Head of Mission
Mr. Piotr Antoni Świtalski
Head of Mission: Mr. Piotr Antoni Świtalski
Date, place of birth: 02.08.1957, Kutno
Citizenship: Polish
Education: Doctor of Philosophy (historical sciences)
Knowledge of languages: Polish (native), English (fluent), Russian (fluent), French (basic), German (basic)
Professional experience:
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Period (from - to) |
Employer |
Occupied positions |
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1.01.2025 - onwards |
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Poland |
Head of Mission, Embassy of the Republic of Poland in New Delhi. |
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01.09.2019-02.08.2022 |
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Poland |
Titular Ambassador, Minister Plenipotentiary in the Eastern Department and in the Office of Archives and Information Management |
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01.09.2015-31.08.2019 |
European External Action Service/European Commission |
Head of the Delegation of the European Union to Armenia (with the rank and the title of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary) |
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01.01.2015-31.08.2015 |
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Poland |
Titular Ambassador, Director of the Department of Asia and the Pacific |
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01.09.2010-31.12.2014 |
Secretariat of the Council of Europe |
Head of the Directorate of Policy Planning |
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01.10.2005-31.08.2010 |
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Poland |
Ambassador, Permanent Representative of the Republic of Poland to the Council of Europe |
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10.01.2005-30.09.2005 |
Office of the Prime Minister/ Ministry Foreign Affairs of Poland |
Undersecretary of State at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Deputy Foreign Minister) |
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01.10.2002-09.01.2005 |
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Poland |
Director of the Department of Strategy and Policy Planning |
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01.11.1999-30.09.2002 |
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Poland |
Counselor, Minister-Counselor at the Embassy of the Republic of Poland in Nairobi; Deputy Perm. Represntative of Poland to UNEP and UN Habitat |
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01.01.1998-31.10.1999 |
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Poland |
Deputy Director of the Department of Security Policy |
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01.09.1996-31.12.1997 |
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Poland |
Advisor in the Department of the United Nations System |
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01.09.1993-30.08.1996 |
Secretariat of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe |
Senior Diplomatic Advisor to the Secretary General, Head of the Department for Chairman-in-Office Support |
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01.10.1990-31.08.1993 |
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Poland |
Counselor in the Perm. Representation of Poland to the UN in Vienna, Deputy Perm. Representative of Poland to the OSCE |
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01.03.1990-30.09.1990 |
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Poland |
Head of Section in the Department of European Institutions, Deputy Head of the Polish delegation to the CFE negotiations (concerning conventional disarmament) and CSBM (concerning confidence-building measures) negotiations in Vienna |
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01.01.1986-28.02.1990 |
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Poland |
Desk officer in the Department of Studies and Programming |
Publications: "The Hourglass and the Throne. The time factor in international politics” (in Polish, 2020); "The Armenian Revolution. An Unfinished Cable" (2020), "Europe and the Spectre of Post-Growth Society" (2014), "Emotions, interests, values. Transforming Paradigms of International Politics" (in Polish, 2013), "The Road to Pangea: International Politics in the Time of "Globalization Convergence" (in Polish, 2011), "The Impatience of the World. Remarks on international politics in the time of globalization" (in Polish, 2008), "The OSCE in the European security system: chances and limitations" (1997).
Marital status: married.