Grażyna Maria Bernatowicz (born 12 March 1946 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 ...

) is a Polish diplomat and political scientist. She was the Undersecretary of State at the

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from 2000 to 2002, and again from 2007 to 2013. She has been the Polish ambassador to

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and

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(2002–2007), and to the

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(2013–2017).

Life and career

In 1968, Bernatowicz graduated from the Faculty of Law at the University of Warsaw. In 1975 she obtained a doctoral degree in law there, with a doctoral dissertation entitled ''Wewnętrznych i zewnętrznych uwarunkowań polityki zagranicznej Hiszpanii'' (Internal and external determinants of Spanish foreign policy). In 1992, she was awarded a

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in humanities with a specialization in political science. After obtaining her doctoral dissertation, Bernatowicz became a professor in the Faculty of Law of the Polish Institute of International Affairs. In 1995, she became a professor at the Helena Chodkowska University ( pl). Beginning in 1993, Bernatowicz joined the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs. There she first worked as an advisor to the minister and deputy director of the Strategic Research Department, and in 1998 became a coordinator of issues related to European integration. From 2000 to 2002, she was the Undersecretary of State in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In April 2002, Bernatowicz was appointed by the

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to be Ambassador to Spain and Andorra. She served in this role until 2007, when she was re-appointed to the office of the Undersecretary of State at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In 2013, Bernatowicz was appointed Poland's ambassador to the Czech Republic, and retired in 2017.

Selected Awards and Honours

* Portuguese Order of Merit, 2008 *

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, 2009 * Maltese Order of Merit, 2010 *''Commandeur'' of the

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, Monaco, 2012 *

Royal Norwegian Order of Merit The Royal Norwegian Order of Merit (Norwegian: ''Den Kongelige Norske Fortjenstorden'' (Bokmål) or ''Den Kongelege Norske Fortenesteordenen'' (Nynorsk)) was instituted by King Olav V in 1985. It is awarded to foreigners, Norwegian citizens livin ...

, 2012 * Officer of the Order of the Rebirth of Poland, 2013

References

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