Jacek Gawryszewski
Poland Ambassador to Chile
Assumed office
28 August 2017
Preceded byAleksandra Piątkowska
Personal details
Born
Jacek Winek

(1966-03-20) 20 March 1966
Warsaw
NationalityPolish
Alma materUniversity of Warsaw
ProfessionDiplomat, civil intelligence officer
Awards

Jacek Gawryszewski (born Jacek Winek; 20 March 1966 in Warsaw) is a Polish colonel of civil intelligence service[1] and diplomat, serving as an ambassador to Chile since 2017.

Life

Jacek Gawryszewski holds an M.A. in international relations from the University of Warsaw (1992). He has been also post-graduate student of journalism (1995).[2]

During the 1980s he was active member of Solidarity movement. In 1986, he was sentenced for one year and seven months in prison for political reasons.[3]

Between 1991 and 2002 he was officer of the Office for State Protection, and, from 2002 he served at the Internal Security Agency.[1] 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.[3]

He has been working at the embassies in Tunis, in charge of security of the embassy (1999–2000), Bogota, being responsible for consular services among others (2000–2005), Mexico City (2007–2008), representing Poland to Mexico as chargé d'affaires, and Berlin (2009) as a specialist for security issues of German-Polish relations.[3]

On 28 August 2017 Jacek Gawryszewski was nominated ambassador to Chile. He presented his letter of credence to the President of Chile Michelle Bachelet on 25 October 2017.[4]

Gawryszewski, beside Polish, speaks English, Spanish, and German languages. He is married.[2]

Honours

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "płk Jacek Gawryszewski - Kierownictwo - BIP - Agencja Bezpieczeństwa Wewnętrznego". bip.abw.gov.pl (in Polish). 2017-09-03. Archived from the original on 2017-09-03. Retrieved 2019-08-16.
  2. 1 2 "Zapis przebiegu posiedzenia Komisji Spraw Zagranicznych /nr 67/". www.sejm.gov.pl (in Polish). 7 June 2017. Retrieved 2019-08-16.
  3. 1 2 3 "Ambasador". santiago.msz.gov.pl (in Polish). 2019-07-03. Archived from the original on 2019-07-03. Retrieved 2019-08-16.
  4. "Presidenta Bachelet recibe cartas credenciales de nuevos embajadores - Archivo Michelle Bachelet Jeria 2014-2018". archivospresidenciales.archivonacional.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 2019-08-16.
  5. "Postanowienie Prezydenta Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej z dnia 23 kwietnia 2015 r. o nadaniu odznaczeń". prawo.sejm.gov.pl (in Polish). 23 April 2015. Retrieved 2019-08-16.
  6. "Odznaczenia dla twórców niezależnych mediów / Ordery i odznaczenia". www.prezydent.pl (in Polish). 14 October 2011. Retrieved 2019-08-16.
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