Marek Ziółkowski

Marek Ziółkowski
(2017)
Poland Ambassador to NATO
In office
2017–2019
Appointed byAndrzej Duda
Secretary GeneralJens Stoltenberg
Preceded byJacek Najder
Succeeded byTomasz Szatkowski
Undersecretary of State in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
In office
2015–2017
Appointed byBeata Szydło
Poland Ambassador to Kenya
In office
2012–2015
Appointed byBronisław Komorowski
PresidentMwai Kibaki
Uhuru Kenyatta
Preceded byAnna Grupińska
Succeeded byJacek Bazański
Poland Ambassador to Ukraine
In office
2001–2005
Appointed byAleksander Kwaśniewski
PresidentLeonid Kuchma
Viktor Yushchenko
Preceded byJerzy Bahr
Succeeded byJacek Kluczkowski
Poland Chargé d'Affaires to Belarus
In office
1995–1996
Appointed byWładysław Bartoszewski
PresidentAlexander Lukashenko
Preceded byElżbieta Smułkowa
Succeeded byEwa Spychalska
Personal details
Born1955 (age 69–70)
Kętrzyn, Poland
Childrentwo
Alma materUniversity of Warsaw
ProfessionDiplomat

Marek Ziółkowski (born 1955 in Kętrzyn) is a Polish diplomat, ambassador of Poland to Ukraine (2001–2005), Kenya (2012–2015), and NATO (2017–2019).

Life

Marek Ziółkowski has graduated from philosophy at the University of Warsaw. He was working in the tourism industry.[1]

In 1991, he joined the diplomatic service. He was deputy head of the Polish Consulate-General and Embassy in Mińsk until 1996. From 1997 to 2001 he was the deputy director and director of the Department of Eastern Europe at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He served as an ambassador to Ukraine (2001–2005). From 2006 to 2008 he was the deputy director of the Security Policy Department, and then the director of the MFA Department of Development Cooperation (2008–2011).[1] Later, he was Poland ambassador to Kenya, responsible also for the relations with UN-HABITAT, Burundi, Comoros, Madagascar, Mauritius, Rwanda, Somalia, Seychelles, Tanzania and Uganda (2012–2015).[2] In December 2015 he was appointed Undersecretary of State for Eastern and Security Policy at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.[3] In May 2017, the President of the Republic of Poland appointed him as Permanent Representative of Poland to NATO.[4] He ended his term on 31 March 2019.[5] Since 2021 retired.

In regards to personal life, Ziółkowski is married and has two children.[6]

Awards

Works

  • Ziółkowski, Marek (1985). Szkice o kościołach obrządków wschodnich w Polsce Północno-Wschodniej. Warszawa: Oddział Uniwersytecki PTTK Polskiego Towarzystwa Turystyczno-Krajoznawczego. OCLC 835901959.
  • Ziółkowski, Marek (2008). Projekt Ukraina. Wrocław: Kolegium Europy Wschodniej im. Jana Nowaka-Jeziorańskiego. ISBN 978-83-61617-08-2.

References

  1. ^ a b "Protokół posiedzenia Komisji Spraw Zagranicznych /nr 8/". orka.sejm.gov.pl (in Polish). 2012-01-26. Retrieved 2019-03-24.
  2. ^ "Ambasada Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej w Republice Kenii". nairobi.msz.gov.pl (in Polish). 2015-10-06. Archived from the original on 2015-10-06. Retrieved 2019-03-24.
  3. ^ "Marek Ziółkowski podsekretarzem stanu w MSZ". www.msz.gov.pl (in Polish). 2015-12-22. Retrieved 2019-03-24.
  4. ^ "Postanowienie Prezydenta Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej z dnia 17 maja 2017 r. nr 110.14.2017 w sprawie mianowania Ambasadora Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej". prawo.sejm.gov.pl (in Polish). 2017-05-17. Retrieved 2019-03-24.
  5. ^ Lesiecki, Rafał (2019-03-29). "Polska bez ambasadora przy NATO. Kto będzie następcą? - Defence24". www.defence24.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2019-04-05.
  6. ^ "Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary - Permanent Representative of the Republic of Poland to NATO". brusselsnato.mfa.gov.pl. Retrieved 2019-03-24.
  7. ^ "Ordery i odznaczenia z okazji Dnia Służby Zagranicznej". prezydent.pl (in Polish). 2011-11-16. Archived from the original on 2012-09-10. Retrieved 2019-03-24.
  8. ^ "Указ Президента України № 1178/2005 - Офіційне представництво Президента України" (in Ukrainian). 2014-07-09. Archived from the original on 2014-07-09. Retrieved 2019-03-24.