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Wojciech Zajączkowski
Poland Ambassador to China
Incumbent
Assumed office
January 2018
Appointed byAndrzej Duda
PresidentXi Jinping
Preceded byMirosław Gajewski
Poland Ambassador to Russia
In office
2010–2014
Appointed byBronisław Komorowski
PresidentVladimir Putin
Dmitry Medvedev
Preceded byJerzy Bahr
Succeeded byKatarzyna Pełczyńska-Nałęcz
Poland Ambassador to Romania
In office
2008–2010
Appointed byLech Kaczyński
PresidentTraian Băsescu
Preceded byJacek Paliszewski
Succeeded byMarek Szczygieł
Personal details
Born (1963-12-19) December 19, 1963 (age 60)
Bydgoszcz, Poland
SpouseIzabella Zajączkowska
Childrenthree
Alma materCatholic University of Lublin
ProfessionDiplomat, historian
Awards

Wojciech Jacek Zajączkowski[1] (born 19 December 1963 in Bydgoszcz)[2] is a Polish diplomat and historian, since January 2018 serving as an ambassador of Poland to China.

Life

Education

Wojciech Zajączkowski graduated from history at the Catholic University of Lublin in 1987.[2] In 1999 he defended at the Institute of Political Studies of the Polish Academy of Sciences his PhD thesis on ethnic minorities in 19th-century Russia and USSR.[3]

Career

Till the early 1990s he has been working as an editor.[4] From 1991 to 1998 for the Centre for Eastern Studies as an analyst, Senate of Poland as an advisor, Stefan Batory Foundation as a director of the Central-Eastern Europe Forum. In 1998 he joined the Polish diplomatic service, working at the embassy in Moscow. In 2000 he became chargé d’affaires in Ukraine, responsible for Turkmenistan as well. From 2004 to 2007 he headed the Department for Eastern Policy at the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and in 2008 he became the Chief Advisor to the Prime Minister of Poland and Head of the Working Group on Energy Security.[2] He served as the Poland ambassador to Romania (2008–2010) and Russia (2010–2014). Later, he was the Director of the Department of Foreign Policy Strategy at the MFA (2014–2018).[5]

In January 2018 he became the Republic of Poland Ambassador to the People's Republic of China.[4] He presented his credentials to the President of the People's Republic of China Xi Jinping on 23 March 2018.[6]

Private life

Wojciech Zajączkowski is married to Izabella Zajączkowska,[7] with three children. Besides his native Polish, he speaks English, French, Romanian, Russian and Ukrainian languages.[8]

Awards

In 2009 he received the Romanian National Order of Faithful Service.[9]

Works

  • Federacja czy rozpad Rosji?, Warszawa: Ośrodek Studiów Wschodnich, 1994.
  • W poszukiwaniu tożsamości społecznej. Inteligencja baszkirska, buriacka i tatarska wobec kwestii narodowej w Cesarstwie Rosyjskim i ZSRR. Lublin: IESW, 2001. ISBN 8385854681.
  • Czy Rosja przetrwa do roku 2000, Warszawa: Oficyna Wydawnicza MOST, 1993.
  • Rosja i narody. Ósmy kontynent, Szkic dziejów Eurazji, Warszawa: Wydawnictwo MG, 2009.
  • Zrozumieć innych. Metoda analityczna w polityce zagranicznej. Warszawa: Krajowa Szkoła Administracji Publicznej, 2011. ISBN 978-83-61713-37-1.

References

  1. ^ "Войцех Яцек Зайончковский: Отношения России и Польши развиваются очень хорошо". www.pnp.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 2019-03-10.
  2. ^ a b c "Biuletyn Komisji Spraw Zagranicznych Sejmu RP nr 550/VI" (PDF) (in Polish). 2008-04-17. pp. 3–4.
  3. ^ "Nowa Nauka Polska". nauka-polska.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2019-03-09.
  4. ^ a b "Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Poland to the People's Republic of China". beijing.mfa.gov.pl. Retrieved 2019-03-09.
  5. ^ "Nominacje dla nowych ambasadorów RP". www.msz.gov.pl (in Polish). 2017-12-13. Retrieved 2019-03-09.
  6. ^ "驻华大使到任顺序及递交国书日期(Order of Precedence and Date of Presentation of Credentials )". fao.nx.gov.cn (in Chinese). 2019-06-04. Archived from the original on 2019-06-04. Retrieved 2019-06-04.
  7. ^ "Narodowe Czytanie - nowele polskie 12 października 2019 r. | przy Ambasadzie RP w Pekinie". www.pekin.orpeg.pl (in Polish). 2019-09-14. Retrieved 2019-12-08.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  8. ^ "Посол Войцех Зайончковски (Wojciech Zajączkowski)". moskwa.msz.gov.pl (in Russian). 2014-05-31. Archived from the original on 2014-05-31. Retrieved 2019-06-04.
  9. ^ "Cetăţeni români şi străini decoraţi cu Ordinul Naţional "Serviciul Credincios"". presidency.ro (in Romanian). 2017-09-13. Archived from the original on 2017-09-13. Retrieved 2019-03-09.
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