Paweł Woźny
Poland Ambassador to Colombia
Assumed office
18 November 2020
Preceded byAgnieszka Frydrychowicz-Tekieli
Personal details
Born (1971-04-05) 5 April 1971
Kraków, Poland
Parent(s)Elżbieta, Zenon
Alma materUniversity of Warsaw
ProfessionDiplomat

Paweł Jacek Woźny (born 5 April 1971 in Kraków[1]) is a Polish diplomat, an ambassador to Colombia (since 2020).

Life

Paweł Woźny was born in 1971 in Kraków. He earned his master's degree from economics and Hispanic studies at the University of Warsaw. He was also educated at the Diplomatic Academy in Madrid and El Colegio de México.[2]

In 1997, he began his career at the Polish diplomatic service, specializing in relations with Latin American countries. Between 2001 and 2006 he was Second Secretary for political, economic, cultural and media relations at the Embassy in Caracas, Venezuela. From 2007 to 2010 he was serving at the Embassy in Bogota, Colombia, being responsible for economic affairs. In 2012, he was sent to Mexico City in position of the head of political-economic unit. From February to August 2018 he was running the Embassy as chargé d'affaires. In 2018, he returned to Warsaw. Next year, he became Under Secretary of State at the Ministry of National Defence being in charge of international cooperation.[2] In July 2020, he was nominated Poland ambassador to Colombia,[3] accredited also to Saint Lucia[4] and Antigua and Barbuda.[5] He presented copies of his credentials on 18 November 2020.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "Biuletyn Informacji Publicznej Instytutu Pamięci Narodowej". katalog.bip.ipn.gov.pl (in Polish). 2019-10-11. Archived from the original on 2019-10-11. Retrieved 2020-11-20.
  2. 1 2 "Paweł Woźny - Ministerstwo Obrony Narodowej - Portal gov.pl". gov.pl (in Polish). 2019-09-15. Archived from the original on 2019-09-15. Retrieved 2020-11-20.
  3. ↑ "Postanowienie Prezydenta Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej z dnia 23 lipca 2020 r. nr 110.28.2020 w sprawie mianowania Ambasadora Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej". isap.sejm.gov.pl (in Polish). 2020-07-23. Retrieved 2020-11-20.
  4. ↑ "Postanowienie Prezydenta Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej z dnia 2 września 2020 r. nr 110.41.2020 w sprawie mianowania Ambasadora Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej". isap.sejm.gov.pl (in Polish). 2020-09-02. Retrieved 2020-11-20.
  5. ↑ "Zapis przebiegu posiedzenia Komisji Spraw Zagranicznych /nr 9/". sejm.gov.pl (in Polish). 2020-06-09. Retrieved 2020-11-20.
  6. ↑ "Nuevo embajador de Polonia en Colombia presentó a la Canciller Blum copias de cartas credenciales". Cancillería (in Spanish). 2020-11-18. Retrieved 2020-11-20.
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