Piotr Leszek Łukasiewicz (born 1974, in Warsaw) is a Polish diplomat, Colonel of the Polish Armed Forces, political scientist; ambassador to Afghanistan (2012–2014),

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to Ukraine (since 2024).

Life

Łukasiewcz graduated from

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, Faculty of Cybernetics. He has been studying also at the

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and in Washington, D.C. In 2018, he defended his doctoral thesis International coalition’s state-building efforts in Afghanistan in the years 2001–2014. Between 1995 and 2006 he served as a soldier, specializing in state security and counter-terrorism issues. He took part in military missions in Iraq. He was deputy military attaché in Pakistan (2006) and, since 2007, military attaché in Afghanistan. In October 2009, he became Plenipotentiary of the Minister of National Defence for the Polish Military Contingent in Afghanistan. On 31 January 2012 he ended his military career and retired. On 12 June 2012, Łukasiewicz was nominated ambassador to Afghanistan, representing Poland during the most intensive time of the NATO mission in Afghanistan. He finished his term on 31 December 2014. He was the last Polish ambassador residing in Kabul. Following his career in Afghanistan, he began working as an expert, university teacher, publicist. In 2019, he was running in the

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as a candidate of

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party. On 1 September 2024, he took the post of

to Ukraine.

Honours

* Silver Cross of Merit (2009) * Star of Iraq * Honorary sabre of the

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Lukasiewicz, Piotr 1972 births Ambassadors of Poland to Afghanistan Living people People from Sosnowiec Polish Army officers Polish military attachés Polish political scientists Recipients of the Silver Cross of Merit (Poland)