Młynary
Młynary (german: Mühlhausen in Ostpreußen) is a town in northern Poland, in Elbląg County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, with 1,782 inhabitants (2018). This makes it the smallest of the 49 towns in the voivodeship.
History
The town was fo ...
) is a Polish radio and television journalist, actor, musician, university teacher, from 1999 to 2003 serving as an ambassador to
Uruguay
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.
Life
Gugała holds an M.A. in
Hispanic Studies
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from the
University of Warsaw
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. He also studied economics at the
Warsaw School of Economics
SGH Warsaw School of Economics ( pl, Szkoła Główna Handlowa w Warszawie, ''SGH''
In 1983, he co-founded the band Zespół Reprezentacyjny and became its singer. The band was playing songs of different cultural heritages, e.g. Brazilian,
Sefardic
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, by
Lluís Llach
Lluís Llach i Grande (; born 7 May 1948) is a Catalan singer-songwriter, novelist and politician from Spain. He is one of the main representatives of the ''nova cançó'' genre and an outspoken advocate of the right to self-determination of ...
,
Georges Brassens
Georges Charles Brassens (; 22 October 1921 – 29 October 1981) was a French singer-songwriter and poet.
As an iconic figure in France, he achieved fame through his elegant songs with their harmonically complex music for voice and guitar and a ...
.
In 1990, he joined news program ''
Wiadomości
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'' (''News'') at
TVP1
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and started his career as a journalist and presenter. Between 1992 and 1995, he was director of the TVP1 and Television Information Agency.
In 1999, Gugała was appointed ambassador to Uruguay. Thanks to his reports to 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 ...
on
Jan Kobylański
Jan Kobylański (21 July 1923, Równe, Poland – 27 March 2019, Montevideo, Uruguay) was a Polish-Paraguayan businessman. He was the founder of the Union of Polish Associations and Organizations in Latin America ( pol. ''Unia Stowarzyszeń i O ...
's
antisemitism
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Antis ...
it was possible to remove Kobylański from the office of
honorary consul
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.
In 2003, Gugała ended his term in
Montevideo
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and returned to his journalist profession. He started working for
Polsat
Polsat is a Polish free-to-air television channel that was launched on 5 December 1992 by Zygmunt Solorz-Żak. , it is the most watched television channel in Poland with a market share of 11.30%
Polsat belongs to Grupa Polsat Plus ( WSECPS, whi ...
television channel, becoming host of the chief news program. In 2005, he was presented as a candidate for ambassadorial post in
Cuba
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but did not receive an
agrément
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In this procedure, the posting state formally requests consent, via a ''demande d'agréation'', from the receiving ...
. In 2008, he joined
Polsat News
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. In 2010, he was carrying out a final debate of the
presidential campaign
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*President (education), a leader of a college or university
*President (government title)
President may also refer to:
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between
Bronisław Komorowski
Bronisław Maria Komorowski (; born 4 June 1952) is a Polish politician and historian who served as President of Poland from 2010 to 2015.
Komorowski served as Minister of Defence from 2000 to 2001. As Marshal of the Sejm, Komorowski exercised ...
and
Jarosław Kaczyński
Jarosław Aleksander Kaczyński (; born 18 June 1949) is a Polish politician who is currently serving as leader of the Law and Justice party (known by its Polish acronym PiS), which he co-founded in 2001 with his twin brother, Lech Kaczyński, w ...
. From February 2011 to August 2012 he was holding the post of the head of the News and the Publications and Information Division.
He was working also for
TOK FM
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radio station (2005–2007),
TV4 TV4 or TV 4 may refer to:
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*TV4 (Sweden), a Swedish television network
**TV4 Group, owners of the Swedish television station
*South African Broadcasting Corporation TV4, a channel operated by the st ...
television channel,
Newsweek Polska
''Newsweek Polska'' is a Polish language weekly news magazine published in Poland as the Polish edition of ''Newsweek''.
History
''Newsweek Polska'' was established in 2001. The founder of the weekly is Tomasz Wróblewski.
The magazine is owned ...
as a columnist, University of Warsaw as a lecturer. Occasionally, he plays as a film actor.
In 2014, Gugała was awarded with the Officer's Cross of the
Order of Polonia Restituta
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.
Works
Books
*
Music albums as Zespół Reprezentacyjny
* ''Za nami noc... (pieśni Lluisa Llacha)'' (1985)
* ''Śmierć za idee – ballady Georgesa Brassensa'' (1986)
* ''Sefarad'' (1991)
* ''Pornograf'' (1993)
* ''Kumple to grunt'' (2007)
Filmography
* ''Tylko strach'', as TV presenter (1993)
* ''Gracze'', as himself (1995)
* ''
Persona non grata
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Diplomacy
Under Article 9 of the ...
'', as a passenger (2005)
* ''Agentki'' (2008)
* '' Pierwsza miłość'', as himself (2012)
* '' Pakt'', as a journalist (2016)