Jerzy Bahr

Jerzy Artur Bahr (23 April 1944 – 25 July 2016) was a Polish diplomat.

Jerzy Bahr
Poland Ambassador to Russia
In office 2006–2010
Appointed by	Lech Kaczyński
President	Vladimir Putin Dmitry Medvedev
Preceded by	Stefan Meller
Succeeded by	Wojciech Zajączkowski
Poland Ambassador to Lithuania
In office 2001–2005
Appointed by	Aleksander Kwaśniewski
President	Valdas Adamkus Rolandas Paksas Valdas Adamkus
Preceded by	Eufemia Teichmann
Succeeded by	Janusz Skolimowski
Poland Ambassador to Ukraine
In office 1996–2001
Appointed by	Aleksander Kwaśniewski
President	Leonid Kuchma
Preceded by	Jerzy Kozakiewicz
Succeeded by	Marek Ziółkowski
Poland Consul General to Kaliningrad
In office 1992–1994
Appointed by	Krzysztof Skubiszewski
Preceded by	Marek Krajewski
Succeeded by	Henryk Piaszyk
Personal details
Born	23 April 1944 Kraków, General Government
Died	25 July 2016(2016-07-25) (aged 72) Kraków, Poland
Nationality	Polish
Profession	Diplomat

Life

Bahr graduated from sociology at the Jagiellonian University (1967). In 1974, he began his diplomatic career at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. From 1992 to 1994 he was Consul-General in Kaliningrad, from 1997 to 2001 he was the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Poland to Ukraine, from 2001 to 2005 to Lithuania, and from 2006 to 2010 he was Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Poland to the Russian Federation. Bahr died of cancer on 25 July 2016 at the age of 72.