Mateusz Gniazdowski
{{short description|Polish political scientist}}
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| order = 9th
| ambassador_from = Poland
| country = Czech Republic
| term_start = 16 September 2022
| term_end = 31 July 2024
| predecessor = Mirosław Jasiński
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| birth_place = Warsaw, Poland
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Mateusz Gniazdowski (born 1974 in Warsaw){{Cite web |date=2022-03-16 |title=Mateusz Gniazdowski |url=https://www.osw.waw.pl/en/eksperci/mateusz-gniazdowski |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220316075332/https://www.osw.waw.pl/en/eksperci/mateusz-gniazdowski |archive-date=2022-03-16 |access-date=2022-09-24 |website=osw.waw.pl}} 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.{{Cite web |date=2022-07-31 |title=Mateusz Gniazdowski životopis |url=https://www.databazeknih.cz/zivotopis/mateusz-gniazdowski-37775 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220731203001/https://www.databazeknih.cz/zivotopis/mateusz-gniazdowski-37775 |archive-date=2022-07-31 |access-date=2022-09-24 |website=Databáze knih |language=cs}} 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).Mateusz Gniazdowski – ambassador, linkedin.com[https://www.linkedin.com/in/gniazdowski/ online]. [cit. 2024-10-09]. He received his doctoral degree from the Slovak Academy of Sciences.{{Cite web |date=January 2010 |title=Správa o činnosti organizácie SAV za rok 2009 |url=http://www.upv.sav.sk/data/files/80.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220731203213/http://www.upv.sav.sk/data/files/80.pdf |archive-date=2022-07-31 |access-date=2022-09-24 |website=upv.sav.sk |page=51 |language=sk |publication-place=Bratislava}} From 2004 to 2010 he worked at the Polish Institute of International Affairs (PISM). He was deputy head of the PISM Research Office{{Cite web |title=Strona główna > Instytut > Pracownicy |url=http://www.pism.pl/pracownicy |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100210204544/http://www.pism.pl/pracownicy |archive-date=2010-02-10 |access-date=2022-09-25 |website=pism.pl |language=pl}} and coordinator of the programme for bilateral relations in Europe.{{Cite web |date=2009-04-22 |title=Mateusz Gniazdowski |url=http://www.pism.pl/pracownik_info/id/58 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090422164348/http://www.pism.pl/pracownik_info/id/58 |archive-date=2009-04-22 |access-date=2022-09-24 |website=pism.pl |language=pl}} 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.{{Cite web |date=2018-09-10 |title=Nowy dyrektor OSW |url=https://www.osw.waw.pl/pl/wydarzenia/nowy-dyrektor-osw |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180910094713/https://www.osw.waw.pl/pl/wydarzenia/nowy-dyrektor-osw |archive-date=2018-09-10 |access-date=2022-09-24 |website=osw.waw.pl |language=pl}} On 22 August 2022 he was nominated as Polish ambassador to the Czech Republic.{{Cite web |date=2022-08-22 |title=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). |url=http://isap.sejm.gov.pl/isap.nsf/DocDetails.xsp?id=WMP20220000914 |access-date=2022-09-25 |website=isap.sejm.gov.pl |language=pl}} He took his post on 16 September 2022,{{Cite web |date=2022-08-28 |title=Ambasador |url=https://www.gov.pl/web/czechy/ambasador |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220921132650/https://www.gov.pl/web/czechy/ambasador |archive-date=2022-09-21 |access-date=2022-09-24 |website=Polska w Czechach - Portal Gov.pl |language=pl}} and presented his credentials to President Miloš Zeman on 21 September 2022.{{Cite web |title=Ambasador Mateusz Gniazdowski złożył listy uwierzytelniające na ręce Prezydenta Miloša Zemana - Polska w Czechach - Portal Gov.pl |url=https://www.gov.pl/web/czechy/ambasador-mateusz-gniazdowski-zlozyl-listy-uwierzytelniajace-na-rece-prezydenta-miloa-zemana |access-date=2022-09-24 |website=Polska w Czechach |language=pl-PL}} He concluded his tenure as head of the Polish Embassy in Prague on July 31 and was recalled to the headquarters in Warsaw.{{Cite web |date=2024-08-05 |title=Personel dyplomatyczny |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240805173908/https://www.gov.pl/web/czechy/personel |access-date=2024-08-07 |website=Polska w Czechach - Portal Gov.pl |language=pl}} President of Poland Andrzej Duda, as in the case of other ambassadors, did not agree to his dismissal.See more in the article from Seznam Zprávy, English version: [https://www.memesita.com/bossing-betrayal-and-now-the-purge-warsaw-withdraws-the-ambassador-from-prague-again/ Bossing, Betrayal, and Now the Purge. Warsaw Withdraws the Ambassador from Prague Again.].
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. 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,{{Cite web |date=2020-08-29 |title=Polská programová rada |url=https://www.mzv.cz/cesko-polske_forum/cz/programove_rady/polska_programova_rada/index.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200829034804/https://www.mzv.cz/cesko-polske_forum/cz/programove_rady/polska_programova_rada/index.html |archive-date=2020-08-29 |access-date=2022-09-24 |website=Česko-polské fórum |language=cs}} 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.
Honours
- Bene Merito honorary badge, Poland, 2022{{Cite web |last= |date=2022-09-02 |title=Mateusz Gniazdowski nowym ambasadorem RP w Republice Czeskiej |url=https://glos.live/Wiadomosci/detail/mateusz_gniazdowski_nowym_ambasadorem_rp_w_republice_czeskiej/glos.live/Wiadomosci/detail/mateusz_gniazdowski_nowym_ambasadorem_rp_w_republice_czeskiej/0 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220924223219/https://glos.live/Wiadomosci/detail/mateusz_gniazdowski_nowym_ambasadorem_rp_w_republice_czeskiej/glos.live/Wiadomosci/detail/mateusz_gniazdowski_nowym_ambasadorem_rp_w_republice_czeskiej/0 |archive-date=2022-09-24 |access-date=2022-09-25 |website=glos.live |language=pl}}
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