Krzysztof Artur Ciebień (born 1 July 1955 in

Lublin Lublin is List of cities and towns in Poland, the ninth-largest city in Poland and the second-largest city of historical Lesser Poland. It is the capital and the centre of Lublin Voivodeship with a population of 336,339 (December 2021). Lublin i ...

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) is a Polish diplomat, ambassador to

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(2014–2019).

Life

Ciebień grew up in

Zamość Zamość (; ; ) is a historical city in southeastern Poland. It is situated in the southern part of Lublin Voivodeship, about from Lublin, from Warsaw. In 2021, the population of Zamość was 62,021. Zamość was founded in 1580 by Jan Zamoyski ...

, where he finished high school. He started his studies at the Main School of Planning and Statistics in

Warsaw Warsaw, officially the Capital City of Warsaw, is the capital and List of cities and towns in Poland, largest city of Poland. The metropolis stands on the Vistula, River Vistula in east-central Poland. Its population is officially estimated at ...

and continued them at the

Moscow State Institute of International Relations Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO) (, also known as MGIMO University) is an higher education, institute of higher education located in Moscow, Russia. The institute is run by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Russia), Russian ...

. Finally, in 1981 he graduated from the Faculty of Far East. He hasalso studied at the

Polish Institute of International Affairs The Polish Institute of International Affairs (PISM, ) is a Polish think tank based in Warsaw which carries out research and training in international relations. In this field, it ranks as one of the most influential think tanks not just in Ce ...

(1985), National School of Public Administration (2007), and Polish Institute of Diplomacy (2014). Besides Polish, he speaks

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, and

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. In October 1981, he began his professional career at the

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(MFA). Following year, he was sent to

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, serving at the Consulate General in

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and at the Embassy in Beijing. In 1984, he returned to the MFA, Department of Africa, Asia, Australia and Oceania. Between 1986 and 1990, he was back at the Embassy in Beijing. From 1992 to 1997, he was Consul General in

Hong Kong Hong Kong)., Legally Hong Kong, China in international treaties and organizations. is a special administrative region of China. With 7.5 million residents in a territory, Hong Kong is the fourth most densely populated region in the wor ...

. For the next three years, he was responsible for the relations with Asian states at the MFA. Next, he was deputy ambassador in

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(2000–2004) and Beijing (2005–2006). From 2006 to 2009, he was head of East Asia Unit at the MFA Asia-Pacific Department. Between 2009 and 2014, he was holding posts of the Consul General in

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and, from 13 September 2014 to 31 January 2019, Poland Ambassador to

References

1955 births Ambassadors of Poland to North Korea Consuls-general for Poland Living people Moscow State Institute of International Relations alumni People from Lublin {{Poland-diplomat-stub