Bartosz Cichocki | |
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Bartosz Cichocki | |
Poland Ambassador to Ukraine | |
In office 8 March 2019 – 31 October 2023 | |
Appointed by | Andrzej Duda |
President | Petro Poroshenko Volodymyr Zelenskyy |
Preceded by | Jan Piekło |
Succeeded by | Jarosław Guzy |
Personal details | |
Born | (1976-08-12) August 12, 1976 (age 48) Warsaw |
Nationality | Polish |
Alma mater | University of Warsaw |
Profession | Political scientist, historian |
Bartosz Jan Cichocki (born 12 August 1976, Warsaw) is a Polish political scientist and historian, between 2019 and 2023 serving as an ambassador to Ukraine.
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 Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 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 Israel.
On 8 March 2019, he was nominated Polish ambassador to Ukraine, 8 days later presenting his letter of credence to the President Petro Poroshenko. In February 2022, he was the only EU ambassador who did not leave Kyiv during the siege. 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
- "Bartosz Cichocki otrzymał nominację na ambasadora RP na Ukrainie". Portal polsko-ukraiński (in Polish). 2019-03-13. Archived from the original on 2019-10-09. Retrieved 2019-10-04.
- "Podsekretarz stanu ds. bezpieczeństwa, polityki wschodniej oraz polityki amerykańskiej – Bartosz Cichocki". www.msz.gov.pl (in Polish). Archived from the original on 2017-06-02. Retrieved 2019-10-04.
- Baran, Violetta (2018-02-01). "Bartosz Cichocki na czele zespołu ds. dialogu z Izraelem". wiadomosci.wp.pl (in Polish). Archived from the original on 2018-02-01. Retrieved 2019-10-04.
- "Bartosz Cichocki nowym ambasadorem RP na Ukrainie – Ministerstwo Spraw Zagranicznych – Portal gov.pl". Ministerstwo Spraw Zagranicznych (in Polish). 2019-03-08. Archived from the original on 2020-02-21. Retrieved 2019-10-04.
- "Президент України прийняв вірчі грамоти у послів низки іноземних держав – Офіційне інтернет-представництво Президента України". president.gov.ua (in Ukrainian). 2019-05-19. Archived from the original on 2019-05-19. Retrieved 2019-10-04.
- Walker, Shaun (2022-03-03). "'We can influence morale': Polish ambassador last to remain in Kyiv". the Guardian. Retrieved 2022-11-09.
- "Monitor Polski 2023 r. poz. 1195". monitorpolski.gov.pl. Retrieved 2023-11-03.
- "Prezydent: Polska była reprezentowana w Kijowie przez ambasadora Bartosza Cichockiego od początku wojny". prezydent.pl (in Polish). 2024-05-22. Retrieved 2024-05-23.
- "Post Kancelarii Prezydenta RP". twitter.com (in Polish). 2024-05-22. Retrieved 2024-05-23.
- "УКАЗ ПРЕЗИДЕНТА УКРАЇНИ №383/2022". president.gov.ua (in Ukrainian). 2022-06-02. Retrieved 2022-11-09.
- "Залужний відзначив посла Польщі в Україні почесним знаком «Хрест заслуги» — Телеканал I-UA.tv". i-ua.tv (in Ukrainian). 2022-12-22. Retrieved 2023-09-19.
- 1976 births
- 21st-century Polish politicians
- Ambassadors of Poland to Ukraine
- Diplomats from Warsaw
- 21st-century Polish historians
- Polish male non-fiction writers
- Polish political scientists
- Officers of the Order of Polonia Restituta
- Recipients of the Order of Merit (Ukraine), 2nd class
- University of Warsaw alumni
- Living people