Piotr Rychlik (born 1984 in Olsztyn) is a Polish

diplomat A diplomat (from grc, δίπλωμα; romanized ''diploma'') is a person appointed by a state or an intergovernmental institution such as the United Nations or the European Union to conduct diplomacy with one or more other states or internati ...

who served as an ambassador of Poland to Finland (2019–2023).

Life

Rychlik has graduated from law at the

University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn The University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn was established on 1 September 1999, in accordance with the new Statute of Sejm signed by Polish President Aleksander Kwaśniewski, as well as Minister of Education Mirosław Handke, in August of th ...

. In 2013 he defended there his PhD thesis on forensic aspects of terrorism. He has been working in Olsztyn as an assistant professor. In 2009 he joined the

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Poland 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 ...

, Legal and Treaty Department. He was responsible for the status of diplomatic properties in Poland and abroad, legal aspects of international terrorism and sanctions. Since February 2018 he has been director of the Legal and Treaty Department. He was head of the Polish delegations to the United Nations, the European of the Union Council, the

Council of Europe The Council of Europe (CoE; french: Conseil de l'Europe, ) is an international organisation founded in the wake of World War II to uphold European Convention on Human Rights, human rights, democracy and the Law in Europe, rule of law in Europe. ...

. Between 9 October 2019 and 2023 he served as Poland ambassador to Finland. He presented his letter of credence to the president

Sauli Niinistö Sauli Väinämö Niinistö (; born 24 August 1948) is a Finnish politician who has served as president of Finland since March 2012, the 12th person to hold that office. A lawyer by education, Niinistö was Chairman of the National Coalition Part ...

on 10 October 2019. He ended his term on 20 August 2023. From 26 August 2023 to 13 December 2023, he was Head of the Foreign Service. Besides

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, he speaks English, and Italian.

References

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