Grażyna Bernatowicz

Grażyna Bernatowicz is a Polish diplomat and political scientist. She was the Undersecretary of State at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Poland from 2000 to 2002, and again from 2007 to 2013. She has been the Polish ambassador to Spain and Andorra, and the Polish ambassador to the Czech Republic.

Grażyna Bernatowicz
Polish ambassador to the Czech Republic
In office
2013–2017
Preceded byJan Pastwa (pl)
Succeeded byBarbara Ćwioro
Undersecretary of State at the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs
In office
2007–2013
Polish Ambassador to Spain
In office
2002–2007
Preceded byJerzy Maria Nowak (pl)
Succeeded byRyszard Schnepf
Undersecretary of State at the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs
In office
2000–2002
Personal details
NationalityPolish
Occupation
  • Diplomat

Life and career

In 1968, Bernatowicz graduated from the Faculty of Law at the University of Warsaw. In 1975 she obtained a doctoral degree in law there, with a doctoral dissertation entitled Wewnętrznych i zewnętrznych uwarunkowań polityki zagranicznej Hiszpanii (Internal and external determinants of Spanish foreign policy).[1] In 1992, she was awarded a Habilitation in humanities with a specialization in political science.[1]

After obtaining her doctoral dissertation, Bernatowicz became a professor in the Faculty of Law of the Polish Institute of International Affairs.[1] In 1995, she became a professor at the Helena Chodkowska University (pl).[1]

Beginning in 1993, Bernatowicz joined the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs.[1] There she first worked as an advisor to the minister and deputy director of the Strategic Research Department, and in 1998 became a coordinator of issues related to European integration.[1] From 2000 to 2002, she was the Undersecretary of State in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.[1]

In April 2002, Bernatowicz was appointed by the President of Poland to be Ambassador to Spain and Andorra.[1] She served in this role until 2007, when she was re-appointed to the office of the Undersecretary of State at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.[1]

In 2013, Bernatowicz was appointed Poland's ambassador to the Czech Republic,[2] and retired in 2017.[3]

Selected Awards and Honours

References
  1. "Podsekretarz Stanu Grażyna Maria Bernatowicz" (in Polish). Government of Poland. 2012. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
  2. "M.P. 2013 poz. 701" (in Polish). Government of Poland. 2013. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
  3. "M.P. 2017 poz. 1170" (in Polish). Government of Poland. 2017. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
  4. "Diário da República, 2.ª série — N.º 40 — 26 de Fevereiro de 2009" (PDF) (in Portuguese). Government of Portugal. 2009. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
  5. "Tartalomjegyzék" (PDF) (in Hungarian). Government of Hungary. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
  6. "Gazzetta tal-Gvern ta' Malta" (PDF) (in Maltese). Government of Malta. 2010. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
  7. "Bulletin Officiel de la Principauté" (in French). Government of Monaco. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
  8. "Hoffsjefens sammendrag" (in Norwegian). Government of Norway. 2012. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
  9. "Odznaczenia z okazji Święta Narodowego 3 Maja" (in Polish). Government of Poland. 3 May 2013. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
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