Dariusz Pawłoś (born 16 April 1969 in

Hrubieszów Hrubieszów (; ; , or ) is a town in southeastern Poland, with a population of around 18,212 (2016). It is the capital of Hrubieszów County within the Lublin Voivodeship. Throughout history, the town's culture and architecture was strongly shaped ...

) is a Polish Germanist and

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, from 2022 to 2024 serving as an

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Life

In 1993, Pawłoś has graduated from

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at the Maria Curie-Skłodowska University in

Lublin Lublin is List of cities and towns in Poland, the ninth-largest city in Poland and the second-largest city of historical Lesser Poland. It is the capital and the centre of Lublin Voivodeship with a population of 336,339 (December 2021). Lublin i ...

. He was studying also political science at the

University of Warsaw The University of Warsaw (, ) is a public university, public research university in Warsaw, Poland. Established on November 19, 1816, it is the largest institution of higher learning in the country, offering 37 different fields of study as well ...

. In 1990s he was teaching

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at the high school in

Warsaw Warsaw, officially the Capital City of Warsaw, is the capital and List of cities and towns in Poland, largest city of Poland. The metropolis stands on the Vistula, River Vistula in east-central Poland. Its population is officially estimated at ...

. In 1995, he joined Foundation for Polish-German Reconciliation and between 2008 and 2017 he was chairman of the board. In 2007, he was head of the Bureau of the

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of Poland for Polish-German Cooperation. He was giving summer lectures for foreign students at the University of Warsaw. He was representing Polish government at the Foundation Remembrance, Responsibility and Future. From 2017 to 2021, he was the spokesperson and head of the Section for Communication and Public Diplomacy at the Embassy of Poland in

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. From 2021 to 2022, he was deputy director of the Department of Public and Cultural Diplomacy, Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In 2022, he was the managing director of the German-Polish Youth Office (GPYO). On 18 October 2022 Pawłoś was nominated Poland ambassador to Germany. On 22 November 2022, he presented his

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to the president of Germany

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and officially began his term. He returned to Warsaw in July 2024. In 2005, he was awarded with the

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. Besides Polish and German, Pawłoś speaks English and Russian. He is married, with a son and a daughter.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Pawlos, Dariusz 1969 births Ambassadors of Poland to Germany Living people Maria Curie-Skłodowska University alumni People from Hrubieszów Recipients of the Decoration for Services to the Republic of Austria Schoolteachers from Warsaw