Krzysztof Szczerski
Prof. Krzysztof Szczerski Ph.D. | |
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22nd | |
Assumed office 18 August 2021 | |
President | Andrzej Duda |
Preceded by | Joanna Wronecka |
Personal details | |
Born | Kraków, Poland | 15 April 1973
Nationality | Polish |
Political party | Law and Justice |
Alma mater | Jagiellonian University |
Profession | Political scientist, politician, university teacher |
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Krzysztof Maria Szczerski (born 15 April 1973 in Kraków) is a Polish political scientist and politician who has been serving as Permanent Representative to the United Nations in New York since 2021.
Szczerski served, among others, as deputy to the Sejm of Poland (2011–2015) and Under Secretary and Secretary of the Chancellery of the President of the Republic of Poland Andrzej Duda (2015–2021).
Education and scientific career[]
Szczerski graduated from the Institute of Political Science of the Jagiellonian University, Kraków (1997). He was studying also at the Robert Schuman Institute, Budapest (1996). In 2001, he defended his PhD thesis on the European Committee of the Regions. In 2010, he received a postdoctoral degree (habilitation). His postdoctoral dissertation entitled "The Dynamics of the European System" won the award of the Prime Minister. In 2019, he earned the title of professor of social sciences.[1][2]
Following his graduation, he was employed as a lecturer and researcher at the Institute of Modern Political Science, Jagiellonian University. In 2013, he became an associate professor. He served two terms as Deputy Director of the Institute of Political Sciences and International Relations. He was also an assistant professor at the Wyższa Szkoła Biznesu – National-Louis University, Nowy Sącz. He was member of the Council of the Polish Institute of International Affairs.[1] Among his doctoral students is Jakub Kumoch (2015).[2]
Political career[]
Between 1998 and 2001 Szczerski was cooperating with the Chancellery of the Prime Minister of Poland. From 1999 to 2000 he served as an advisor to the Minister of Health in the area of the European integration, regional health policy and health care systems. In 2007, he was appointed Under Secretary of State in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Poland. Next, he was Under Secretary of State in the Office of the Committee for European Integration. He was member of the Civil Service Council to the Prime Minister (2009–2010).[1] In 2011, he was elected deputy to the Sejm of Poland from the Law and Justice list. In January 2015, Szczerski was appointed as representative of the Polish Parliament in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe. He ended his term as a deputy on 7 August 2015, when he was appointed Secretary of State at the Chancellery of the President of the Republic of Poland Andrzej Duda.[3] From 4 April 2017 to 4 January 2021 he was Chief of the Cabinet of the President. On 4 January 2021, he became responsible for the establishment of the International Policy Bureau of the President of Poland. From 15 April 2021[1] to 13 July 2021,[4] he was head of the Bureau. On 18 August 2021, Szczerski started his term as a Permanent Representative of Poland to the United Nations.[5]
Private life[]
Besides Polish, he speaks English, French, Spanish, and Russian.[6] He is brother to , art historian.[7]
Honours[]
- 2017 – Bulgaria[8] , 1st Class,
- 2019 – Grand Commander of the Order for Merits to Lithuania, Lithuania[9]
- 2019 – Grand Officer of the Order of the Star of Romania, Romania[10]
- 2020 – Knight's Cross of the Hungarian Order of Merit, Hungary[11]
- 2021 – Order of Merit, 3rd Class, Ukraine[12]
- 2021 – Officer's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta, Poland[13]
- Grand Cross of the Royal Norwegian Order of Merit, Norway[14]
- Grand Officer of the Order of Leopold II, Belgium[14]
- Order of Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk, Czech Republic[14]
- Commander, First Class, of the Order of the Lion of Finland, Finland[14]
Works[]
- Integracja europejska. Cywilizacja i polityka, Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego, Kraków 2003.
- Wybór Europy: katolik wobec polityki w Unii Europejskiej, Wydawnictwo WAM, Kraków 2003.
- Porządki biurokratyczne, Księgarnia Akademicka, Kraków 2004.
- Administracja publiczna w modelu zarządzania wielopasmowego, Centrum Europejskie Natolin, Warszawa 2005.
- Dynamika systemu europejskiego, Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego 2008.
- Oburzeni, Biały Kruk, Kraków 2013.
