Grażyna Bernatowicz | |
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 Grażyna Bernatowicz (2013) | |
| Poland ambassador to the Czech Republic | |
| In office 2013–2017 | |
| Preceded by | Jan Pastwa (pl) |
| Succeeded by | Barbara Ćwioro |
| Undersecretary of State at the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs | |
| In office 2007–2013 | |
| Poland Ambassador to Spain | |
| In office 2002–2007 | |
| Preceded by | Jerzy Maria Nowak (pl) |
| Succeeded by | Ryszard Schnepf |
| Undersecretary of State at the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs | |
| In office 2000–2002 | |
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| Born | 12 March 1946 Warsaw, Poland |
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Grażyna Maria Bernatowicz (born 12 March 1946 in Warsaw) is a Polish diplomat and political scientist. She was the Undersecretary of State at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Poland from 2000 to 2002, and again from 2007 to 2013. She has been the Polish ambassador to Spain and Andorra (2002–2007), and to the Czech Republic (2013–2017).
Life and career
In 1968, Bernatowicz graduated from the Faculty of Law at the University of Warsaw. In 1975 she obtained a doctoral degree in law there, with a doctoral dissertation entitled Wewnętrznych i zewnętrznych uwarunkowań polityki zagranicznej Hiszpanii (Internal and external determinants of Spanish foreign policy).[1] In 1992, she was awarded a Habilitation in humanities with a specialization in political science.[1]
After obtaining her doctoral dissertation, Bernatowicz became a professor in the Faculty of Law of the Polish Institute of International Affairs.[1] In 1995, she became a professor at the Helena Chodkowska University (pl).[1]
Beginning in 1993, Bernatowicz joined the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs.[1] There she first worked as an advisor to the minister and deputy director of the Strategic Research Department, and in 1998 became a coordinator of issues related to European integration.[1] From 2000 to 2002, she was the Undersecretary of State in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.[1]
In April 2002, Bernatowicz was appointed by the President of Poland to be Ambassador to Spain and Andorra.[1] She served in this role until 2007, when she was re-appointed to the office of the Undersecretary of State at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.[1]
In 2013, Bernatowicz was appointed Poland's ambassador to the Czech Republic,[2] and retired in 2017.[3]
Selected Awards and Honours
- Portuguese Order of Merit, 2008[4]
- Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary, 2009[5]
- Maltese Order of Merit, 2010[6]
- Commandeur of the Order of Saint-Charles, Monaco, 2012[7]
- Royal Norwegian Order of Merit, 2012[8]
- Officer of the Order of the Rebirth of Poland, 2013[9]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "Podsekretarz Stanu Grażyna Maria Bernatowicz" (in Polish). Government of Poland. 2012. Archived from the original on 8 May 2012. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
- ^ "M.P. 2013 poz. 701" (in Polish). Government of Poland. 2013. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
- ^ "M.P. 2017 poz. 1170" (in Polish). Government of Poland. 2017. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
- ^ "Diário da República, 2.ª série — N.º 40 — 26 de Fevereiro de 2009" (PDF) (in Portuguese). Government of Portugal. 2009. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
- ^ "Tartalomjegyzék" (PDF) (in Hungarian). Government of Hungary. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
- ^ "Gazzetta tal-Gvern ta' Malta" (PDF) (in Maltese). Government of Malta. 2010. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
- ^ "Bulletin Officiel de la Principauté" (in French). Government of Monaco. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
- ^ "Hoffsjefens sammendrag" (in Norwegian). Government of Norway. 2012. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
- ^ "Odznaczenia z okazji Święta Narodowego 3 Maja" (in Polish). Government of Poland. 3 May 2013. Archived from the original on 5 July 2013. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
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