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Marek Grzegorz Magierowski (born 12 February 1971) is a Polish journalist, columnist, politician and diplomat; from 2021 to 2024 ambassador to the United States and from 2018 to 2021 ambassador to Israel.[1]
Marek Magierowski | |
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Poland Ambassador to Israel | |
In office 25 June 2018 – 7 November 2021 | |
Preceded by | Jacek Chodorowicz |
Succeeded by | Maciej Hunia |
Poland Ambassador to the United States | |
In office 23 November 2021 – July 2024 | |
Preceded by | Piotr Wilczek |
Personal details | |
Born | Bystrzyca Kłodzka, Poland | 12 February 1971
Spouse | Anna Ornatowska-Magierowska |
Children | 2 |
Alma mater | Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań |
Profession | Diplomat, journalist, editor |
Magierowski was born in the Lower Silesian town of Bystrzyca Kłodzka and graduated from Hispanic Studies at the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań (1994).[2] He wrote his thesis on Camilo José Cela.[3]
For over 20 years he worked as a reporter, editor and columnist, covering mostly international relations. He was deputy head of the economic desk in Gazeta Wyborcza,[3] head of the foreign affairs desk and the business section of the weekly Newsweek Polska, deputy editor-in-chief of Rzeczpospolita (2006–2011). He was also affiliated with Do Rzeczy.[4]
In October 2015 he started working for the Chancellery of the President of the Republic of Poland as an expert on public diplomacy and, in December 2018, he was appointed as a press officer. From June 2017 to May 2018 he served as Undersecretary of State at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.[5] In June 2018 he became Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Poland to the State of Israel.[6] He ended his term in 2021. On 23 November 2021 he began his service as an ambassador to the United States.[7]
In July 2024, Magierowski was recalled from his post, but requested almost 1 million zł ($250000) in order to resign.[8]
He is married to Anna Ornatowska-Magierowska,[9] has two children.[10] Apart from Polish, he is fluent in English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Catalan,[11] and Hebrew.[12][13]
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