Arkady Rzegocki
Poland Ambassador to the United Kingdom
In office
September 2016 – 30 June 2021
Appointed byAndrzej Duda
MonarchElizabeth II
Preceded byWitold Sobków
Succeeded byPiotr Wilczek
Head of The Foreign Service
In office
1 July 2021 – 25 August 2023
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byPiotr Rychlik
Poland Ambassador to Ireland
Assumed office
1 September 2023
Preceded byAnna Sochańska
Personal details
Born (1971-08-22) 22 August 1971 (age 52)
Tarnobrzeg
SpouseJolanta Rzegocka
Children3
Alma materJagiellonian University

Arkady Józef Rzegocki (born August 22, 1971 in Tarnobrzeg) is a Polish political scientist, an assistant professor of the Jagiellonian University in Krakow.[1] Between 2016 and 2021 he served as the Republic of Poland Ambassador to the United Kingdom.[2] Head of The Foreign Service in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (2021–2023).[3] Since 1 September 2023 he serves as the Ambassador to Ireland.[4]

Career

Rzegocki graduated from the Jagiellonian University. Between 1996 and 2010 he worked at the Department of History of Political and Legal Doctrines of the Faculty of Law and Administration of the Jagiellonian University in Cracow. Since 2010 he has been an assistant professor at the Faculty of International and Political Studies of the Jagiellonian University.[5]

He was an associate professor of the Polish University Abroad in London (2011–2016).[5] In 2011, he founded Jagiellonian University Polish Research Centre in London.[6]

He was a councillor for the City of Kraków from 2014 to 2016, elected as a conservative Law and Justice candidate.[7]

Private life

Arkady Rzegocki is married to English philologist and theatre historian Jolanta Rzegocka, who is fluent in English, Lithuanian and Russian and knows the basics of French and Hungarian.[5] They have three daughters.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Our team - The Jagiellonian University". Retrieved 26 July 2018.
  2. ^ "Poland - Diplomat Magazine". Diplomat Magazine. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
  3. ^ "Arkady Rzegocki - Ministry of Foreign Affairs Republic of Poland - Gov.pl website". Ministry of Foreign Affairs Republic of Poland. Retrieved 2022-03-17.
  4. ^ "Ambasador - Polska w Irlandii - Portal Gov.pl". Polska w Irlandii (in Polish). Retrieved 2023-09-01.
  5. ^ a b c "Ambassador Arkady Rzegocki". www.london.mfa.gov.pl. Retrieved 2018-01-14.
  6. ^ "The Polish Research Centre in London - an Interview with Prof. Arkady Rzegocki -Link to Poland". linktopoland.com. Retrieved 2018-01-14.
  7. ^ Ogórek, Piotr. "Radny z Krakowa zostanie ambasadorem w Londynie". Gazetakrakowska.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2018-01-14.
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