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Artur Michalski
5th Poland Ambassador to Moldova
In office
2012–2017
Preceded byBogumił Luft
Succeeded byBartłomiej Zdaniuk
9th Poland Ambassador to Belarus
Assumed office
15 May 2018
Preceded byKonrad Pawlik
Personal details
Born (1962-05-05) 5 May 1962 (age 62)
Warsaw
NationalityPolish
Alma materWarsaw Theological Academy
ProfessionDiplomat, journalist

Artur Antoni Michalski (born 5 May 1962, in Warsaw) is a Polish diplomat and journalist; an ambassador to Moldova (2012–2017) and Belarus (since 2018).

Life

Michalski has graduated from philosophy at the Warsaw Theological Academy. In 1987, he started his professional career at "Ład" ("Order") weekly, as a journalist. He was covering democratic processes in Central and Eastern Europe.[1]

In 1990, he joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Poland. Between 1991 and 1996 he was press officer at the embassy in Moscow, with a rank of Second and First Secretary. In 1996, he has been heading the Russian Unit at the Centre for Eastern Studies, Warsaw. In 1997, he became head of analogical unit at the MFA. From 2000 to 2004 he was press officer at the embassy in Washington. Following his work at the Department of the Americas (2004–2006),[2] he was serving as a deputy ambassador in Ottawa, Canada.[3] In 2010, he returned to the MFA, Eastern Department. From 2011, as its director. In 2012, he was nominated Poland ambassador to Moldova, ending his term in 2017. For the next year, he was director of the Eastern Department again.[2] On 15 May 2018 he was nominated Polish ambassador to Belarus. He arrived to Minsk on 12 June 2018,[4] and in two weeks presented his letter of credence to the President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko.[5]

Besides Polish, Michalski speaks fluently English and Russian. He has also communicative knowledge of Romanian language.[1]

Works

  • Artur Michalski, Na gruzach totalitaryzmu: rozmowy o odradzaniu się chrześcijaństwa w Rosji, Warszawa: Ośrodek Dokumentacji i Studiów Społecznych, 1991.
  • Artur Michalski, Raj na Ziemi kontra obóz koncentracyjny, Toruń: Wydawnictwo Adam Marszałek, 2018.

References

  1. ^ a b "Zapis przebiegu posiedzenia Komisji Spraw Zagranicznych /nr 108/". www.sejm.gov.pl (in Polish). 2018-05-09. Retrieved 2019-09-29.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. ^ a b "Ambasador Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej na Białorusi". minsk.msz.gov.pl (in Polish). Archived from the original on 2019-09-29. Retrieved 2019-09-29.
  3. ^ Diplomatic, Consular& Other Representatives in Canada (PDF). Ottawa: Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada / Affaires étrangères et Commerce international Canada. 2009. p. 104.
  4. ^ Дыпламатычны даведнікдипломатический справочник (PDF) (in Belarusian). Minsk: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic Of Belarus. August 2018. p. 17.
  5. ^ "Лукашенко принял верительные грамоты послов зарубежных государств". www.belta.by (in Belarusian). 2018-06-26. Retrieved 2019-09-29.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)