Marek Prawda

2016 in Gdańsk

Marek Prawda, born 1 October 1956 in Kielce) is a Polish diplomat. Currently he is Head of Representation - Poland at European Commission since April 2016.

Prawda studied economics at the University of Leipzig and sociology at the Institute of Philosophy and Sociology of the Polish Academy of Science. In 1979 he obtained a degree in economic studies and in 1984 a PhD degree in sociology.

In 1992 he started his diplomatic career as First Secretary to the Embassy of Poland in Bonn, Germany. In 2000 and 2005 he had been Director at the Secretariat of the Minister of Foreign Affairs.

From 2001 to 2005, he served as Ambassador to Sweden, from 2006 to 2012 as Ambassador to Germany and from 2012 to 2016 as Ambassador to the European Union.

After Beata Szydło took over the government Prawda had to leave the diplomatic service in February 2016. One month later he was appointed by Jean-Claude Juncker as Head of the European Representation in Warsaw.

While Ambassador to Germany, Prawda has been an important promoters of the German-Polish dialogue. In 2012 he has been awarded the Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany[1] and the Order of Merit of Brandenburg.

Prawda has published a number of articles on Polish-German relations in newspapers and magazines.

References

  1. ↑ Polish Embassy in Berlin: Große Verdienstkreuz des Verdienstordens der Bundesrepublik Deutschland für Botschafter M. Prawda (German, 5 September 2012)
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