Beata Pęksa
Poland Ambassador to Iraq
In office
January 2018 – 31 March 2020
Preceded byLech Stefaniak
Succeeded byMarcin Kubiak
The European Union Ambassador to Turkmenistan
Assumed office
1 September 2023
Preceded byDiego Ruiz Alonso
Personal details
NationalityPolish
Alma materUniversity of Warsaw
ProfessionDiplomat
Awards

Beata Anna Pęksa (primo voto Pęksa-Krawiec)[1] is a Polish diplomat, since 2023 serving as the European Union Ambassador to Turkmenistan. Between 2018 and 2020 she was Poland Ambassador to Iraq.

Life

Pęksa graduated from journalism at the University of Warsaw. She was studying also European integration and applied social psychology.[2]

In 1991, she began her career as a civil servant, joining the newly created National Security Bureau. She was responsible for international security issues. Since 1996 she has been working for the Security Policy Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. She became head of NATO and WEU unit, and in 1999, the year of NATO enlargement, deputy director. Between 2002 and 2007 she was the deputy head of mission at the Permanent Mission of the Republic of Poland to the United Nations in New York. Among her duties were issues of peacekeeping operations.[2] She was a vice-chairperson of the Special Committee on Peacekeeping Operations.[3] Afterwards, she returned to the Security Policy Department as a specialist on European defense and security policy. In 2008, Pęksa was nominated representative of Poland at the EU Committee of Security Policy in Brussels.[2]

Between 2013 and 2014 she was a Plenipotentiary of the Minister for Eastern Partnership.[4] In 2016, she became deputy director, and the same year, the director of the Security Policy Department. She was one of the persons responsible for organizing NATO summit in Warsaw. In January 2018, she was appointed Poland ambassador to Iraq,[5] ending her term on 31 March 2020.[6] Next, she was Minister Plenipotentiary within the Central Asia Division, Eastern Department in the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs.[7]

On 1 September 2023, she started her mission as the European Union Ambassador to Turkmenistan.[8]

In 2012, she was awarded Silver Cross of Merit.[9] Besides Polish, Pęksa speaks English, Russian, French, and Arabic languages.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Zapis przebiegu posiedzenia Komisji Europejskiej /nr 49/, Komisji Obrony Narodowej /nr 26/, Komisji Spraw Zagranicznych /nr 30/". orka.sejm.gov.pl (in Polish). 2002-06-02. Retrieved 2019-09-16.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Zapis przebiegu posiedzenia Komisji Spraw Zagranicznych /nr 88/". www.sejm.gov.pl (in Polish). 2017-11-23. Retrieved 2019-09-16.
  3. ↑ "Special Committee on Peacekeeping Seeks New Understanding Between United Nations, Troop Contributors on Sexual Exploitation | Meetings Coverage and Press Releases". www.un.org. 2006-12-18. Retrieved 2019-09-16.
  4. ↑ Bhattacharjee, Julia (2016-10-04). "Disarmament and non-proliferation education side event – October 3 – UNODA". un.org. Retrieved 2019-09-16.
  5. ↑ "Szef MSZ mianował czworo nowych ambasadorów". WPROST.pl (in Polish). 2018-01-12. Retrieved 2019-09-16.
  6. ↑ "Postanowienie Prezydenta Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej z dnia 10 marca 2020 r. nr 110.16.2020 w sprawie odwołania Ambasadora Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej". isap.sejm.gov.pl (in Polish). 2020-03-10. Retrieved 2020-06-21.
  7. ↑ "EEAS: High Representative Josep Borrell announces middle and senior management nominations | EEAS". eeas.europa.eu. 2023-09-03. Archived from the original on 2023-09-03. Retrieved 2023-09-27.
  8. ↑ "Ambassador's Corner | EEAS". eeas.europa.eu. 2023-09-26. Archived from the original on 2023-09-27. Retrieved 2023-09-27.
  9. ↑ "Postanowienie Prezydenta Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej z dnia 11 listopada 2012 r. o nadaniu odznaczeń" (PDF). prawo.sejm.gov.pl (in Polish). 2012-11-11. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-03-31. Retrieved 2019-09-16.
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