- Kazania sejmowe, Biały Kruk, Kraków 2013.
- Wygaszanie Polski, Biały Kruk, Kraków 2015.
- Dialogi o naprawie Rzeczypospolitej, Biały Kruk, Kraków 2015.
- Polskość jest przywilejem, Biały Kruk, Kraków 2016.
- Utopia Europejska. Kryzys integracji i polska inicjatywa naprawy, Biały Kruk, 2017.
- Chluba i zguba. Antologia najnowszej publicystyki patriotycznej, Biały Kruk, Kraków 2020, ISBN 978-83-7553-307-1.
References[]
- ^ a b c d "President of the Republic of Poland / Cabinet / Krzysztof Szczerski". prezydent.pl. Archived from the original on 2020-10-26. Retrieved 2021-08-25.
- ^ a b "prof. dr hab. Krzysztof Szczerski". nauka-polska.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2021-08-25.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Krzysztof Szczerski". sejm.gov.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2021-08-25.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Nowi ministrowie w Pałacu Prezydenckim. Krzysztof Szczerski odwołany". polsatnews.pl (in Polish). 13 July 2021. Retrieved 2021-08-25.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Nowy reprezentant Polski przy ONZ. Krzysztof Szczerski rozpoczął misję w Nowym Jorku". PolskieRadio24.pl (in Polish). 20 August 2021. Retrieved 2021-08-25.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Zapis przebiegu posiedzenia Komisji Spraw Zagranicznych /nr 46/". sejm.gov.pl (in Polish). 12 May 2021. Retrieved 2021-08-25.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Gazur, Łukasz (31 July 2015). "Krzysztof i Andrzej Szczerscy, czyli o dwóch takich, co lubią być braćmi". Dziennik Polski (in Polish). Retrieved 2021-08-25.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Церемония в българското посолство за награждаване с орден "Мадарски конник" – І степен на високопоставени служители от администрацията на президента на Република Полша". mfa.bg (in Bulgarian). 5 May 2017. Retrieved 2021-08-24.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Wysokie odznaczenia Państwa Litewskiego dla polskich polityków". Wilnoteka (in Polish). 22 February 2019. Retrieved 2021-08-24.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Oficjalna strona Prezydenta Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej / Kancelaria / Aktywność ministrów / 100-lecie stosunków dyplomatycznych Polski i Rumunii". prezydent.pl (in Polish). 1 October 2019. Retrieved 2021-08-24.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Oficjalna strona Prezydenta Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej / Kancelaria / Aktywność ministrów / Szef prezydenckiego gabinetu odznaczony Krzyżem Kawalerskim Orderu Węgierskiego". prezydent.pl (in Polish). 15 December 2020. Retrieved 2021-08-24.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "УКАЗ ПРЕЗИДЕНТА УКРАЇНИ №274/2021 Про відзначення державними нагородами України з нагоди Дня Конституції України". Офіційне інтернет-представництво Президента України (in Ukrainian). 28 June 2021. Retrieved 2021-08-24.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Nowi ministrowie w Pałacu Prezydenckim. Krzysztof Szczerski odwołany". Polsat News (in Polish). 13 July 2021. Retrieved 2021-08-24.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ a b c d "Kancelaria / Kierownictwo Kancelarii / Krzysztof Szczerski, Sekretarz Stanu - Szef Gabinetu Prezydenta RP". Oficjalna strona Prezydenta Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej (in Polish). 2019-09-30. Archived from the original on 2019-09-30. Retrieved 2021-08-24.
- 1973 births
- Commanders First Class of the Order of the Lion of Finland
- Commander's Grand Crosses of the Order for Merits to Lithuania
- Grand Officers of the Order of Leopold II
- Grand Officers of the Order of the Star of Romania
- International relations scholars
- Jagiellonian University alumni
- Jagiellonian University faculty
- Knight's Crosses of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary (civil)
- Law and Justice politicians
- Living people
- Members of the Polish Sejm 2011–2015
- Officers of the Order of Polonia Restituta
- People from Kraków
- Permanent Representatives of Poland to the United Nations
- Polish political scientists
- Recipients of the Order of Merit (Ukraine), 3rd class
- Recipients of the Order of Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk