Grzegorz Małecki (born 18 October 1967) is an official of Polish intelligence and security services,

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, such as the Office for State Protection (UOP), the Internal Security Agency (ABW) and the Foreign Intelligence Agency (AW). In 2016 he was the Head of the Foreign Intelligence Agency of the Republic of Poland.

Life

He studied at the Faculty of History and Pedagogical Sciences at

University of Wrocław The University of Wrocław (, UWr; ) is a public research university in Wrocław, Poland. It is the largest institution of higher learning in the Lower Silesian Voivodeship, with over 100,000 graduates since 1945, including some 1,900 researcher ...

, where he graduated in history in 1991. In the same year he joined UOP and completed an officer training in the UOP Central Training Centre in Łódź in 1992. He worked for UOP until 2001 and in this time he was among others deputy director of UOP branch in

Opole Opole (; ; ; ) is a city located in southern Poland on the Oder River and the historical capital of Upper Silesia. With a population of approximately 127,387 as of the 2021 census, it is the capital of Opole Voivodeship (province) and the seat of ...

as well as the head of department in UOP branch in

Wrocław Wrocław is a city in southwestern Poland, and the capital of the Lower Silesian Voivodeship. It is the largest city and historical capital of the region of Silesia. It lies on the banks of the Oder River in the Silesian Lowlands of Central Eu ...

. Between 2003 and 2004 he held the position of the head of Inspection and

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Department in Opole Town Hall. He worked as an advisor to the Head of ABW between 2004 and 2007. In 2006-2008 he lectured at Nicolaus Copernicus University in

Toruń Toruń is a city on the Vistula River in north-central Poland and a World Heritage Sites of Poland, UNESCO World Heritage Site. Its population was 196,935 as of December 2021. Previously, it was the capital of the Toruń Voivodeship (1975–199 ...

. Between 2005 and 2008 he held the position of Director of Buerau and Secretary to the Secret Service Committee. Between 2007 and 2013 he was an advisor to the Head AW, and in 2009 – 2012 he was First Cansellor in the Polish

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in Spain. In 2013 he started working for the private sector. On 19 November 2015 he became the Acting Head of AW, and the Head of AW on 19 February 2016. He stopped down from this post on 21 September 2016 and completed his mission as the Head of AW a week later. He was awarded Bronze Cross of Merit and Silver Cross of Merit.

External links

AW official website (english version)
* Grzegorz Małecki Wikipedia Biogram (polish version)

Notes

{{DEFAULTSORT:Małecki, Grzegorz 1967 births Polish intelligence officers Polish male non-fiction writers University of Wrocław alumni Academic staff of Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń Diplomats from Wrocław Living people