Adam Mariusz Kwiatkowski (born 7 December 1972 in

Warsaw Warsaw, officially the Capital City of Warsaw, is the capital and List of cities and towns in Poland, largest city of Poland. The metropolis stands on the Vistula, River Vistula in east-central Poland. Its population is officially estimated at ...

) is a Polish politician, since 2022 serving as an

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to the

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Life

Kwiatkowski graduated from the Faculty of Management at the

University of Warsaw The University of Warsaw (, ) is a public university, public research university in Warsaw, Poland. Established on November 19, 1816, it is the largest institution of higher learning in the country, offering 37 different fields of study as well ...

. Between 1994 and 2006 he was a Local Councillor for the

districts, and from 2006 to 2011 a City Councillor for Warsaw. He represented

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and, since 2002,

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. He worked as a Director of the Department of Strategy, Regional Development and Structural Funds in the Marshal's Office of the

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(2003), Vice President of the Regional Fund for Environmental Protection and Water Management in Warsaw (2004–2006), an advisor on the EU funds to

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Jarosław Kaczyński Jarosław Aleksander Kaczyński (born 18 June 1949) is a Polish politician. He co-founded the Law and Justice (PiS) party in 2001 with his twin brother, Lech Kaczyński, and has served as its leader since 2003. He served as Prime Minister of Pola ...

, and Secretary of the Monitoring Committee for the Absorption of the European Union Funds (2006–2007). At the Chancellery of

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he was responsible for the preparation of the President's foreign visits. He has been among the founding members of the President Lech Kaczyński Social Movement. Kwiatkowski has been lecturing Entrepreneurship of Local Communities at the

Kozminski University Kozminski University (formerly known as ''Leon Kozminski Academy of Entrepreneurship and Management''; in Polish, ''Akademia Leona Koźmińskiego'') is a private, nonprofit business school in Warsaw, Poland; according to the ''Financial Times'', ...

. In 2011 Kwiatkowski was elected member of the

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. He was member of the Committee for Contacts with Poles Abroad and the Public Finance Committee, as well as heading the works of the Team for the Defence of the Freedom of Speech. On 7 August 2015, he ended his term as MP and was appointed Secretary of State by the President of Poland

Andrzej Duda Andrzej Sebastian Duda (born 16 May 1972) is a Polish lawyer and politician who has served as the sixth president of Poland since 2015. Before becoming president, he served as a Member of the Sejm from 2011 to 2014 and before becoming Member of ...

. From 3 August 2015 until 3 April 2017 he served as Chief of the Cabinet of the President of Poland; he was succeeded by

Krzysztof Szczerski Krzysztof Maria Szczerski (born 15 April 1973 in Kraków) is a Polish political scientist and politician who has been serving as Poland's Ambassador to the United Nations in New York since 2021. Szczerski previously served, among other position ...

. On 11 April 2022 he was nominated ambassador to the Holy See, accredited also to the

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. Married to Urszula Kwiatek-Kwiatkowska. Father to Szymon, Stefan, and Kinga.

Honours

* 2018 – Medal for the Merit for Poles in Kazakhstan * 2019 – Grand Commander of the

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kwiatkowski, Adam 1972 births Ambassadors of Poland to the Holy See Ambassadors of Poland to Malta Commander's Grand Crosses of the Order for Merits to Lithuania Councillors in Warsaw Diplomats from Warsaw Freedom Union (Poland) politicians Law and Justice politicians Living people Members of the Polish Sejm 2011–2015 University of Warsaw alumni