Jacek Jankowski
{{short description|Polish diplomat}}
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| name = Jacek Jankowski
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| birth_place = Warsaw, Poland
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| profession = Diplomat
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| alma_mater = University of Warsaw
Warsaw School of Economics
Columbia University
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| successor2 = Karolina Stasiak
| predecessor2 = Alessandro Mariani
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| country2 = Zambia
| ambassador_from2 = European Union
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| predecessor3 = Manuel Müller
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| term_start3 = 2024
| country3 = Sierra Leone
| ambassador_from3 = European Union
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| successor = Aleksander Kropiwnicki
| predecessor = Jarosław Szczepankiewicz
| term_end = 2017
| term_start = November 2012
| country = Ethiopia
| ambassador_from = Poland
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| termend2 = August 2023
| termstart2 = September 2019
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Jacek Jankowski (born 19 June 1969 in Warsaw){{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Curriculum Vitae|url=https://www.msz.gov.pl/resource/ceee72a9-4367-4a28-a875-58d6ec2e1ae5:JCR|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190122044041/https://www.msz.gov.pl/resource/ceee72a9-4367-4a28-a875-58d6ec2e1ae5:JCR|archive-date=2019-01-22|access-date=2020-08-27|website=msz.gov.pl|language=pl}} is a Polish diplomat. He was Polish Ambassador to Ethiopia and the African Union (2012–2017) and the European Union Ambassador to Zambia and COMESA (2019–2023) and Sierra Leone (since 2024).
Life
Jankowski graduated from Political Sciences at the University of Warsaw (M.A., 1994), Banking and Finances at the SGH Warsaw School of Economics (M.A., 1998), and International Relations at the Columbia University (M.A., 2001).{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=2012-04-11|title=Zapis przebiegu posiedzenia Komisji Spraw Zagranicznych /nr 18/|url=http://www.sejm.gov.pl/Sejm7.nsf/biuletyn.xsp?documentId=715682D880C90F6BC12579EB0049DBBC|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-08-27|website=www.sejm.gov.pl}}
In 1994, he began his professional career as a specialist at the Council of Ministers Office where he was working until 1997 (then named Chancery of the Prime Minister). From January 1998 to August 2000 he worked for the Energy Regulatory Authority of Poland. He spent four months in 2001 in Washington, D.C. as the World Bank specialist for development policy of Africa. Between 2005 and 2012, he was working at the Permanent Representation of Poland to the European Union in Brussels, being responsible for Polish foreign policy at the European Parliament, and relations with Sub-Saharan Africa countries. Between November 2012 and 2017, he was serving as Poland ambassador to Ethiopia, being accredited to Djibouti, and the African Union, as well. Back in Warsaw he was deputy director at the Political Director's Office, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Poland.{{Cite web|title=Polscy dyplomaci będą reprezentować Unię w Azji i Afryce|url=http://www.tvp.info/43430918/polscy-dyplomaci-beda-reprezentowac-unie-w-azji-i-afryce|access-date=2020-08-27|website=www.tvp.info|language=pl}} In 2019, he was nominated European Union ambassador to Zambia.{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=About the EU Delegation to Zambia|url=https://eeas.europa.eu/delegations/zambia/1856/about-eu-delegation-zambia_en|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200823094426/https://eeas.europa.eu/delegations/zambia/1856/about-eu-delegation-zambia_en|archive-date=2020-08-23|access-date=2020-08-27|website=EEAS - European External Action Service - European Commission|language=en}} In 2024, he became European Union ambassador to Sierra Leone.{{Cite web |date=2024-09-02 |title=New EU Ambassador Jacek Jankowski Arrives in Freetown |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241006021602/https://sierraloaded.sl/news/new-eu-ambassador-arrives-freetown/ |access-date=2024-10-09 |website=Sierraloaded |language=en-US}}
In 2014, he was honoured by the Minister of Foreign Affairs "Amicus Oeconomiae" award for supporting abroad Polish entrepreneurs.{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=2014-11-14|title=Odznaczenia i wyróżnienia przyznane z okazji Dnia Służby Zagranicznej 2014|url=https://msz.gov.pl/pl/aktualnosci/wiadomosci/przyznane_odznaczenia_i_wyroznienia_z_okazji_dnia_sluzby_zagranicznej_2014|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150121124319/https://msz.gov.pl/pl/aktualnosci/wiadomosci/przyznane_odznaczenia_i_wyroznienia_z_okazji_dnia_sluzby_zagranicznej_2014|archive-date=2015-01-21|access-date=2020-08-27|website=msz.gov.pl|language=pl}}
Besides Polish, he speaks English, French, German, and Russian.
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Category:Ambassadors of Poland to Ethiopia
Category:Ambassadors of Poland to Djibouti
Category:Ambassadors of Poland to South Sudan
Category:Ambassadors of the European Union to Sierra Leone
Category:Ambassadors of the European Union to Zambia
Category:Ambassadors of Poland to the African Union
Category:Columbia University alumni
Category:Diplomats from Warsaw