Katarzyna Pełczyńska-Nałęcz (born October 26, 1970) is a Polish sociologist and the former
Ambassador of Poland to Russia. She succeeded
Wojciech Zajączkowski
Wojciech Jacek Zajączkowski (born 19 December 1963 in Bydgoszcz) is a Polish diplomat and historian. Ambassador of Poland to China (2018–2023), Russia (2010–2014), and Romania (2008–2010).
Life
Education
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in the fall of 2014. She became the first woman ambassador of Poland in Moscow since the establishment of
Polish–Russian relations, between the Kingdom of Poland and the
Grand Duchy of Moscow
The Grand Duchy of Moscow, Muscovite Russia, Muscovite Rus' or Grand Principality of Moscow (russian: Великое княжество Московское, Velikoye knyazhestvo Moskovskoye; also known in English simply as Muscovy from the Lati ...
in the 16th century. Pełczyńska-Nałęcz previously served as
Undersecretary of State at the
Polish Foreign Ministry
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (''Ministerstwo Spraw Zagranicznych'', MSZ) is the Polish government department tasked with maintaining Poland's international relations and coordinating its participation in international and regional supra-nation ...
.
Life
Pełczyńska-Nałęcz graduated from the Institute of Sociology of
Warsaw University in 1994.
Then she worked at the Institute of Philosophy and Sociology of the
Polish Academy of Sciences where in 1999 she defended her
Ph.D. Later she became the deputy director at the
Center for Eastern Studies and the head of its Russian Department.
In an interview to a Russian news agency, Pełczyńska-Nałęcz said the return of the wreck of the Polish presidential plane which
crashed in 2010 would be "of symbolic significance for Poland".
Pełczyńska-Nałęcz speaks English and Russian.
She is married and has three children.
References
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1970 births
Living people
Ambassadors of Poland to Russia
Politicians from Warsaw
Polish women academics
University of Warsaw alumni
Polish women ambassadors
Academic staff of the Polish Academy of Sciences