Michał Kołodziejski (born 12 February 1975) is a Polish diplomat specializing in Asia-Pacific region, who serves as the

ambassador An ambassador is an official envoy, especially a high-ranking diplomat who represents a state and is usually accredited to another sovereign state or to an international organization as the resident representative of their own government or so ...

of Poland to

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from 2017 to 2022 and consul-general in

Hong Kong Hong Kong)., Legally Hong Kong, China in international treaties and organizations. is a special administrative region of China. With 7.5 million residents in a territory, Hong Kong is the fourth most densely populated region in the wor ...

and

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since 2023.

Life

Michał Kołodziejski graduated from University of Warsaw –

Japanese studies , sometimes known as Japanology in Europe, is a sub-field of area studies or East Asian studies involved in social sciences and humanities research on Japan. It incorporates fields such as the study of Japanese language, history, culture, litera ...

and management. He also studied at Kanazawa University and completed a Ph.D. course at Warsaw School of Economics. In 2003 he joined the

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. He worked at the Embassy of Poland in Singapore, and then as a deputy director and director of Asia-Pacific Department (2014–2017). On 26 November 2017 he started his term as the ambassador of Poland to Australia, based in Canberra, accredited also to

Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea, officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, is an island country in Oceania that comprises the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and offshore islands in Melanesia, a region of the southwestern Pacific Ocean n ...

Fiji Fiji, officially the Republic of Fiji, is an island country in Melanesia, part of Oceania in the South Pacific Ocean. It lies about north-northeast of New Zealand. Fiji consists of an archipelago of more than 330 islands—of which about ...

Federated States of Micronesia The Federated States of Micronesia (, abbreviated FSM), or simply Micronesia, is an island country in Micronesia, a region of Oceania. The federation encompasses the majority of the Caroline Islands (excluding Palau) and consists of four Admin ...

, Nauru,

Vanuatu Vanuatu ( or ; ), officially the Republic of Vanuatu (; ), is an island country in Melanesia located in the South Pacific Ocean. The archipelago, which is of volcanic origin, is east of northern Australia, northeast of New Caledonia, east o ...

Marshall Islands The Marshall Islands, officially the Republic of the Marshall Islands, is an island country west of the International Date Line and north of the equator in the Micronesia region of the Northwestern Pacific Ocean. The territory consists of 29 c ...

and

Solomon Islands Solomon Islands, also known simply as the Solomons,John Prados, ''Islands of Destiny'', Dutton Caliber, 2012, p,20 and passim is an island country consisting of six major islands and over 1000 smaller islands in Melanesia, part of Oceania, t ...

. He presented his credentials to the Governor-General of Australia Peter Cosgrove on 2 February 2018, to the president of Fiji George Konrote on 12 February 2019, to the president of the Federated States of Micronesia Peter M. Christian on 18 March 2019. He ended his term on 15 August 2022. From 1 October 2022 to 19 September 2023 he hold the post of the deputy director of the MFA Asia-Pacific Department. Since 20 September 2023 he serves as Consul-General in

. Besides Polish, he speaks English, Japanese and

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. He is married with two daughters.

Works

* ''

Takahashi Korekiyo Viscount was a Japanese politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan, prime minister of Japan from 1921 to 1922 and Ministry of Finance (Japan), Minister of Finance when he was assassinated. He was also a member of the House of Peers (Japan) ...

1854–1936 a gospodarka międzywojennej Japonii'', Warszawa: Trio, 2004.

References

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