Maciej Benedykt Golubiewski (born May 7, 1976) is a Polish political scientist and diplomat. Between 2017 and 2019 he served as the Consul General at the Consulate General of the Republic of Poland in New York City.

Biography

Golubiewski was born in

Łódź Łódź, also rendered in English as Lodz, is a city in central Poland and a former industrial centre. It is the capital of Łódź Voivodeship, and is located approximately south-west of Warsaw. The city's coat of arms is an example of cant ...

Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populou ...

. He passed the International Baccalaureate exams at

United World College of the Atlantic Atlantic College (formally the United World College of the Atlantic; alternatively styled UWC Atlantic College, UWCAC, or UWCA) is an independent boarding school in the Vale of Glamorgan in south Wales. Founded in 1962, it was the first of t ...

in Great Britain (1995). He graduated

Phi Beta Kappa The Phi Beta Kappa Society () is the oldest academic honor society in the United States, and the most prestigious, due in part to its long history and academic selectivity. Phi Beta Kappa aims to promote and advocate excellence in the liberal ...

and summa cum laude from

Washington and Lee University , mottoeng = "Not Unmindful of the Future" , established = , type = Private liberal arts university , academic_affiliations = , endowment = $2.092 billion (2021) , president = William C. Dudley , provost = Lena Hill , city = Lexington ...

(1999) with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics. He later studied political science at

Johns Hopkins University Johns Hopkins University (Johns Hopkins, Hopkins, or JHU) is a private research university in Baltimore, Maryland. Founded in 1876, Johns Hopkins is the oldest research university in the United States and in the western hemisphere. It consi ...

(Master of Arts, 2005). For ten years Golubiewski lived in Washington DC, working in business consulting and cooperating with NGOs, think tanks, and universities, such as

Center for Family and Human Rights The Center for Family and Human Rights (C-Fam) is a right-wing United States-based advocacy group, founded in 1997, in order to affect policy debate at the United Nations and other international institutions. It was formerly known as the Catholic ...

. He was an intern at US Senator Richard Lugar's office. From 2005–08 he was a PhD student at

and the

University of Mannheim The University of Mannheim (German: ''Universität Mannheim''), abbreviated UMA, is a public research university in Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Founded in 1967, the university has its origins in the ''Palatine Academy of Sciences'', ...

. In 2008, he joined the European Commission in

Brussels Brussels (french: Bruxelles or ; nl, Brussel ), officially the Brussels-Capital Region (All text and all but one graphic show the English name as Brussels-Capital Region.) (french: link=no, Région de Bruxelles-Capitale; nl, link=no, Bruss ...

, and in 2011 in the newly established European External Action Service. Golubiewski dealt with the regional policy of eastern Africa and the countries of the Indian Ocean, participating in trade negotiations with the ACP economic bloc. From 2014 to 2016, he was the deputy ambassador of the

European Union The European Union (EU) is a supranational political and economic union of member states that are located primarily in Europe. The union has a total area of and an estimated total population of about 447million. The EU has often been de ...

to the EU Delegation in Beirut and its head of the political and media section. Between 2017 and 2019 Golubiewski was Consul General at the Consulate General of the Republic of Poland in New York City. In October 2019, he became head of the office of the

European Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development The Commissioner for Agriculture is a member of the European Commission. The post is currently held by Commissioner Janusz Wojciechowski. The post is in charge of rural issues including most notably the controversial Common Agricultural Policy ...

Janusz Wojciechowski Janusz Czesław Wojciechowski (born 6 December 1954 in Rawa Mazowiecka) is a Polish politician and was a long-standing Member of the European Parliament, elected from the Lodz Voivodship representing the Polish People's Party (PSL) (2004–2006 ...

. Golubiewski is a member of the advisory committee at The Catholic University of America. He was an expert at the Sobieski Institute and the National Center for Strategic Studies.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Golubiewski, Maciej 1976 births Consuls-General of Poland Johns Hopkins University alumni Living people Diplomats from Łódź Polish expatriates in the United States Polish officials of the European Union Polish political scientists Washington and Lee University alumni People educated at Atlantic College People educated at a United World College