Tomasz Szatkowski

Tomasz Szatkowski (born 10 May 1978 in Słupsk) is a Polish politician and political scientist, since 2019 serving as an ambassador to NATO. Specialist on national security domain, in particular defence and armaments policy.

Tomasz Szatkowski
7th Poland Ambassador to NATO
Assumed office
23 July 2019
Preceded byMarek Ziółkowski
Personal details
Born (1978-05-10) May 10, 1978
Słupsk
NationalityPolish
Alma materUniversity of Warsaw, King's College London
Professionpolitician, political scientist

Life

Szatkowski holds an M.A. in law from the University of Warsaw. He has been also degrees in postgraduate studies in national security (University of Warsaw) and war studies (King’s College London), intelligence policy (King's College London). He has been also trained at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey and Defence Academy of the United Kingdom in Shrivenham.[1]

He received scholarships, among others, from the UK Ministry of Defence (2004), US Department of State (2007), German Marshall Fund (2013).[2] Szatkowski participated in the program of the Munich Security Conference Munich Young Leaders (2019).[1]

He has been helding senior positions in the Polish state, defence industry, public media and the European Parliament. Between 2006 and 2008 he was member of the board of supervisors of Bumar-Labedy, in 2007 he became deputy president of the company. He was chief of the cabinet of deputy prime minister Przemysław Gosiewski and advisor to Zbigniew Wasserman.[3] From 3 November 2009 to 18 December 2009 he was acting general director of Telewizja Polska (TVP).[4] From 2009 to 2012 he worked as advisor on defense policy at the European Parliament. He was also member of the board of supervisors of TVP (2009–2011). He was also presiding the National Centre for Strategic Studies think tank.[5] In 2015 he was invitited by the president Andrzej Duda to the National Development Council – Security, Defense, Foreign Policy Section.[6]

Between 17 November 2015 and 18 July 2019[7] he was the deputy minister of national defence, responsible for international affairs, organization of the 2016 NATO Summit in Warsaw, Strategic Defence Review, and negotiations with the Americans on increasing their military presence in Poland.[1]

On 23 July 2019, Szatkowski was nominated Poland ambassador to NATO.[8]

In his youth, Szatkowski has been a background actor, playing in movies by Andrzej Wajda, and Jerzy Hoffman.

References
  1. "Permanent Representative of the Republic of Poland to the North Atlantic Council". brusselsnato.mfa.gov.pl. Retrieved 2019-08-21.
  2. "Asmus Policy Entrepreneurs Fellows Announced At Brussels Forum". The German Marshall Fund of the United States. 2013-03-15. Retrieved 2019-08-21.
  3. Czupryn, Anita (2009-11-05). "Prezes Tomasz Szatkowski, lojalny żołnierz partii PiS". Polska Times (in Polish). Retrieved 2019-08-21.
  4. "Tomasz Szatkowski nowym p.o. prezesa TVP. Szwedo rezygnuje". wiadomosci.gazeta.pl (in Polish). 2009-11-07. Archived from the original on 2009-11-07. Retrieved 2019-08-21.
  5. "Zarząd". ncss.org.pl (in Polish). 2015-06-18. Archived from the original on 2015-06-18. Retrieved 2019-08-21.
  6. "Narodowa Rada Rozwoju / Skład / Sekcje / Bezpieczeństwo, obronność, polityka zagraniczna / Tomasz Szatkowski". www.prezydent.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2019-08-21.
  7. "Szatkowski "kończy misję" w MON i obejmie stanowisko ambasadora przy NATO - Defence24". www.defence24.pl (in Polish). 2019-07-18. Retrieved 2019-08-21.
  8. "Tomasz Szatkowski Stałym Przedstawicielem RP przy NATO". www.tvp.info (in Polish). 2019-07-09. Retrieved 2019-08-21.
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