Włodzimierz Marciniak Explained

Włodzimierz Marciniak
Ambassador From:Poland
Country:Russia
President:Andrzej Duda
Term Start:13 October 2016
Term End:31 July 2020
Predecessor:Katarzyna Pełczyńska-Nałęcz
Successor:Krzysztof Krajewski
Birth Date:31 March 1954
Birth Place:Łódź
Nationality:Polish
Profession:Political scientist, historian, university teacher
Honorific Suffix:Ph.D.

Włodzimierz Aleksander Marciniak (born 31 March 1954,[1] Łódź) is a Polish university teacher, political scientist and historian of Russia, an ambasador to Russia (2016–2020).

Life

Marciniak, in 1976, graduated from political science at the University of Warsaw. From 1977 to 1980 he was doing his doctoral studies.[2] In 1989, he defended his thesis on Marxist social philosophy, supervised by Marek Siemek. In 2001, he gained post-doctoral degree (habilitation), presenting a book on dissolution of the Soviet Union.[3]

In 1980, he began his professional career as a scientist and university teacher at the Main School of Planning and Statistics in Warsaw (in 1991 renamed Warsaw School of Economics, SGH). Between 1992 and 1997 he was working as a counsellor at the Polish embassy in Moscow. In 1997, Marciniak returned to SGH, between 2001 and 2002 heading its Department of Political Studies. Since 2000, he has been working also for the Institute of Political Studies of the Polish Academy of Sciences. In 2002, he became head of the Comparative Postsoviet Research Unit. Between 2006 and 2008 he was a lecturer at the Centre for East European Studies, University of Warsaw. He has been a visiting professor of the Jesuit University of Philosophy and Education Ignatianum, Kraków,[4] and Wyższa Szkoła Biznesu – National-Louis University, Nowy Sącz.[5]

Marciniak has been a member of the Polish-Russian Group for Difficult Matters,[6] and the presidential National Development Council (since 2010).[7]

On 13 October 2016, he became Poland ambassador to Russia,[8] presenting on 9 November 2016 his letter of credence.[9] He ended his term on 31 July 2020.[10]

His brother,[11] Piotr Marciniak, was a member of Parliament of Poland (1993–1997), ambassador to Moldova (2000–2005), as well as consul-general in Irkutsk (2008–2009) and Saint Petersburg (2011–2015).[12]

Works

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Włodzimierz Marciniak. 2010-04-14. ksiazki.wp.pl. pl. 2019-10-04.
  2. Web site: cv. 2009-05-16. politologia.wsb-nlu.edu.pl. pl. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20090516052627/http://politologia.wsb-nlu.edu.pl/pl/wykladowcy/marciniak/cv.html. 2009-05-16. 2019-10-04.
  3. Web site: Nowa Nauka Polska. nauka-polska.pl. 2019-10-04.
  4. Web site: Ambasador Nadzwyczajny i Pełnomocny RP w Federacji Rosyjskiej. moskwa.msz.gov.pl. pl. 2019-10-04.
  5. Web site: Marciniak Włodzimierz. 2016-03-05. politologia.wsb-nlu.edu.pl. pl. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20160305180506/http://politologia.wsb-nlu.edu.pl/pl/wykladowcy/marciniak.html. 2016-03-05. 2019-10-04.
  6. Web site: Uczestnicy posiedzenia GST, Warszawa, Pałacyk MSZ na Foksal 6, 31 maja – 1 czerwca 2012. June 2012. msz.gov.pl. pl. 2019-10-04.
  7. Web site: Oficjalna strona Prezydenta Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej / Archiwum Lecha Kaczyńskiego / Narodowa Rada Rozwoju / Skład Rady. 2010. www.prezydent.pl. pl. 2019-10-04.
  8. Web site: Nowy ambasador RP rozpoczął pracę w Moskwie. 2016-10-14. fakty.interia.pl. pl. 2019-10-04.
  9. Web site: Putin o stosunkach z Polską: Odbudowanie dialogu jest możliwe. 2016-11-09. wiadomosci.dziennik.pl. pl. 2019-10-04.
  10. Web site: 2020-05-14. Postanowienie Prezydenta Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej z dnia 14 maja 2020 r. nr 110.19.2020 w sprawie odwołania Ambasadora Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej. 2020-08-01. isap.sejm.gov.pl. pl.
  11. 12–13 April 2008. Kraj kiosków z ciepłą wódką. Dziennik. pl.
  12. Web site: Konsul Generalny. 2013-02-18. sanktpetersburg.msz.gov.pl. pl. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20130218162956/https://sanktpetersburg.msz.gov.pl/pl/konsulat/konsul/. 2013-02-18. 2019-10-04.