Jakub Kumoch

Jakub Radomir Kumoch (born 16 November 1975, Warsaw) is a Polish political scientist, journalist and diplomat, serving as an ambassador to Turkey (since 2020) and Switzerland (2016–2020).

Jakub Kumoch

Ph.D.
Poland Ambassador to Switzerland
In office
20 October 2016 – February 2020
Preceded byJaromir Sokołowski
Poland Ambassador to Turkey
Assumed office
2 March 2020
Preceded byMaciej Lang
Personal details
Born (1975-11-16) November 16, 1975
Warsaw, Poland
NationalityPolish
Childrentwo
Alma materUniversity of Warsaw
ProfessionPolitical scientist, journalist, diplomat

Life

Kumoch has graduated from international relations (M.A., 1999) and Turkology (M.A., 2001) at the University of Warsaw. In 2006 he defended at the Jagiellonian University his Ph.D. thesis on European Union election observation missions.[1] Besides Polish and Turkish, he speaks English, French, Croatian, Spanish, Russian, German, and Arabic languages.[2]

Kumoch started his professional career at the Centre for Eastern Studies as an analyst on Balkan states (2000–2001). For the next ten years he has been covering international relations as a journalist. Following his position of Polish Press Agency foreign correspondent in Moscow, he was working for Przekrój weekly (2005–2006) and Dziennik Polska-Europa-Świat daily (2006–2009). Since 2010 he has been working again as an analyst on international relations at the Polish Institute of International Affairs (2010),[2] the Sobieski Institute (2011–2013).[3] Between 2011 and 2016 he was also engaged in the EU election observerion missions (EUEOMs) as an expert and press officer.[4] In 2015 he was invitited by the president Andrzej Duda to the National Development Council – Security, Defense, Foreign Policy Section.[5]

On 14 October 2016 he was nominated Poland ambassador to Switzerland, accredited also to Liechtenstein.[6] Within a week he presented his diplomatic credentials.[7] As an ambassador, in 2017, he contributed to the discovery and publicity of Polish diplomats in Switzerland saving European Jews from Holocaust (Ładoś Group).[8] In 2019, he was awarded by the Minister of Culture for "preserving the cultural heritage abroad".[9] He co-authored list of names of 3262 holders of passports issued by Ładoś Group, which in December 2019 was presented at the Pilecki Institute in Warsaw.[10]

According to Lucien Scherrer of the Neue Zürcher Zeitung, "within [Swiss] diplomatic and political circles Kumoch is seen as an agitator in service of the PiS government."[11] Councilman Hans-Peter Portmann is quoted as saying: "The fact that an ambassador intervenes in the press constantly is unusual. An emissary should adhere to local customs, including respect for the freedom of expression."[11] Councilman Claude Janiak of the Switzerland-Poland Group, is also quoted: "I wonder if it's part of [Kumoch's] job to foster a domestic Polish political dispute."[11]

His service has been highly appreciated in Poland though, being accepted by both ruling and opposing parties of Polish Sejm for next ambassador term, in Turkey.[12] He received nomination on 2 March 2020.[13]

Kumoch is married, with two children.[2]

Works
  • Kumoch, Jakub; Formuszewicz, Ryszarda (2010). The Practice of Appointing the Heads of EU Delegations in the Wake of Council Decision on the European External Action Service (PDF). Warszawa: Polski Instytut Spraw Międzynarodowych. ISBN 978-83-89607-97-3.

References
  1. "Nowa Nauka Polska". nauka-polska.pl. Retrieved 2019-07-09.
  2. "Botschafter". berno.msz.gov.pl (in German). Retrieved 2019-07-09.
  3. "Jakub Kumoch, Autor w serwisie Instytut Sobieskiego". Instytut Sobieskiego (in Polish). Retrieved 2019-07-09.
  4. "Zapis przebiegu posiedzenia Komisji Spraw Zagranicznych /nr 41/". www.sejm.gov.pl (in Polish). 4 October 2016. Retrieved 2019-07-09.
  5. "Narodowa Rada Rozwoju / Skład / Sekcje / Bezpieczeństwo, obronność, polityka zagraniczna / Jakub Kumoch". www.prezydent.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2019-07-09.
  6. "Jakub Kumoch nowym ambasadorem Polski w Szwajcarii". wprost.pl (in Polish). 2016-10-14. Retrieved 2019-07-09.
  7. "Remise des lettres de créance". eda.admin.ch (in French). 20 October 2016. Retrieved 2019-07-09.
  8. Petrović, Petar (12 February 2018). "Ambasador Polski w Szwajcarii: Polacy pomagali przy wykupie Żydów z rąk nazistów. Alianci byli temu przeciwni". PolskieRadio.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2019-07-09.
  9. Doroczne Nagrody Ministra Kultury i Dziedzictwa Narodowego wręczone MKiDN - Wydarzenia 2019 (in Polish), 12 June 2019, retrieved 2019-07-09
  10. "Presentation of the "Ładoś List", Warsaw 12 December 2019". Institute of National Remembrance. 12 December 2019. Retrieved 2020-04-07.
  11. Scherrer, Lucien (2019-10-01). "Holocaust: Polnischer Botschafter Kumoch verteidigt sein Land". Neue Zürcher Zeitung (in German). ISSN 0376-6829. Retrieved 2019-10-24.
  12. "Zapis przebiegu posiedzenia Komisji Spraw Zagranicznych /nr 3/". www.sejm.gov.pl (in Polish). 19 December 2019. Retrieved 2020-03-02.
  13. "Jakub Kumoch nowym ambasadorem RP w Turcji". Ministerstwo Spraw Zagranicznych - Portal Gov.pl (in Polish). 2020-03-02. Archived from the original on 2020-03-02. Retrieved 2020-03-02.
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