Mateusz Gniazdowski

Mateusz Gniazdowski Ph.D.
9th Poland Ambassador to the Czech Republic
In office 16 September 2022 – 31 July 2024
Preceded by	Mirosław Jasiński
Personal details
Born	1974 (age 49–50) Warsaw, Poland
Children	2
Alma mater	University of Warsaw
Profession	political scientist
Awards

Mateusz Gniazdowski (born 1974 in Warsaw)^[1] is a Polish political scientist, expert on Central European issues. Ambassador of the Republic of Poland to the Czech Republic, heading the Polish diplomatic mission in Prague during the period: 16 September 2022 – 31 July 2024.

Life

In 2000, Gniazdowski graduated with honours from Political Science at the University of Warsaw.^[1][2] He previously graduated from the Secondary Technical Aviation School in Warsaw (1994) and also studied at the Faculty of Power and Aeronautical Engineering at the Warsaw University of Technology (1994–95).^[3] He received his doctoral degree from the Slovak Academy of Sciences.^[4] From 2004 to 2010 he worked at the Polish Institute of International Affairs (PISM). He was deputy head of the PISM Research Office^[5] and coordinator of the programme for bilateral relations in Europe.^[6] In 2010, he joined the Centre for Eastern Studies (OSW). He was head of the Central European Department. Between 15 February 2016 and September 2022 he was Deputy Director there.^[7] On 22 August 2022 he was nominated as Polish ambassador to the Czech Republic.^[8] He took his post on 16 September 2022,^[9] and presented his credentials to President Miloš Zeman on 21 September 2022.^[10] He concluded his tenure as head of the Polish Embassy in Prague on July 31 and was recalled to the headquarters in Warsaw.^[11] President of Poland Andrzej Duda, as in the case of other ambassadors, did not agree to his dismissal.^[12]

In his work as an analyst, he specialized in the internal and foreign policy and regional cooperation of the Central European countries, especially the Visegrad Group; public diplomacy; historical issues in foreign policy.^[1] In his academic work, he primarily focused on the history of Polish-Czech and Polish-Slovak relations in the 20th century. He is a co-author or editor of several book publications and has written numerous scholarly articles.

He was chairman of the Policy Board of the Czech-Polish Forum,^[13] a member of the Polish-Slovak Commission for the Humanities at the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of Poland, and at the Ministry of Education, Science, Research and Sport of Slovakia. He was a member of the Editorial Committee of the Polish Diplomatic Review [Polski Przegląd Dypomatyczny], and co-coordinator of the Polish part of the Think Visegrad – V4 Think Tank Platform.^[1]

He is married with two daughters.^[9]

Honours

• Bene Merito honorary badge, Poland, 2022^[14]

References

1. "Mateusz Gniazdowski". osw.waw.pl. 2022-03-16. Archived from the original on 2022-03-16. Retrieved 2022-09-24.
2. "Mateusz Gniazdowski životopis". Databáze knih (in Czech). 2022-07-31. Archived from the original on 2022-07-31. Retrieved 2022-09-24.
3. Mateusz Gniazdowski – ambassador, linkedin.comonline. [cit. 2024-10-09].
4. "Správa o činnosti organizácie SAV za rok 2009" (PDF). upv.sav.sk (in Slovak). Bratislava. January 2010. p. 51. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-07-31. Retrieved 2022-09-24.
5. "Strona główna > Instytut > Pracownicy". pism.pl (in Polish). Archived from the original on 2010-02-10. Retrieved 2022-09-25.
6. "Mateusz Gniazdowski". pism.pl (in Polish). 2009-04-22. Archived from the original on 2009-04-22. Retrieved 2022-09-24.
7. "Nowy dyrektor OSW". osw.waw.pl (in Polish). 2018-09-10. Archived from the original on 2018-09-10. Retrieved 2022-09-24.
8. "Postanowienie Prezydenta Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej z dnia 22 sierpnia 2022 r. nr 110.36.2022 w sprawie mianowania Ambasadora Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej (M.P. z 2022 r. poz. 914)". isap.sejm.gov.pl (in Polish). 2022-08-22. Retrieved 2022-09-25.
9. "Ambasador". Polska w Czechach - Portal Gov.pl (in Polish). 2022-08-28. Archived from the original on 2022-09-21. Retrieved 2022-09-24.
10. "Ambasador Mateusz Gniazdowski złożył listy uwierzytelniające na ręce Prezydenta Miloša Zemana - Polska w Czechach - Portal Gov.pl". Polska w Czechach (in Polish). Retrieved 2022-09-24.
11. "Personel dyplomatyczny". Polska w Czechach - Portal Gov.pl (in Polish). 2024-08-05. Retrieved 2024-08-07.
12. See more in the article from Seznam Zprávy, English version: Bossing, Betrayal, and Now the Purge. Warsaw Withdraws the Ambassador from Prague Again..
13. "Polská programová rada". Česko-polské fórum (in Czech). 2020-08-29. Archived from the original on 2020-08-29. Retrieved 2022-09-24.
14. "Mateusz Gniazdowski nowym ambasadorem RP w Republice Czeskiej". glos.live (in Polish). 2022-09-02. Archived from the original on 2022-09-24. Retrieved 2022-09-25.