Paweł Milewski (born 15 April 1975, in
Warsaw) is a Polish diplomat; ambassador to
Australia
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(2013–2017) and
Japan
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(since 2019).
Life
Milewski grew up in Warsaw where he finished high school. has graduated from
Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań
The Adam Mickiewicz University ( pl, Uniwersytet im. Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu; Latin: ''Universitas Studiorum Mickiewicziana Posnaniensis'') is a research university in Poznań, Poland.
It traces its origins to 1611, when under the Royal Ch ...
, Faculty of China Studies (MA, 1999). He has been studying also at the Beijing
Capital Normal University (1996–1997),
Xiamen University (1997–1998), and
Warsaw School of Economics (2002–2003).
In 1999, he joined the
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Poland
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. Between 2000 and 2003 he was
Attaché and Third Secretary at the Asia-Pacific Department. From 2003 to 2009 he was serving as Second and First Secretary at the
embassy in Beijing. Following his work as Head of the MFA East Asia and Pacific Division (2009–2011), he became deputy director of the Asia-Pacific Department. From 2011, as its director.
In 2013, he was nominated Poland ambassador to
Australia
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, presenting his
etter of credence to the
Governor-General
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Quentin Bryce on 30 April 2013. He was additionally accredited to
Papua New Guinea, presenting credentials to the
Governor-General
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Michael Ogio
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Biograp ...
on 30 October 2013. In 2017, he returned to the MFA, Asia-Pacific Department, as a director.
On 1 October 2019, he was nominated Poland ambassador to Japan, arriving to
Tokyo within forthnight. During the
2020 Olympic Games
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Tokyo was selected as the host city during the 1 ...
held in 2021, Ambassador Milewski helped Belarusian-Polish sprinter
Krystsina Tsimanouskaya’s defect after she refused to return home.
Besides
Polish
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* 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 ...
, Milewski speaks
English,
French
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* Something of, from, or related to France
** French language, which originated in France, and its various dialects and accents
** French people, a nation and ethnic group identified with Franc ...
, and
Chinese
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* Something related to China
* Chinese people, people of Chinese nationality, citizenship, and/or ethnicity
**''Zhonghua minzu'', the supra-ethnic concept of the Chinese nation
** List of ethnic groups in China, people of va ...
.
He is married, with three sons.
References
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1975 births
Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań alumni
Ambassadors of Poland to Australia
Ambassadors of Poland to Japan
Living people
Diplomats from Warsaw