Maciej Szymański

Maciej Grzegorz Szymański (born 25 January 1957, Milicz)[1] is a Polish slavist and diplomat, an ambassador to Slovenia (1998–2002), Serbia (2005–2009), Croatia (2013–2017), and Bulgaria (since 2019).

Maciej Szymański

Ph.D.
2nd Poland Ambassador to Slovenia
In office
1998–2002
PresidentAleksander Kwaśniewski
Preceded byJan Tombiński
Succeeded byJanusz Jesionek
Poland Ambassador to Serbia
In office
2005 – 13 July 2009
Preceded byTadeusz Diem
Succeeded byAndrzej Jasionowski
5th Poland Ambassador to Croatia
In office
January 2013 – July 2017
Preceded byWiesław Tarka
Succeeded byAndrzej Jasionowski
Poland Ambassador to Bulgaria
Assumed office
April 2019
Preceded byKrzysztof Krajewski
Personal details
Born (1957-01-25) January 25, 1957
Milicz
NationalityPolish
Children4
Alma materUniversity of Silesia in Katowice
ProfessionDiplomat, philologist
Awards

Life

Szymański 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] specializing in Macedonian and Serbo-Croatian languages.[3]

In 1982, he began professional carrier 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 defended 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
gollark: Which was kind of the case before - my autoinvestor bot was extremely successful just investing in any post with a large number of investments.
gollark: Honestly I think it's kind of stupid even with lots of players, since the only thing which has any impact on how much you get is how many other people wildly jump on the bandwagon.
gollark: That seems... bad.
gollark: *Just* how it's been bought/sold? Not how popular the meme is or something?
gollark: So, anyone know how the sell/buy price of memes works? The guide just says it's based on demand somehow, which seems really weird.

References
  1. "Pan Maciej Szymański, Ambasador Nadzwyczajny i Pełnomocny RP w Republice Bułgarii". sofia.msz.gov.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2019-10-29.
  2. "Zapis przebiegu posiedzenia Komisji Spraw Zagranicznych /nr 28/". www.sejm.gov.pl (in Polish). 2012-06-26. Retrieved 2019-10-29.
  3. "Biuletyn Komisji Spraw Zagranicznych Sejmu RP nr 633/III". orka.sejm.gov.pl (in Polish). 1998-07-02. Retrieved 2019-10-29.
  4. "Biuletyn Komisji Spraw Zagranicznych Sejmu RP nr 4485/IV". orka.sejm.gov.pl (in Polish). 2005-04-21. Retrieved 2019-10-29.
  5. "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.
  6. "Zapis przebiegu posiedzenia Komisji Spraw Zagranicznych /nr 137/". www.sejm.gov.pl (in Polish). 2019-02-20. Retrieved 2019-10-29.
  7. "Zmiany kadrowe w MSZ. Wiceministrem ma zostać Piotr Wawrzyk - Polsat News". polsatnews.pl (in Polish). 2018-02-01. Retrieved 2019-10-29.
  8. "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.
  9. "Poprzedni Ambasadorowie". zagrzeb.msz.gov.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2019-10-29.
  10. "Maciej Szymański". maciej-szymanski.pl/ (in Polish). 2015-08-01. Archived from the original on 2015-08-01. Retrieved 2020-03-02.
  11. "Wystawy fotografii „Barwy mgły" autorstwa Macieja Szymańskiego". Полски институт в София (in Polish). August 2019. Retrieved 2020-03-02.
  12. "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.
  13. "Ured Predsjednice RH". Ured Predsjednice RH (in Croatian). 2017-08-20. Archived from the original on 2019-03-07. Retrieved 2019-10-29.
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