Jakub Kacper Sławek (born 1976[1]) is a Polish diplomat, from 2020 to 2022 chargé d'affaires and from 2022 to 2024 ambassador of the Republic of Poland to the United Arab Emirates.
Jakub Sławek Ph.D. | |
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| 7th Poland Ambassador to the United Arab Emirates | |
| In office 2022–2024 | |
| Succeeded by | Robert Rostek |
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| Born | 1976 (age 47–48) |
| Nationality | Polish |
| Spouse | Beata Sławek |
| Children | 3 |
| Parent(s) | Ewa, Tadeusz |
| Alma mater | Jagiellonian University |
| Profession | Diplomat, Arabist |
Life
editJakub Sławek graduated from Arabic studies at the Institute of Oriental Philology of the Jagiellonian University (2002).[2] He also studied at Collegium Civitas in Warsaw, Paris and Damascus.[3] In 2004 he became a sworn translator of the Arabic language.[4] In 2008, at the Faculty of Oriental Studies at the University of Warsaw, he obtained a PhD in literary studies on the basis of the dissertation Tribalism and Text in the Culture of Yemen (doctoral advisor – Marek Dziekan).[5]
In 2002 he started working at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He stayed at posts in Sanaa, Yemen (until 2006), Algiers, Algeria (from September 2007),[2] and Riyadh, Saudi Arabia as the deputy head of the mission and the Consul of the Republic of Poland (from June 2012).[6][2] In December 2017, he became deputy ambassador to Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. On 1 October 2020, he took the position of chargé d'affaires ad interim there.[7] On 16 November 2021, he was appointed ambassador to the .[8] He took the post on 11 March 2022.[2] He ended his mission in July 2024.
In 2024, he received from the President of the UAE Zayed al-Nahayan First-Class Medal of Independence.[9]
Personal life
editSon of Ewa and Tadeusz Sławek. Married to Beata Sławek, father of three children.
Apart from Polish and Arabic, he speaks English, French, Italian and Russian.[3]
Works
edit- Jakub Sławek: Jemen – świat wartości plemiennych. Kurowice: Wydawnictwo Ibidem, 2011. ISBN 978-83-62331-03-1.
- Jakub Sławek: Arabskie i polskie słownictwo dyplomatyczne i polityczne = Muʿǧam būlandī-ʿarabī li ǎl-muṣṭalaḥāt ad-diblūmāsiyya wa as-siyāsiyya. Katowice: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego, 2016. ISBN 978-83-8012-578-0.
Translations
- Janusz Spyra: In the shadow of the Skoczów synagogue. Bielsko-Biała: Jewish Religious Community, 1998, ISBN 83-911161-0-7.
References
edit- ^ "Jakub Sławek | Wszystkie książki, wywiady, artykuły". Lubimyczytać.pl (in Polish). 2021-12-21. Archived from the original on 2021-12-21. Retrieved 2022-03-28.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ a b c d "Ambassador". Poland in the UAE - Gov.pl website. 2022-03-24. Archived from the original on 24 March 2022. Retrieved 2022-03-28.
- ^ a b "Absolwenci, Uniwersytet Jagielloński". Exporter.pl (in Polish). 2017-07-08. Archived from the original on 8 July 2017. Retrieved 2022-03-28.
- ^ "Lista tłumaczy przysięgłych / Tłumacze przysięgli / Rejestry i ewidencje / Biuletyn Informacji Publicznej". arch-bip.ms.gov.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2022-03-28.
- ^ "dr Jakub Sławek". nauka-polska.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2022-03-28.
- ^ "Personel". rijad.msz.gov.pl (in Polish). Archived from the original on 2015-08-30. Retrieved 2022-03-28.
- ^ "Zapis przebiegu posiedzenia Komisji Spraw Zagranicznych /nr 62/". sejm.gov.pl (in Polish). 2021-09-28. Archived from the original on 3 December 2021. Retrieved 2022-03-28.
- ^ "Postanowienie Prezydenta Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej z dnia 16 listopada 2021 r. nr 110.28.2021 w sprawie mianowania Ambasadora Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej" (PDF). isap.sejm.gov.pl (in Polish). 2021-11-16. Retrieved 2022-03-28.
- ^ "UAE President confers First-Class Medal of Independence on Ambassador of Poland - Aletihad News Center". 2024-08-13. Archived from the original on 2024-08-13. Retrieved 2024-08-13.
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