Janusz Józef Stańczyk (born 22 January 1955 in

Tarnów Tarnów () is a city in southeastern Poland with 105,922 inhabitants and a metropolitan area population of 269,000 inhabitants. The city is situated in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship since 1999. From 1975 to 1998, it was the capital of the Tarnów ...

, Poland) is a Polish diplomat.

Education

Janusz Stańczyk graduated from the Faculty of Law at

Jagiellonian University The Jagiellonian University (Polish: ''Uniwersytet Jagielloński'', UJ) is a public research university in Kraków, Poland. Founded in 1364 by King Casimir III the Great, it is the oldest university in Poland and the 13th oldest university in ...

in 1977. He attended Saint Louis University School of Law from 1990 to 1991. In 1985 at the

Polish Academy of Science The Polish Academy of Sciences ( pl, Polska Akademia Nauk, PAN) is a Polish state-sponsored institution of higher learning. Headquartered in Warsaw, it is responsible for spearheading the development of science across the country by a society of ...

, he defended his doctoral thesis on international law.

Career

Between 1978 and 1980, Stańczyk worked at Jagiellonian University, and afterward at the Academy of Sciences (between 1983 and 1992). In 1992, he joined the

Ministry of Foreign Affairs In many countries, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is the government department responsible for the state's diplomacy, bilateral, and multilateral relations affairs as well as for providing support for a country's citizens who are abroad. The entit ...

where he became the director of the legal and treaty department. In 1995, Stańczyk became the director general of the Ministry. Between 1997 and 1999, he was under secretary of state there. Stańczyk served as an

ambassador An ambassador is an official envoy, especially a high-ranking diplomat who represents a state and is usually accredited to another sovereign state or to an international organization as the resident representative of their own government or sov ...

to the

United Nations The United Nations (UN) is an intergovernmental organization whose stated purposes are to maintain international peace and international security, security, develop friendly relations among nations, achieve international cooperation, and be ...

from 2000 to –2004. After this he was the director of the Department of the United Nations and Human Rights. Between 4 November 2005 and 6 September 2006 he once again served as the under secretary of state. Stańczyk was the ambassador to the Netherlands and the

Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) is an intergovernmental organisation and the implementing body for the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC), which entered into force on 29 April 1997. The OPCW, with its 193 member ...

from 2007 to 2012. Between 2015 and 2020, he was the permanent representative to the

Council of Europe The Council of Europe (CoE; french: Conseil de l'Europe, ) is an international organisation founded in the wake of World War II to uphold European Convention on Human Rights, human rights, democracy and the Law in Europe, rule of law in Europe. ...

. Since 1 September 2020 he served as the director of the MFA Department of Americas. On 31 January 2022 Stańczyk retired.

Personal life

Stańczyk besides

Polish Polish may refer to: * Anything from or related to Poland, a country in Europe * Polish language * Poles, people from Poland or of Polish descent * Polish chicken *Polish brothers (Mark Polish and Michael Polish, born 1970), American twin screenwr ...

speaks

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and

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. He is married, with a son and a daughter.

Honours

He was awarded with Officers's Cross of the

Order of Polonia Restituta The Order of Polonia Restituta ( pl, Order Odrodzenia Polski, en, Order of Restored Poland) is a Polish state decoration, state Order (decoration), order established 4 February 1921. It is conferred on both military and civilians as well as on al ...

(2012).

References

1955 births Ambassadors of Poland to the Netherlands Jagiellonian University alumni Academic staff of Jagiellonian University Living people Officers of the Order of Polonia Restituta People from Tarnów Permanent Representatives of Poland to the Council of Europe Permanent Representatives of Poland to the United Nations Polish legal scholars {{Poland-politician-stub