Wiesław Karol Tarka (born 30 June 1964 in

Bydgoszcz Bydgoszcz ( , , ; german: Bromberg) is a city in northern Poland, straddling the meeting of the River Vistula with its left-bank tributary, the Brda. With a city population of 339,053 as of December 2021 and an urban agglomeration with more ...

) is a Polish diplomat,

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 populous ...

Ambassador to

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(2008–2012) and

Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden,The United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names states that the country's formal name is the Kingdom of SwedenUNGEGN World Geographical Names, Sweden./ref> is a Nordic country located on ...

(2014–2018).

Life

Wiesław Tarka finished

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. He has graduated from

German studies German studies is the field of humanities that researches, documents and disseminates German language and literature in both its historic and present forms. Academic departments of German studies often include classes on German culture, German hi ...

at the

University of Warsaw The University of Warsaw ( pl, Uniwersytet Warszawski, la, Universitas Varsoviensis) is a public university in Warsaw, Poland. Established in 1816, it is the largest institution of higher learning in the country offering 37 different fields of ...

( M.A., 1988). He was studying also in

Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe ...

During

1989 Polish legislative election Parliamentary elections were held in Poland in 1989 to elect members of the Sejm and the recreated Senate. The first round took place on 4 June, with a second round on 18 June. They were the first elections in the country since the Communist Polis ...

campaign he was Solidarity Citizens' Committee volunteer, next two years cooperating in creating the foreign policy of the committee. He started his career as an assistant and

Swedish language Swedish ( ) is a North Germanic language spoken predominantly in Sweden and in parts of Finland. It has at least 10 million native speakers, the fourth most spoken Germanic language and the first among any other of its type in the Nordic countr ...

teacher between 1988–1991 and 1996–1997. He was working at the embassy in Stockholm between 1991 and 1996. He was back there between 1998 and 2002. From 2003 to 2005 he was head of the promotion and international cooperation unit at the Masovian Voivodeship Marshal's Office, and, afterwards, Culture Bureau deputy director at the

City of Warsaw Warsaw ( pl, Warszawa, ), officially the Capital City of Warsaw,, abbreviation: ''m.st. Warszawa'' is the capital and largest city of Poland. The metropolis stands on the River Vistula in east-central Poland, and its population is officiall ...

office. In 2005, he joined the

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. Between 15 November 2005 and 20 November 2007 he was the Undersecretary of State at the Ministry of Interior, being responsible for international cooperation, migration policy,

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and

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issues. In 2008 he became Poland ambassador to Croatia, ending his term on 31 July 2012. Since 4 November 2014 he was nominated an ambassador to Sweden, presenting his letter of credence to king

Carl XVI Gustav Carl XVI Gustaf (Carl Gustaf Folke Hubertus; born 30 April 1946) is King of Sweden. He ascended the throne on the death of his grandfather, Gustaf VI Adolf, on 15 September 1973. He is the youngest child and only son of Prince Gustaf Adolf, Du ...

on 5 February 2015. He returned to Poland in June 2018 and took the post of the deputy director of the European Policy Department. Since June 2022 he serves as the deputy Ambassador to

France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pac ...

. Currently, he is the Coordinator of the 2019 Western Balkans Summit in Poznań. He speaks

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Swedish Swedish or ' may refer to: Anything from or related to Sweden, a country in Northern Europe. Or, specifically: * Swedish language, a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Sweden and Finland ** Swedish alphabet, the official alphabet used by ...

, Croatian,

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and Russian languages.

Honours

Order of Polonia Restituta The Order of Polonia Restituta ( pl, Order Odrodzenia Polski, en, Order of Restored Poland) is a Polish state decoration, state Order (decoration), order established 4 February 1921. It is conferred on both military and civilians as well as on al ...

, Knight's Cross (Poland, 2012) * Order of Duke Branimir (

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, 2012)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Tarka, Wiesław 1964 births Ambassadors of Poland to Croatia Ambassadors of Poland to Sweden Knights of the Order of Polonia Restituta Living people People from Bydgoszcz Polish philologists University of Warsaw alumni