Grzegorz Marek Poznański (born 9 March 1971,

Warsaw Warsaw ( pl, Warszawa, ), officially the Capital City of Warsaw,, abbreviation: ''m.st. Warszawa'' is the capital and largest city of Poland. The metropolis stands on the River Vistula in east-central Poland, and its population is officia ...

) is a Polish career diplomat and civil service member, ambassador to

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(2010–2014), since 2020 Director General of the Permanent Secretariat of the Council of the Baltic Sea States (CBSS) in

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Life

Grzegorz Marek Poznański received a master's degree of international relations at the

University of Warsaw The University of Warsaw ( pl, Uniwersytet Warszawski, la, Universitas Varsoviensis) is a public university in Warsaw, Poland. Established in 1816, it is the largest institution of higher learning in the country offering 37 different fields of ...

. He has been studying also in

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National Defence University of Warsaw The National Defence University of Warsaw ( – AON) was the civil-military highest defence academic institution in Poland, located in Warszawa–Rembertów. In 2016 it was succeeded by the War Studies University. The National Defence University ...

, National School of Public Administration, as well as United Nations Disarmament Fellowship course (2001). He started his diplomatic career in 1997 at the

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(MFA), specializing in security, disarmament, non-proliferation and arms export control issues. Between 2002 and 2006 he was working at the Permanent Mission of the Republic of Poland to the

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. Next, was a member of the UNSG Panel of Governmental Experts on missiles (2007–2008). From 2007 to 2010 he was deputy director of the MFA European Policy Department and director of the Security Policy Department. Between 2010 and 2014 he served as Poland ambassador to Estonia. Following his post as a deputy director European Policy Department and, again, as director of Security Policy Department (2015–2017), he became deputy head of mission of the embassy in

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Lithuania Lithuania (; lt, Lietuva ), officially the Republic of Lithuania ( lt, Lietuvos Respublika, links=no ), is a country in the Baltic region of Europe. It is one of three Baltic states and lies on the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea. Lithuania ...

. In June 2020 he Grzegorz Marek Poznański was appointed Director General of the Council of the Baltic Sea States Secretariat as of 1 September 2020. Before that, he coordinated the Polish presidency of the council (2015–2016). He speaks

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, Russian and

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. Besides diplomatic career, Poznański is also a fencer (

épée The ( or , ), sometimes spelled epee in English, is the largest and heaviest of the three weapons used in the sport of fencing. The modern derives from the 19th-century , a weapon which itself derives from the French small sword. This contains ...

, foil), member of

Legia Warsaw Legia Warszawa (), commonly referred to as Legia Warsaw or simply Legia, is a professional football club based in Warsaw, Poland. Legia is the most successful Polish football club in history, winning record 15 Ekstraklasa champions titles, a ...

sport club. He has been co-founder of Polish Fencing Club in Warsaw.

Honours

Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana The Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana ( et, Maarjamaa Risti teenetemärk, sometimes translated as the Order of the Cross of St. Mary's Land) was instituted by the President of Estonia, Lennart Meri, on 16 May 1995 to honour the independence of ...

, 1st class (Estonia, 2014) * Cross of Merit of the Ministry of Defense of Estonia

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Poznanski, Grzegorz Marek 1971 births Ambassadors of Poland to Estonia Living people Diplomats from Warsaw Polish male fencers Recipients of the Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana, 1st Class University of Warsaw alumni