Ryszard Schnepf
{{Short description|Polish politician and diplomat}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-prefix =
| ambassador_from4 = Poland
| country4 = the United States
| term_start4 = 2012
| term_end4 = 2016
| predecessor4 = Robert Kupiecki
| successor4 = Piotr Wilczek
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1951|9|22|df=y}}
| birth_place = Warsaw, Poland
| death_date =
| death_place =
| successor3 = Tomasz Arabski
| nationality = Polish
| profession = Diplomat, lecturer
| honorific_suffix = Ph.D.
| order =
| alma_mater = University of Warsaw
| spouse = Dorota Wysocka-Schnepf
| children = Zuzanna Schnepf-Kołacz
| website =
| awards =
| order4 =
| predecessor3 = Grażyna Bernatowicz
| name = Ryszard Schnepf
| order2 =
| image = Ryszard Schnepf.jpg
| caption = Schnepf in 2014
| ambassador_from = Poland
| country = Uruguay
| president =
| term_start = 1991
| term_end = 1996
| predecessor = Konstanty Rozwadowski
| successor = Jarosław Gugała
| ambassador_from2 = Poland
| term_end3 = 2012
| country2 = Costa Rica
| term_start2 = 2001
| term_end2 = 2005
| predecessor2 = Mieczysław Biernacki
| successor2 = Andrzej Braiter
| order3 =
| ambassador_from3 = Poland
| country3 = Spain
| term_start3 = 2008
| parents = Alicja Szczepaniak-Schnepf
Maksymilian Schnepf
}}
Ryszard Marian Schnepf (born 22 September 1951) is a Polish politician and diplomat.
Early life
Schnepf was born in Warsaw, Poland on 22 September 1951, to Polish mother Alicja Szczepaniak-Schnepf (born 1930), recognized as Righteous Among The Nations, and father, colonel Maksymilian Schnepf (1920–2003), who, until 1968, was head of the communist military office (Studium Wojskowe) at the University of Warsaw.
Ryszard Schnepf graduated from history at the University of Warsaw. He defended doctoral thesis there.{{Cite web|url=https://nauka-polska.pl/#/profile/scientist?id=71712&_k=1murnd|title=dr Ryszard Schnepf|last=|first=|date=|website=nauka-polska.pl|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-04-13}}
Career
Since 1978 he has been working as a lecturer at the University of Warsaw. In the early 1990s Schnepf joined the diplomatic service. Between 1991 and 1996 he served as Ambassador to Uruguay and Paraguay and between 2001 and 2005 to Costa Rica. From 2007 to late 2008 he served as the under-secretary of state of Poland, as part of the Foreign Ministry. From 2008 to 2012 he was ambassador to Spain.{{Cite web|url=https://washington.mfa.gov.pl/en/about_the_embassy/waszyngton_us_a_en_ambassador/ambassador|title=Ambassador of Poland to the United States of America|last=|first=|date=|website=washington.mfa.gov.pl|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141021165941/https://washington.mfa.gov.pl/en/about_the_embassy/waszyngton_us_a_en_ambassador/ambassador|archive-date=2014-10-21|access-date=2020-04-13}}
On 14 January 2013, Ryszard Schnepf presented his credentials to U.S. President Barack Obama in a formal ceremony at the Oval Office, marking his official recognition as Ambassador of the Republic of Poland to the United States.{{Cite web |title=2013 White House Credentialing Ceremonies |url=https://2009-2017.state.gov/s/cpr/photo/c56585.htm |access-date=2024-08-30 |website=2009-2017.state.gov}} He served as Poland's Ambassador until 31 July 2016. He was succeeded as Ambassador by Piotr Wilczek. On 26 August 2024, he took the post of Chargé d'affaires to Italy, accredited also to San Marino.{{Cite web |title=Personel |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240830082118/https://www.gov.pl/web/wlochy/personel-rzym |access-date=2024-08-30 |website=Polska we Włoszech - Portal Gov.pl |language=pl}}
Honours
- Grand Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic (Spain, 2012){{Cite web|url=http://www.waszyngton.msz.gov.pl/pl/aktualnosci/caballero__ambasador_udekorowany_wysokim_odznaczeniem|title=Caballero. Ambasador udekorowany wysokim odznaczeniem|last=|first=|date=25 June 2015|website=www.waszyngton.msz.gov.pl|language=pl|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-04-13}}
- Grand Cross of the National Order of Juan Mora Fernández (Costa Rica, 2004){{Cite web|url=http://www.rree.go.cr/file-hn.php?id_file=1338|title=El Ministro de Relaciones Exteriores impone condecoración al Embajador de Polonia, Ryszard Schnepf|last=|first=|date=10 December 2004|website=rree.go.cr|language=es|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150711043450/http://www.rree.go.cr/file-hn.php?id_file=1338|archive-date=2015-07-11|access-date=2020-04-13}}
References
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Category:Diplomats from Warsaw
Category:Politicians from Warsaw
Category:Polish people of Jewish descent
Category:Ambassadors of Poland to Uruguay
Category:Ambassadors of Poland to Paraguay
Category:Ambassadors of Poland to Costa Rica
Category:Ambassadors of Poland to Spain
Category:Ambassadors of Poland to the United States
Category:Ambassadors of Poland to the Bahamas
Category:Academic staff of the University of Warsaw
Category:University of Warsaw alumni
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