Jacek Gawryszewski (born ''Jacek Winek''; 20 March 1966 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 colonel of civil intelligence service and diplomat, ambassador to

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from 2017 to 2024.

Life

Jacek Gawryszewski holds an M.A. in international relations from 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 ...

(1992). He has been also post-graduate student of journalism (1995). During the 1980s he was active member of

Solidarity Solidarity or solidarism is an awareness of shared interests, objectives, standards, and sympathies creating a psychological sense of unity of groups or classes. True solidarity means moving beyond individual identities and single issue politics ...

movement. In 1986, he was sentenced for one year and seven months in prison for political reasons. Between 1991 and 2002 he was officer of the Office for State Protection, and, from 2002 he served at the Internal Security Agency. From 2006 to 2007 he was the director of the Department of Counterterrorism. Between 2013 and 5 October 2017 he was deputy chief of the Agency. He has been working at the embassies in

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, in charge of security of the embassy (1999–2000), Bogota, being responsible for consular services among others (2000–2005),

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(2007–2008), representing Poland to

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, and

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(2009) as a specialist for security issues of German-Polish relations. On 28 August 2017 Jacek Gawryszewski was nominated ambassador to Chile. He presented his

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to the

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Michelle Bachelet Verónica Michelle Bachelet Jeria (; born 29 September 1951) is a Chilean politician who served as President of Chile from 2006 to 2010 and again from 2014 to 2018, becoming the first woman to hold the presidency. She was re-elected in December ...

on 25 October 2017. He ended his term on 31 July 2024. Gawryszewski, beside Polish, speaks English,

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, and

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languages. He is married.

Honours

* Cross of Freedom and Solidarity, 2015 * Bronze Medal of Merit for National Defence, 2012 * Knight's Cross of the

Order of Polonia Restituta The Order of Polonia Restituta (, ) is a Polish state decoration, state Order (decoration), order established 4 February 1921. It is conferred on both military and civilians as well as on alien (law), foreigners for outstanding achievements in ...

, 2011 * Silver

Medal for Long Service The Medal for Long Service (Polish: ''Medal za Długoletnią Służbę'') is a Polish decoration awarded in three classes (gold, silver and bronze) to members of the Polish Armed Forces and other uniformed services, and to Civil Servants, civil se ...

, 2011 * Bronze Cross of Merit, 2006

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Gawryszewski, Jacek 1966 births Ambassadors of Poland to Chile Knights of the Order of Polonia Restituta Living people Diplomats from Warsaw Polish intelligence officers Recipients of Cross of Freedom and Solidarity Recipients of the Bronze Cross of Merit (Poland) Recipients of the Medal of Merit for National Defence Solidarity (Polish trade union) activists University of Warsaw alumni