Bartosz Jan Cichocki (born 12 August 1976, Warsaw) is a Polish political scientist and historian, since 2019 serving as an

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to Ukraine.

Life

Cichocki graduated from history at the University of Warsaw. He worked for the KARTA Center,

Centre for Eastern Studies The Centre for Eastern Studies ( pl, Ośrodek Studiów Wschodnich, OSW) is a Warsaw-based think tank that undertakes independent research on the political, economic and social situation in Central and Eastern Europe, Balkans, Caucasus and Central ...

as an analyst on Russian regional policy,

Polish Institute of International Affairs The Polish Institute of International Affairs (PISM, pl, Polski Instytut Spraw Międzynarodowych) in Warsaw is a Polish think tank which carries out research and training in international relations. In this field, it ranks as one of the most ...

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

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. On 25 May 2017, Cichocki joined the

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, 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.

Honours

* 2022 –

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, 2nd class, Ukraine

References

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