Krzysztof Olendzki
{{short description|Polish diplomat}}
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| predecessor2 = Paweł Czerwiński
| image = Krzysztof Olendzki.jpg
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| order =
| ambassador_from = Poland
| country = Tunisia
| term_end = 2012
| predecessor = Zdzisław Raczyński
| term_start = 2008
| successor = Iwo Byczewski
| order2 = 7th
| ambassador_from2 = Poland
| country2 = Slovenia
| term_start2 = April 2020
| term_end2 = July 2024
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| honorific-suffix = Ph.D.
| name = Krzysztof Olendzki
| children = 3 sons
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| nationality = Polish
| spouse = Joanna Olendzka
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1963|7|2}}
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| alma_mater = University of Warsaw
| occupation =
| profession = Diplomat, historian, politician
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| birth_place = Bystrzyca Kłodzka
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Krzysztof Jan Olendzki (born 2 July 1963 in Bystrzyca Kłodzka) is a Polish diplomat; ambassador to Tunisia (2008–2012) and Slovenia (2020–2024).
Life
Olendzki graduated from history at the University of Warsaw (1987).{{Cite book|last=Wituch|first=Tomasz|title=Studenci Instytutu Historycznego Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego 1945–2000|last2=Stolarczyk|first2=Bogdan|publisher=Wydawnictwo Arkadiusz Wingert|year=2010|isbn=9788360682272|location=Kraków|pages=603|language=pl}} He has been studying also at the Institute of History of the Polish Academy of Sciences. In 1995, he defended his Ph.D. thesis at the Scuola Superiore di Studi Storici di San Marino.{{Cite web|url=http://classicalsource.com/db_control/db_news.php?id=3993|title=Ambassador Krzysztof Olendzki appointed Director of the Adam Mickiewicz Institute|website=classicalsource.com|language=en|access-date=2020-04-26|archive-date=2018-12-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181228035035/http://classicalsource.com/db_control/db_news.php?id=3993|url-status=dead}}
From 1987 to 1988 and from 1997 to 1999 he was working for the Polish Scientific Publishers PWN,{{Cite web|url=https://iam.pl/pl/zespol/krzysztof-olendzki|title=Krzysztof Olendzki|website=iam.pl|language=pl|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180907165046/https://iam.pl/pl/zespol/krzysztof-olendzki|archive-date=2018-09-07|access-date=2020-04-26}} where he was editor of the English-language publication Poland. An Encyclopedic Guide.{{Cite book|title=Poland : an encyclopedic guide|publisher=Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN|year=2000|isbn=8301132647|editor-last=Banaszkiewicz-Zygmunt|editor-first=Edyta|location=Warszawa|pages=978|translator-last=Anderson|translator-first=John|editor-last2=Olendzki|editor-first2=Krzysztof}} He has been also employed as research assistant at the University of Warsaw Achieves (1987–1988), and, since 1992, as assistant professor at the SGH Warsaw School of Economics, Department of Socio-Economic History.{{Cite web|url=https://nauka-polska.pl/#/profile/scientist?id=22701&_k=6acuye|title=dr Krzysztof Olendzki|website=nauka-polska.pl|language=pl|access-date=2020-04-26}} He was also deputy director of the European Studies Programme organized by SGH and Sciences-Po Paris (1996–1999; 2001–2003).{{Cite web|url=https://www.sejm.gov.pl/Sejm9.nsf/biuletyn.xsp?documentId=0687421383EDE9E9C125851300408E6B|title=Zapis przebiegu posiedzenia Komisji Spraw Zagranicznych /nr 6/|date=2020-02-12|website=www.sejm.gov.pl|language=pl|access-date=2020-04-26}}
Between 1998 and 1999, Olendzki served as Minister-Counselor at the Department of Western Europe, Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Next, for two years he has been deputy director of the Polish Institute and First Secretary at the Embassy of Poland, Rome. From 2001 to 2004 he was Advisor to the Minister, First Secretary, and Counsellor at the MFA Department of Foreign Policy Strategy and Planning. Between 2004 and 2006, he was serving at the embassy in Tallinn, Estonia, being responsible for political relations. From December 2007 to September 2008 he was Deputy Director of the MFA Department of Public and Cultural Diplomacy.
