowsze Region. Following 1981, during the martial law she published in underground magazines. In 1984 she had been arrested for political reasons for 2 months.[3]
In the 1990s she worked as a freelance journalist, published articles about the changes in the former USSR (mainly about Ukraine, Georgia and Azerbaijan), among others, in the ”Rzeczpospolita” daily. Doroszewska ran assistance programmes carried out in Ukraine (Crimea) and the South Caucasian countries, conducted first by the IDEE Foundation Warsaw, then by the foundation Towarzystwo Demokratyczne Wschód, over whose works she presided from 2002 to 2006.[4]
Since August 2006, she had been working for the Chancellery of the President of Poland Lech Kaczyński, as an expert, and, since April 2007 as deputy director of the Foreign Affairs Office there.[5]
From November 2008[6] until February 2013[7] Doroszewska was Poland Ambassador to Georgia. From May 2013 to August 2015 she was director of the Polish Institute in Minsk.[8] In September 2015 she became an adviser to the President of Poland Andrzej Duda.[9] Between 29 May 2017 and 19 March 2023 she served as an ambassador to Lithuania.[10] [11]
She is married to Wiktor Krzysztoporski, a graphic artist.[12] She speaks Russian, French and English languages.