The Republic of Poland ambassador to the United Kingdom (known formally as the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Poland to the Court of St James 's ) is the official representative of the Government of the Republic of Poland to the Queen and Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland .
The main building of the embassy is located in the City of Westminster close to the Regent's Park . Moreover the Consular and Economic sections are located in the City of London on Bouverie Street . In addition there are Consulates General located in Belfast , Edinburgh and Manchester .[ 1]
History
The first permanent Polish diplomatic mission was created in late 18th century by the last King of Poland , Stanislaus Augustus . After partitions of Poland , there was over a century gap in diplomatic relations. The mission was re-established following Poland regaining independence in the aftermath of World War I .
Ambassadors of Poland to the Court of St James's
Franciszek Bukaty
Prince Eustachy Sapieha
Count Edward Bernard Raczyński
Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
1553 Thomas Stafford
1763 Józef Poniński
1766–1768 General Charles Lee
1769–1772 Tadeusz Burzyński
1772–1785 Franciszek Bukaty
Note: Military Partitions of Poland ended the existence of a sovereign Polish state for over a century.
Second Polish Republic
Note: Second Republic was created in 1918.
1918–1919 Władysław Sobański (Delegate of the Polish National Committee )
1919–1920 Eustachy Sapieha (Envoy )
1920–1921 Jan Ciechanowski (Chargé d'Affaires a.i. )
1921–1922 Władysław Wróblewski (Envoy )
1922–1929 Konstanty Skirmunt (Envoy )
1929–1934 Konstanty Skirmunt (Ambassador )
1934–1945 Edward Raczyński
Note: Edward Raczyński was the ambassador of the Polish government-in-exile to United Kingdom from 1939 until 1945.
Polish People's Republic
Note: Officially, Polish People's Republic is the name used since 1952. Unofficially, this name is used for all Polish communist governments since 1944.
1945–1949 Henryk Strasburger
1949–1953 Jerzy Michałowski
1953–1956 Eugeniusz Milnikiel
1960–1964 Witold Rodziński
1964–1969 Jerzy Morawski
1969–1972 Marian Dobrosielski
1972–1978 Artur Starewicz
1978–1983 Jan Bisztyga
1987–1990 Zbigniew Gertych
Third Polish Republic
Note: modern Poland.
1990–1993 Tadeusz de Virion
1994–1999 Ryszard Stemplowski
1999–2004 Stanisław Komorowski
2004–2006 Zbigniew Matuszewski
2006–2012 Barbara Tuge-Erecińska
2012–2016 Witold Sobków
2016–2021 Arkady Rzegocki
since 2022 Piotr Wilczek
See also
References
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