Anna Sochańska
Poland Ambassador to Ireland
In office
September 2019 – 25 August 2023
Appointed byAndrzej Duda
PresidentMichael D. Higgins
Preceded byRyszard Sarkowicz
Succeeded byArkady Rzegocki
Personal details
NationalityPolish
Alma materUniversity of Warsaw
ProfessionDiplomat
Awards

Anna Jolanta Sochańska is a Polish diplomat. Between 2019 and 2023 she served as Ambassador to the Republic of Ireland.

Life

Sochańska received master's degree from the Institute of Social Prevention and Resocialization at University of Warsaw, writing her thesis about the informal behavior of prisoners in concentration camps. She has been studying also at the College of Europe in Bruges (1993–1994).[1]

In 1991, Sochańska started her professional career at the Ministry of Health, being responsible for international scientific cooperation. In 1994, she worked for the Office of the Council of Ministers, at the office of the Plenipotentiary for European Integration. In 1995, she joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. She was a member of the team negotiating the accession of Poland to the European Union, being in charge of foreign and security policy issues and external affairs. In 1997, she served at the embassy in the Hague during the Dutch and Luxembourg EU presidency. Between 2001 and 2006 she was a Counselor for EU matters at the embassy in London. Upon her return to the MFA, Sochańska was the head of the EU enlargement policy division and afterwards – a deputy director for South-Eastern Europe, EU Enlargement and the external aspects of migration.[2] In 2018, she became director of the Department of European Policy.[3] In August 2019, Sochańska was nominated Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Poland to Ireland.[1] She presented her letter of credence in October 2019 to the President Michael D. Higgins.[4] She ended her term on 25 August 2023.[5] On 1 December 2023, she became deputy director of the Department of Public and Cultural Diplomacy.

In 2014, Sochańska was awarded with Gold Cross of Merit.[6]

References

  1. 1 2 Adamowicz, Olgierd (2019-09-01). "Nominacja na Ambasadora RP w Irlandii • wIrlandii.pl". wIrlandii.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2019-12-30.
  2. ↑ "Ambassador - Poland in Ireland - Gov.pl website". gov.pl. 2019-12-30. Archived from the original on 2019-12-30. Retrieved 2019-12-30.
  3. ↑ "Pozytywne oceny kandydatur Anders i Sochańskiej na stanowiska ambasadorów - TVP Parlament. Telewizja Polska SA". www.tvpparlament.pl (in Polish). 2019-06-12. Archived from the original on 2019-06-15. Retrieved 2019-12-30.
  4. ↑ Department of Foreign Affairs (2019-10-31). "October - New Ambassadors present Credentials - Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade". www.dfa.ie. Archived from the original on 2019-12-30. Retrieved 2019-12-30.
  5. ↑ "Monitor Polski 2023 r. poz. 933". monitorpolski.gov.pl. Retrieved 2023-09-06.
  6. ↑ "Odznaczenia i wyróżnienia przyznane z okazji Dnia Służby Zagranicznej 2014". www.msz.gov.pl (in Polish). 2014-11-14. Retrieved 2019-12-30.
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