Marek Całka

Marek Całka
Marek Całka (2024)
5th Poland Ambassador to South Korea
In office
2007–2011
Preceded byAndrzej Derlatka
Succeeded byKrzysztof Majka
4th Poland Ambassador to Azerbaijan
In office
February 2015 – 2019
Preceded byMichał Łabenda
Succeeded byRafał Poborski
Personal details
Born (1966-01-02) 2 January 1966 (age 58)
Warsaw, Poland
Childrenone
Alma materUniversity of Warsaw
ProfessionDiplomat

Marek Janusz Całka (born 2 January 1966 in Warsaw, Poland) is a Polish civil servant and career diplomat serving as a Poland ambassador to South Korea (2007–2011) and Azerbaijan (2015–2019).

Life

Education

Marek Całka has graduated from history at the University of Warsaw in 1991.[1]

Besides Polish, he speaks English, and Russian languages.[2]

Diplomatic career

Following his work for the Centre for Eastern Studies (1992–1993), Całka joined the Polish diplomatic service in 1993. At the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Warsaw he had been responsible mostly for the foreign policy planning, including on the position of the head of the Department of Urban Studies and Planning (1996–1998) and the Eastern Director deputy director (2010–2015). He served as counsellor at the embassies in Budapest (1999–2000) and Moscow (2000–2003). In 2006, he was an Assistant Secretary of State at Chancellery of the Prime Minister. In 2007, he became Poland Ambassador to South Korea. He ended his term in 2010.[3] In December 2014, he was appointed Poland ambassador to Azerbaijan,[4] he took the post in February 2015.[5] He has been accredited also to Turkmenistan.[6] Całka ended his term in 2019.[7] That year he became director of the Department of Economic Cooperation.[8]

References

  1. ^ "Zapis przebiegu posiedzenia Komisji Spraw Zagranicznych". www.sejm.gov.pl (in Polish). 2006-09-08. Retrieved 2019-05-17.
  2. ^ "Zapis przebiegu posiedzenia Komisji Spraw Zagranicznych". orka.sejm.gov.pl (in Polish). 2014-08-27. Retrieved 2019-05-17.
  3. ^ "Ambassador". baku.msz.gov.pl. Archived from the original on 2019-05-17. Retrieved 2019-05-16.
  4. ^ "Nominacje dla nowych ambasadorów RP". www.msz.gov.pl (in Polish). 2014-12-01. Retrieved 2019-05-16.
  5. ^ "Azərbaycan Prezidentinin Rəsmi internet səhifəsi - XƏBƏRLƏR » Qəbullar". president.az (in Azerbaijani). 2015-02-25. Retrieved 2019-05-16.
  6. ^ "The Issues of Strengthening Turkmen-Polish Cooperation Have Been Discussed at the MFA of Turkmenistan". austria.tmembassy.gov.tm. 2018-12-10. Retrieved 2019-05-16.
  7. ^ "Poprzedni Ambasadorowie". baku.msz.gov.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2019-10-02.
  8. ^ "Organigram funkcjonalny Ministerstwa Spraw Zagranicznych". gov.pl/dyplomacja (in Polish). 2019-10-01. Retrieved 2019-10-03.