Krzysztof Skubiszewski

Krzysztof Skubiszewski
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Poland 1st Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Third Republic of Poland
In office 13 September 1989 – 25 October 1993
President	Lech Wałęsa
Prime Minister	Tadeusz Mazowiecki, Jan Krzysztof Bielecki, Jan Olszewski, Hanna Suchocka
Preceded by	Tadeusz Olechowski
Succeeded by	Andrzej Olechowski
Personal details
Born	8 October 1926(1926-10-08) Poznań, Poland
Died	8 February 2010(2010-02-08) (aged 83) Warsaw, Poland
Political party	independent
Profession	lawyer
Religion	Roman Catholic

Krzysztof Skubiszewski [ˈkʂɨʂtɔf skubʲiˈʂɛfskʲi] ( listen) (8 October 1926 – 8 February 2010) was a Polish politician, a former Minister of Foreign Affairs (1989–1993) and an established scholar in the field of international law.

Skubiszewski was born in Poznań. He served in the successive cabinets of Tadeusz Mazowiecki, Jan Krzysztof Bielecki, Jan Olszewski and Hanna Suchocka and was the first Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Third Republic of Poland.

In 1992, Krzysztof Skubiszewski, together with 9 other Ministers of Foreign Affairs from the Baltic Sea area, and an EU commissioner, founded the Council of the Baltic Sea States (CBSS) and the EuroFaculty.

An acclaimed international lawyer, he served as the president of the Iran-United States Claims Tribunal from 16 February 1994 until his death. He was a member of the Curatorium of The Hague Academy of International Law.

He was awarded with the Order of the White Eagle, Poland's highest state decoration.