Rafał Leśkiewicz (born 1977) is a Polish historian and manager. He is the spokesperson for the

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(IPN).

Career

Leśkiewicz studied history at the University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, where he earned a PhD in 2008. He also obtained post-graduate diplomas from the

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, the SGH Warsaw School of Economics and the

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. Leśkiewicz has worked at the Institute of National Remembrance since 2001, first as a junior archivist and subsequently as the head of its archives from 2010 to 2016. He was the Deputy Director of the IPN Historical Research Bureau from 2016 to 2019 and again from 2019 to 2021. He led the Institute's Information Technology Department from 2017 to 2019. In 2019, he was also named the IPN President's delegate for a study on the

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occupation terror in Poland during

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. Leśkiewicz was appointed head of the Central IT Centre by the Minister of Digital Affairs in 2016, and later served as an expert in the Ministry until 2020. Since then, he has been employed in the Executive Office of

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. Since 2019, he's been the editor-in-chief o
IPN's Next Stop History
a website that focuses on the history of the 20th century Poland. On August 30, 2021, he was designated as spokesperson for the IPN. Leśkiewicz is the author, co-author, or editor of over 150 scientific and popular science papers, including numerous media appearances in print and online – all dealing either with the late modern period and contemporary history, or with archival and computer studies.

Honors

In 2009, he was awarded the Bronze Cross of Merit of the

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. In 2015, the Gold Cross of Merit followed. In 2020, Leśkiewicz was awarded the Medal of the 100th Anniversary of Regaining Independence (Medal Stulecia Odzyskanej Niepodległości).

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Leskiewicz, Rafal 1977 births Polish male non-fiction writers 21st-century Polish historians Living people University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn alumni Poznań University of Economics and Business alumni SGH Warsaw School of Economics alumni Warsaw University of Technology alumni