Maciej Grzegorz Szymański (born 25 January 1957, Milicz)[1] is a Polish philologist and diplomat who has served as Polish ambassador to Slovenia (1998–2002), Serbia (2005–2009), Croatia (2013–2017), and Bulgaria (since 2019).
Maciej Szymański Doctor of Philosophy | |
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| Poland Ambassador to Bulgaria | |
| Assumed office April 2019 | |
| Appointed by | Andrzej Duda |
| President | Rumen Radev |
| Preceded by | Krzysztof Krajewski |
| Director General of the Foreign Service | |
| In office February 2018 – October 2018 | |
| Appointed by | Jacek Czaputowicz |
| Preceded by | Andrzej Jasionowski |
| Succeeded by | Andrzej Papierz |
| Poland Ambassador to Croatia | |
| In office January 2013 – July 2017 | |
| Appointed by | Bronisław Komorowski |
| President | Ivo Josipović Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović |
| Preceded by | Wiesław Tarka |
| Succeeded by | Andrzej Jasionowski |
| Poland Ambassador to Serbia | |
| In office 2005–2009 | |
| Appointed by | Aleksander Kwaśniewski |
| President | Svetozar Marović Boris Tadić |
| Preceded by | Tadeusz Diem |
| Succeeded by | Andrzej Jasionowski |
| Poland Ambassador to Slovenia | |
| In office 1998–2002 | |
| Appointed by | Aleksander Kwaśniewski |
| President | Milan Kučan |
| Preceded by | Jan Tombiński |
| Succeeded by | Janusz Jesionek |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 25 January 1957 Milicz, Poland |
| Children | 4 |
| Alma mater | University of Silesia in Katowice |
| Profession | Diplomat, philologist |
| Awards |   |
Life
editSzymański grew up in Międzyrzec Podlaski, and finished high school in Wrocław. In 1981, he graduated from Yugoslav studies at the University of Silesia in Katowice,[2] specialising in Macedonian and Serbo-Croatian languages.[3]
In 1982, he began his professional career at the Ossolineum library in Wrocław. Between 1984 and 1992, he worked as a scientist at the Slavic Institute of the Polish Academy of Sciences. He obtained his Ph.D. thesis on Slavic linguistics there.[4]
In 1992, Szymański joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He began as a head of the unit at the Consular Department. In 1995, he became deputy director there. In 1998, he was director of the Department of Central and South-Eastern Europe. That year he was nominated ambassador to Slovenia, next year being accredited also to newly formed embassy in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. In 2002, he returned to the Consular Department, as a head of unit, and then as a director. Between 2005 and 2009, he was ambassador to Serbia and Montenegro, and since 2006, after the dissolution, to Serbia. Back at the Ministry, he was serving as a director of the Department for Cooperation with Polish Diaspora and Poles Abroad.[1]
In January 2013, Szymański started his mission as an ambassador to Croatia, ending his term in July 2017.[5] Next, for a year, he has been director of the Diplomatic Academy.[6] From February to October 2018, he was the Director General of the Foreign Service.[7] In April 2019, he was nominated ambassador to Bulgaria.[8]
Szymański is married, with four children.[9] In his free time, he photographs nature, birds mostly. His works have been publishing in books, atlases, and magazines, including National Geographic.[10][11]
Honours
edit- Knight of the Order of Polonia Restituta, Poland, 2011[12]
- Knight of the Order of Duke Branimir, Croatia, 2017[13]
References
edit- ^ a b "Pan Maciej Szymański, Ambasador Nadzwyczajny i Pełnomocny RP w Republice Bułgarii". sofia.msz.gov.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2019-10-29.
- ^ "Zapis przebiegu posiedzenia Komisji Spraw Zagranicznych /nr 28/". www.sejm.gov.pl (in Polish). 2012-06-26. Retrieved 2019-10-29.
- ^ "Biuletyn Komisji Spraw Zagranicznych Sejmu RP nr 633/III". orka.sejm.gov.pl (in Polish). 1998-07-02. Retrieved 2019-10-29.
- ^ "Biuletyn Komisji Spraw Zagranicznych Sejmu RP nr 4485/IV". orka.sejm.gov.pl (in Polish). 2005-04-21. Retrieved 2019-10-29.
- ^ "Postanowienie Prezydenta Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej z dnia 1 czerwca 2017 r. nr 110.31.2017 w sprawie odwołania Ambasadora Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej". prawo.sejm.gov.pl (in Polish). 2017-06-01. Retrieved 2019-10-29.
- ^ "Zapis przebiegu posiedzenia Komisji Spraw Zagranicznych /nr 137/". www.sejm.gov.pl (in Polish). 2019-02-20. Retrieved 2019-10-29.
- ^ "Zmiany kadrowe w MSZ. Wiceministrem ma zostać Piotr Wawrzyk - Polsat News". polsatnews.pl (in Polish). 2018-02-01. Retrieved 2019-10-29.
- ^ "Postanowienie Prezydenta Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej z dnia 10 kwietnia 2019 r. nr 110.9.2019 w sprawie mianowania Ambasadora Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej". prawo.sejm.gov.pl (in Polish). 2019-04-10. Retrieved 2019-10-29.
- ^ "Poprzedni Ambasadorowie". zagrzeb.msz.gov.pl (in Polish). Archived from the original on 2018-04-11. Retrieved 2019-10-29.
- ^ "Maciej Szymański". maciej-szymanski.pl/ (in Polish). 2015-08-01. Archived from the original on 2015-08-01. Retrieved 2020-03-02.
- ^ "Wystawy fotografii "Barwy mgły" autorstwa Macieja Szymańskiego". Полски институт в София (in Polish). August 2019. Retrieved 2020-03-02.
- ^ "Postanowienie Prezydenta Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej z dnia 16 listopada 2011 r. o nadaniu orderów i odznaczeń". prawo.sejm.gov.pl (in Polish). 2011-11-16. Retrieved 2019-10-29.
- ^ "Ured Predsjednice RH". Ured Predsjednice RH (in Croatian). 2017-08-20. Archived from the original on 2019-03-07. Retrieved 2019-10-29.