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Witold Sobków

Witold Sobków

Titular Ambassador, Acting Political Director. Graduated in English language and literature (1984), Italian language and literature (1987) from Warsaw University. 1998-2000 Islamic Studies, London University; Security in SE Asia - King's College; Middle Eastern Programme - RUSI; basic Arabic - SOAS. 1991 - 1993 Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Deputy Head of the European Department and Advisor to the Minister. Scholarships: Stanford University - Hoover Institution on War and Peace. 1996 - 2000 - representing Poland on the International Advisory Board of Wilton Park. 1998 - representing The Chairman-in-Office of the OSCE on the Contact Group (the former Yugoslavia) during its London meetings. 1993 - 2000 Embassy of the Republic of Poland, London: Minister Plenipotentiary and Deputy Head of Mission..2000 - 2001 Deputy Head, West European Department. 2001 - 2001 Director for Non-European Countries and the UN System. Consultant in China, Hong Kong, Macau, Japan, North Korea, South Korea, Israel, Iran. 2001 –. 2002 Senior Advisor to the Minister (on European affairs); consultant on the board of “Polish Diplomatic Digest”; member of the “Monitoring Committee” overseeing a government project of Poland`s promotion abroad. 2002 –2006 Ambassador to Ireland. 2006  Under-Secretary of State for European Affairs. 2007 - Ambassador, Dep. of Strategy and Planning of Poland's Foreign Policy.  

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