Tomasz Kozłowski
Tomasz Kozłowski and Anil Madhav Dave
Poland Ambassador to Pakistan
In office
2001–2003
Preceded byLucjan Mieczkowski
Succeeded byBogdan Marczewski
1st European Union Ambassador to South Korea
In office
2011–2015
Succeeded byGerhard Sabathil
2nd European Union Ambassador to India
In office
2015–2019
Preceded byJoão Cravinho
Succeeded byUgo Astuto
Personal details
Born1958 (age 65–66)
NationalityPolish
Children3
Alma materMoscow State Institute of International Relations
ProfessionDiplomat

Tomasz Edward Kozłowski (born 1958) is a Polish diplomat, Poland ambassador to Pakistan (2001–2003), European Union ambassador to South Korea (2011–2015) and India (2015–2019).

Life

Kozłowski had started his studies at the Warsaw School of Economics. He graduated from the Moscow State Institute of International Relations (1984), specializing in the relations among Asian states. He has been studying also at the Stanford University, California.[1]

In 1984, Kozłowski started his career at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Poland. He has been working as the Third and Second Secretary at the Embassy in Jakarta, Indonesia (1987–1991). He was serving as chargé d'affaires in Malaysia (1994–1996).[2] He was member of the United Nations international observation mission in Cambodia (1993) and South Africa (1994).[1] Between 2001 and 2003 he was ambassador to Pakistan, accredited to Afghanistan as well. Next, he was director of the MFA Asia-Pacific Department. In 2004, he joined the European External Action Service (EEAS), working as a head of unit at the bureau of the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Javier Solana. He was also advisor at the Directorate-General for External Relations.[3] From 2011[4] to 2015 he was first European Union ambassador to South Korea. Next, from 2015 to 2019 he was EU ambassador to India, accredited also to Bhutan.[5] Next, he served as a head of the EEAS Inspection Service.[6]

In 2010 Kozłowski was honoured with the Knight's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta.[7]

Besides Polish, he speaks English, Russian and Indonesian.[1] He is married, with three children.[8]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Protokół posiedzenia Komisji Spraw Zagranicznych /nr 141/". orka.sejm.gov.pl (in Polish). 2001-02-13. Archived from the original on 2022-02-08. Retrieved 2020-01-25.
  2. ↑ "Poczet ambasadorów". kualalumpur.msz.gov.pl (in Polish). Archived from the original on 2018-03-24. Retrieved 2020-01-25.
  3. ↑ "Joanna Wronecka i Tomasz Kozłowski pierwszymi polskimi ambasadorami w dyplomacji Unii Europejskiej". msz.gov.pl (in Polish). 2010-09-15. Archived from the original on 2019-03-06. Retrieved 2020-01-25.
  4. ↑ "Polacy będą ambasadorami Unii w Jordanii i Korei". Newsweek.pl (in Polish). 2010-09-15. Retrieved 2020-01-25.
  5. ↑ "About the EU Delegation to India and Bhutan". eeas.europa.eu. Archived from the original on 2019-04-13. Retrieved 2020-01-25.
  6. ↑ "EU WHOISWHO. Official Directory of the European Union. European External Action Service" (PDF). op.europa.eu. 2020-07-01. p. 5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-07-12. Retrieved 2022-02-08.
  7. ↑ "Postanowienie Prezydenta Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej z dnia 23 października 1997 r. o nadaniu odznaczeń". isap.sejm.gov.pl (in Polish). 1997-10-23. Retrieved 2020-09-28.
  8. ↑ "Bio" (PDF). wsds.teriin.org. 2015. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2019-01-04. Retrieved 2020-01-25.
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