Radosław Tomasz Kujawa (born in 1965), is a Polish political military commander who head been the Head of the Military Intelligence Service from 2008 to 2015.
Radosław Kujawa | |
|---|---|
| Head of the Military Intelligence Service | |
| In office 11 August 2008 – 19 November 2015 | |
| Preceded by | Maciej Hunia |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Radosław Tomasz Kujawa 1965 (age 58–59) Poland |
Biography
editRadosław Kujawa was born in 1965.
He was a graduate of history at the University of Wrocław. In the 1980s, he was an activist of the Independent Students' Association at the university.[1][2] He worked in the Intelligence Board of the State Protection Office, after the reform of the secret services in 2002 he was transferred to the Foreign Intelligence Agency.[3] He served, incl. in managerial positions (head of department and department director)[4]
Since 11 August 2008, Kujawa has been the Head of the Military Intelligence Service. On 9 November 2010, Polish President Bronisław Komorowski, at the request of the Minister of National Defense, Bogdan Klich, appointed Kujawa as the Brigadier General of the SWW. In 19 November 2015, he was dismissed from office by the Prime Minister Beata Szydło.[5]
Since 2018, he has been an associate of the Institute of the Middle and Far East of the Jagiellonian University.[6]
Kujawa is on the list of personalities from European Union countries subject to Russian visa sanctions.[7] This list was compiled in response to the EU sanctions list, and was shown to "apply to people who actively supported the state coup (in Kyiv), as a result of which Russians are persecuted and discriminated against in Ukraine," according to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Sergey Lavrov.
References
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- ^ R. Kowalczyk. Czas Próby Wieluń - Wrocław 1980–1989. pp. 151–194.
- ^ Jakimczyk, Jarosław. "Jakimczyk: Straszak WSI i sumienie likwidatora". www.money.pl.
- ^ Narodowego, Biuro Bezpieczeństwa. "Awanse generalskie z okazji Narodowego Święta Niepodległości". Biuro Bezpieczeństwa Narodowego. Archived from the original on 2012-07-21. Retrieved 2021-10-29.
- ^ "Odwołanie szefów SKW i SWW". mon.gov.pl. 19 November 2015. Archived from the original on 2015-11-19. Retrieved 2015-11-26.
- ^ "Pracownicy - Instytut Bliskiego i Dalekiego Wschodu - Wydział Studiów Międzynarodowych i Politycznych". orient.uj.edu.pl.
- ^ Seymat, Thomas (2015-06-02). "The complete blacklist of EU officials banned from Russia". euronews. Retrieved 2021-10-12.