Artur Dmochowski

Artur Dmochowski
Poland Ambassador to Montenegro
In office
31 August 2018 – 31 May 2023
Appointed byAndrzej Duda
PresidentMilo Đukanović
Preceded byIrena Tatarzyńska
Succeeded byAndrzej Papierz
Chairman of the Polish Press Agency
In office
9 May 2016 – 9 October 2017
Appointed byNational Media Council
Preceded byJerzy Paciorkowski
Succeeded byWojciech Surmacz
Personal details
Born (1959-06-13) 13 June 1959 (age 65)
Kraków
NationalityPolish
Spouse(s)1. Elżbieta Dmochowska
2. Monika Dmochowska
Children2
Alma materJagiellonian University
Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey
ProfessionJournalist, columnist, historian, diplomat
Awards

Artur Antoni Dmochowski[1] (born 13 June 1959 in Kraków)[2] is a Polish journalist, historian, and diplomat; ambassador to Montenegro (2018–2023) and Thailand (2023–2024).

Life

Dmochowski had started, in 1978, his studies at the AGH University of Science and Technology, Kraków. In 1986, he graduated from history at the Jagiellonian University. He has been educated also at the University of Maryland (postgraduate studies in foreign policy) and, thanks to Fulbright grant, in 1995, he gained MA from the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey, California.[3]

In 1980, he was spokesman of the Founding Committee of the AGH Independent Students’ Association. Between 1984 and 1985, he was presiding the Student Self-Government and was member of the Senate of the Jagiellonian University. During the whole 1980s he was active in the underground publishing movement; being founder and editor-in-chief of the Od Nowa and Czas Solidarności magazines. He has been arrested and detained several times.[4]

After the collapse of communism in 1989, he continued his work as an editor and journalist for, among others, Nowy Dziennik in New York, TVP3 Kraków, and Gazeta Polska. In 1993, he started his career at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He was representing Poland at the CSCE Peace Mission in Georgia (1994) and the OSCE Mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina (1996), among others. From 2000 to 2006 he was serving as a minister-counsellor at the Embassy in Rome.[5] Since 2006, he was journalist again, founding and directing the TVP Historia channel.[3] Since 2011, Dmochowski has been editor of Gazeta Polska and Gazeta Polska Codziennie daily. In November 2015 he was back at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on a post of a spokesman. From 9 May 2016[6] to 9 October 2017[7] he was chairman of the Polish Press Agency.

On 29 August 2018, Dmochowski was nominated ambassador to Montenegro,[8] presenting his letter of credence on 6 September 2018.[9] He ended his term on 31 May 2023.[10] In June 2023 he was nominated ambassador to Thailand,[11] accredited also to Cambodia.[12] He returned from the posting in July 2024.[13]

His first wife was Elżbieta Dmochowska.[14] His second wife is Monika Dmochowska.[4]

Honours

Books

  • Zginął za Polskę bez komunistów. Zarys biografii Józefa Kurasia „Ognia”, Warszawa: Wydawnictwo CDN, 1987.
  • Wietnam. Wojna bez zwycięzców, Kraków: Europa, 1991, 2000.
  • Wietnam 1962–1975, Warszawa: Dom Wydawniczy Bellona, 2003.
  • Kulisy kryzysu: o przyszłości Polski i Europy, Lublin; Warszawa: Wydawnictwo Słowa i Myśli, 2013.
  • Między Unią a Rosją: o polskiej racji stanu, polityce zagranicznej i miejscu Polski w Unii Europejskiej, Lublin; Warszawa" Wydawnictwo Słowa i Myśli, 2013.
  • Kościół "Wyborczej": największa operacja resortowych dzieci, Lublin: Wydawnictwo Słowa i Myśli, 2014.
  • Najdłuższa wojna: przed Ukrainą był Wietnam, Lublin; Warszawa: Wydawnictwo Słowa i Myśli, 2014.
  • Jak wygrać wybory, Lublin; Warszawa: Wydawnictwo Słowa i Myśli, 2014.

References

  1. ^ "ARTUR ANTONI DMOCHOWSKI ('59) - Internetowy Monitor Sądowy i Gospodarczy". www.imsig.pl (in Polish). Archived from the original on 2019-12-21. Retrieved 2019-12-21.
  2. ^ "Artur Dmochowski – Encyklopedia Solidarności". www.encysol.pl (in Polish). Archived from the original on 2018-07-26. Retrieved 2019-12-21.
  3. ^ a b "MFA Spokesperson Artur Dmochowski". msz.gov.pl. 2019-12-21. Archived from the original on 2019-12-21. Retrieved 2019-12-21.
  4. ^ a b "Ambasador". podgorica.msz.gov.pl. 2019-12-21. Archived from the original on 2019-12-21. Retrieved 2019-12-21.
  5. ^ "Zapis przebiegu posiedzenia Komisji Spraw Zagranicznych /nr 117/". www.sejm.gov.pl (in Polish). 2018-07-18. Archived from the original on 2020-08-02. Retrieved 2019-12-21.
  6. ^ "Artur Dmochowski, obecnie rzecznik MSZ, będzie prezesem PAP". Onet Wiadomości (in Polish). 2016-04-29. Archived from the original on 2016-04-30. Retrieved 2019-12-21.
  7. ^ "Artur Dmochowski zrezygnował ze stanowiska prezesa PAP". www.wirtualnemedia.pl (in Polish). 2017-10-12. Archived from the original on 2017-10-16. Retrieved 2019-12-21.
  8. ^ "Artur Dmochowski ambasadorem Polski w Czarnogórze". www.wirtualnemedia.pl (in Polish). 2018-08-29. Archived from the original on 2019-01-31. Retrieved 2019-12-21.
  9. ^ Diplomatic List (PDF). Podgorica: Montenegro Ministry of Foreign Affairs. November 2019. p. 89.
  10. ^ "Postanowienie Prezydenta Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej z dnia 15 maja 2023 r. nr 110.47.2023 w sprawie odwołania Ambasadora Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej". isap.sejm.gov.pl (in Polish). 2023-05-15. Retrieved 2023-06-15.
  11. ^ "Postanowienie Prezydenta Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej z dnia 14 czerwca 2023 r. nr 110.48.2023 w sprawie mianowania Ambasadora Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej" (PDF). monitorpolski.gov.pl (in Polish). 2023-06-14. Retrieved 2023-06-30.
  12. ^ "Postanowienie Prezydenta Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej z dnia 14 czerwca 2023 r. nr 110.49.2023 w sprawie mianowania Ambasadora Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej" (PDF). monitorpolski.gov.pl (in Polish). 2023-06-14. Retrieved 2023-06-30.
  13. ^ "Personel". Polska w Tajlandii - Portal Gov.pl (in Polish). 2024-08-05. Archived from the original on 2024-08-05. Retrieved 2024-08-05.
  14. ^ "Ambasciate estere in Italia" (PDF). esteri.it. p. 162. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2003-12-04. Retrieved 2024-11-23.
  15. ^ "Postanowienie nr rej. 150/2017 Prezydenta Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej z dnia 12 kwietnia 2017 r. o nadaniu orderów i odznaczeń". prawo.sejm.gov.pl (in Polish). 2017-04-12. Retrieved 2019-12-21.
  16. ^ "Kraków: odznaczenia dla działaczy opozycji antykomunistycznej". dzieje.pl (in Polish). 2016-11-08. Archived from the original on 2016-11-09. Retrieved 2019-12-21.
  17. ^ "Đukanović odlikovao Dmohovskog Ordenom crnogorske zastave". vijesti.me (in Serbian). 2023-05-12. Retrieved 2023-06-15.