Bartosz Jan Cichocki (born 12 August 1976,

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) is a Polish political scientist and historian, between 2019 and 2023 serving as an

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Life

Cichocki graduated from history at the University of Warsaw. He worked for the KARTA Center, Centre for Eastern Studies as an analyst on Russian regional policy, Polish Institute of International Affairs as a coordination of Russia-Eurasia programme, National Security Bureau as a specialist on Russian foreign and security policies, and head of international relations unit. Between 2015 and 2016 he was at the Polish embassy in Moscow. In 2017, he was an advisor to the head of the Foreign Intelligence Agency. On 25 May 2017, Cichocki joined the

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, becoming Undersecretary of State for security, Eastern and European policy. Since 1 February 2018 the prime minister Mateusz Morawiecki made him Head of the Polish Group for Legal and Historical Dialogue with

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. On 8 March 2019, he was nominated Polish ambassador to Ukraine, 8 days later presenting his

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to the President Petro Poroshenko. In February 2022, he was the only EU ambassador who did not leave

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during the

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. He ended his term on 31 October 2023.

Honours

* 2024 – Officer's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta * 2022 – Order of Merit, 2nd class, Ukraine * 2022 – Cross of Merit, Ukraine

References

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