Jacek Michał Chodorowicz (born 7 December 1964, in

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) is a

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who served as

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(2002–2008) and

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(2012–2018).

Life

Chodorowicz graduated in history from the

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. He was educated also at the

Netherlands Institute of International Relations Clingendael The Netherlands Institute of International Relations Clingendael () or Clingendael Institute (''Instituut Clingendael'') is a Dutch think tank and academy on international relations. Based in Wassenaar on the municipal border with The Hague, the ...

. In 1991, he started his professional career as the assistant of the Undersecretary of State at the Ministry of National Education. In 1992, he joined the

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(MFA). Until 1995, he was expert and head of section of the Department of Africa, Asia, Australia and Oceania. Between 1995 and 1999, he served as

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. Following his return to the MFA headquarter in Warsaw, he was director of the Department of Africa and the Middle East. From 2001 to 2008, he was ambassador to

. Next, he returned to his previous post of the Department's director. On 24 January 2012, he was appointed ambassador to

. He ended his mission on 30 May 2018. From 2018 to 2021, he was Minister of Foreign Affairs Plenipotentiary for dialogue with Jewish Diaspora. Next, he was working at the MFA Department of Development Cooperation. In 2023, he became for the third time the director MFA Department of Africa and the Middle East. In January 2025, he became chargé d'affaires a.i. of the Embassy in

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. In 2011, he was honored with the Knight's Cross of the

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. Besides his native

, he speaks

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and

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. He is father to two sons.

References

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