Wojciech Zajączkowski

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Wojciech Zajączkowski
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Poland Ambassador to China
Assumed office
January 2018
Appointed by Andrzej Duda
President Xi Jinping
Preceded by Mirosław Gajewski
Poland Ambassador to Russia
In office
2010–2014
Appointed by Bronisław Komorowski
President Vladimir Putin
Dmitry Medvedev
Preceded by Jerzy Bahr
Succeeded by Katarzyna Pełczyńska-Nałęcz
Poland Ambassador to Romania
In office
2008–2010
Appointed by Lech Kaczyński
President Traian Băsescu
Preceded by Jacek Paliszewski
Succeeded by Marek Szczygieł
Personal details
Born (1963-12-19) December 19, 1963 (age 60)
Bydgoszcz, Poland
Nationality Polish
Spouse(s) Izabella Zajączkowska
Children three
Alma mater Catholic University of Lublin
Profession Diplomat, historian
Awards Order of Faithful Service (Romania) - ribbon bar.gif

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

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