From 12 January 2006 to 3 December 2007 Olendzki was serving as a Vice Minister of Culture, since 19 January 2007 being also Government Plenipotentiary for the EXPO 2012 in Wrocław. On 20 August 2008,{{Cite web|url=http://prawo.sejm.gov.pl/isap.nsf/DocDetails.xsp?id=WMP20080640577|title=Postanowienie Prezydenta Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej z dnia 20 sierpnia 2008 r. nr 110-44-2008 w sprawie mianowania Ambasadora Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej|date=2008-08-20|website=prawo.sejm.gov.pl|language=pl|access-date=2020-04-26}} he was appointed Poland Ambassador to Tunisia, ending his term on 31 January 2012.{{Cite web|url=http://prawo.sejm.gov.pl/isap.nsf/DocDetails.xsp?id=WMP20120000271|title=Postanowienie Prezydenta Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej z dnia 21 lutego 2012 r. nr 110-11-2012 w sprawie odwołania Ambasadora Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej|date=2012-02-21|website=prawo.sejm.gov.pl|language=pl|access-date=2020-04-26}} In the autumn of 2011, he was appointed Titular Ambassador. Between March 2012 and September 2014 he has been holding several directorial posts at the MFA. Later, from September 2014 to 2015 he has been Consul-General in Vancouver. Since September 2016, for next three years ha was director of the Adam Mickiewicz Institute, being responsible for cultural diplomacy and the promotion of Polish culture abroad.{{Cite web|url=https://dzieje.pl/kultura-i-sztuka/mkidn-krzysztof-olendzki-zostal-powolany-na-nowego-dyrektora-iam|title=MKiDN: Krzysztof Olendzki został powołany na nowego dyrektora IAM|date=2018-08-09|website=dzieje.pl|language=pl|access-date=2020-04-26}} In 2019, he returned to the MFA.{{Cite web|url=https://www.gov.pl/web/kultura/krzysztof-olendzki-wraca-do-msz-instytutem-adama-mickiewicza-pokieruje-barbara-schabowska|title=Krzysztof Olendzki wraca do MSZ, Instytutem Adama Mickiewicza pokieruje Barbara Schabowska|date=2019-09-06|website=gov.pl|language=pl|access-date=2020-04-26}} In March 2020, he was nominated Poland ambassador to Slovenia, beginning his mission following month.{{Cite web|url=https://www.gov.si/novice/2020-04-24-izmenjava-izkusenj-pri-boju-s-covid-19-s-poljskimi-vojaskimi-zdravniki/|title=Izmenjava izkušenj pri boju s COVID-19 s poljskimi vojaškimi zdravniki|date=2020-04-24|website=Portal GOV.SI|language=sl|access-date=2020-04-26}} He ended his term in July 2024.{{Cite web |date=2024-08-05 |title=Personel |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240805180705/https://www.gov.pl/web/slowenia/personel |access-date=2024-08-10 |website=Polska w Słowenii - Portal Gov.pl}}
Krzysztof Olendzki is married to Joanna Olendzka, with three sons: Jan, Antoni, Wiktor.{{Cite web|url=http://vancouver.msz.gov.pl/pl/konsulat/konsul/|title=Konsul|date=2015-06-18|website=vancouver.msz.gov.pl|language=pl|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150618041204/http://vancouver.msz.gov.pl/pl/konsulat/konsul/|archive-date=2015-06-18|access-date=2020-04-26}} Besides Polish, Olendzki speaks English, French, Italian and Russian.{{Citation|title=Krzysztof Olendzki dyrektorem IAM MKiDN - 2016|date=2016-09-07|url=http://www.mkidn.gov.pl/pages/posts/krzysztof-olendzki-dyrektorem-iam-6555.php|language=pl|access-date=2020-04-26}}
Honours
- Knight's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta (2012){{Cite web|url=http://www.prezydent.pl/aktualnosci/ordery-i-odznaczenia/art,1160,odznaczenia-z-okazji-dnia-sluzby-zagranicznej.html|title=Odznaczenia z okazji Dnia Służby Zagranicznej / Ordery i odznaczenia / Aktualności / Strona główna|date=2012-12-21|website=prezydent.pl|language=pl|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20121221175009/http://www.prezydent.pl/aktualnosci/ordery-i-odznaczenia/art,1160,odznaczenia-z-okazji-dnia-sluzby-zagranicznej.html|archive-date=2012-12-21|access-date=2020-04-26}}
- Commander's Cross of the Order of the Republic of Tunisia
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