Iwona Kozłowska
Poland Ambassador to Switzerland
Assumed office
13 October 2020
Preceded byJakub Kumoch
Personal details
NationalityPolish
Children2
Alma materUniversity of Wrocław, RWTH Aachen University

Iwona Kozłowska is a Polish diplomat, serving as an ambassador to Switzerland since 2020.

Life

Kozłowska has graduated from German studies at the University of Wrocław (M.A., 1995), and European Studies at the RWTH Aachen University (M.A., 1999). She has been also intern and exchange student in Heidelberg (1992, 1993/1994), Bochum (1993), and Grand Canyon University, Phoenix, Texas.[1][2]

In October 1999, Kozłowska started her professional career as deputy director of the Polish Institute in Berlin. In 2001, she joined the Chancellery of the President of the Republic of Poland, Foreign Affairs Office. She was responsible for relations with Western Europe and Weimar Triangle countries. Since 2005, she has been working for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA), European Union Department as a desk officer for relations with German-speaking countries. Between 2007[1] and 2012,[3] she was serving as the head of Political Unit at the Embassy of Poland in Berlin.[4] Following her return to Poland, from 2012 to 2014 she was deputy director at the Chancellery of the Prime Minister of Poland.[2] In 2014, she became at first deputy, and in 2019 director of the MFA Department for Cooperation with Polish Diaspora and Poles Abroad.[5] In August 2020, she was nominated Poland ambassador to Switzerland,[6] accredited also to Liechtenstein.[7] She presented her credentials on 13 October 2020.[8]

In 2019, President Andrzej Duda honoured her with Gold Cross of Merit.[9] In 2019, she was also honoured with Pro Patria Medal.[10]

She is married, with son and daughter. Besides Polish, she speaks German and English fluently, as well basic Russian and French.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 "Iwona Kozlowska - Universität Heidelberg". uni-heidelberg.de (in German). 2011. Retrieved 2 October 2020.
  2. 1 2 3 "Ambasador - Polska w Szwajcarii". Portal Gov.pl (in Polish). 13 October 2020. Archived from the original on 13 October 2020. Retrieved 14 October 2020.
  3. ↑ "Chrześcijańskie Centrum - Spotkanie w Ambasadzie RP w Berlinie". chcentrum.de (in Polish). February 2012. Retrieved 2 October 2020.
  4. ↑ "Wydział Polityczny". berlin.msz.gov.pl (in Polish). 7 January 2013. Archived from the original on 7 January 2013. Retrieved 2 October 2020.
  5. ↑ "Zapis przebiegu posiedzenia Komisji Spraw Zagranicznych /nr 14/". sejm.gov.pl (in Polish). 22 July 2020. Retrieved 2 October 2020.
  6. ↑ "Postanowienie Prezydenta Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej z dnia 25 sierpnia 2020 r. nr 110.38.2020 w sprawie mianowania Ambasadora Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej". isap.sejm.gov.pl (in Polish). 25 August 2020. Retrieved 2 October 2020.
  7. ↑ "Postanowienie Prezydenta Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej z dnia 25 sierpnia 2020 r. nr 110.39.2020 w sprawie mianowania Ambasadora Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej". isap.sejm.gov.pl (in Polish). 25 August 2020. Retrieved 2 October 2020.
  8. ↑ "Übergabe des Beglaubigungsschreibens (de)". www.admin.ch (in German). 13 October 2020. Retrieved 14 October 2020.
  9. ↑ "Odznaczenia z okazji Dnia Służby Zagranicznej". prezydent.pl (in Polish). 25 November 2019. Archived from the original on 5 June 2021. Retrieved 2 October 2020.
  10. ↑ "Koncert "Polska – Zasłużonym dla Ojczyzny" w hołdzie bohaterom wolności i niepodległości - Urząd do Spraw Kombatantów i Osób Represjonowanych". kombatanci.gov.pl (in Polish). 13 November 2019. Retrieved 14 October 2020.
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