The Poland Ambassador to the United States (officially the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Poland to the United States) is the official representative of the government of the Poland to the government of the United States.
History The first permanent Polish diplomatic mission was created in late 18th century by the last king of Poland, Stanislaus Augustus. After partitions of Poland, there was over a century gap in diplomatic relations. The mission was re-established following Poland regaining independence in the aftermath of World War I.
List of ambassadors Second Polish Republic Note: Second Republic was created in 1918.
1919–1922: Kazimierz Lubomirski (envoy) 1923–1925: Władysław Wróblewski (envoy) 1925–1929: Jan Ciechanowski (envoy) 1929–1932: Tytus Filipowicz (Ambassador beginning in 1930) 1932–1933: Władysław Sokołowski (chargé d'affaires) 1933–1935: Stanisław Patek 1935–1936: Władysław Sokołowski (chargé d'affaires) 1936–1940: Jerzy Antoni Potocki 1940–1945: Jan Ciechanowski 1945–1945: Janusz Żółtowski (chargé d'affaires)
Polish People's Republic Note: Officially, Polish People's Republic is the name used since 1952. Unofficially, this name is used for all Polish communist governments since 1944.
1945–1947 – Oskar Lange 1947–1955 – Józef Winiewicz 1955–1961 – Romuald Spasowski 1961–1967 – Edward Drożniak 1967–1972 – Jerzy Michałowski 1972–1977 – Witold Trąmpczyński 1978–1982 – Romuald Spasowski 1982–1988 – Zdzisław Ludwiczak (chargé d’affaires) 1988–1990 – Jan Kinast
Third Polish Republic Note: modern Poland.
1990–1993: Kazimierz Dziewanowski 1993–1994: Maciej Kozłowski (chargé d'affaires) 1994–2000: Jerzy Koźmiński 2000–2005: Przemysław Grudziński 2005–2007: Janusz Reiter 2008–2012: Robert Kupiecki 2012–2016: Ryszard Schnepf 2016–2021: Piotr Wilczek 2021–2024: Marek Magierowski since 2024: Bogdan Klich (chargé d'affaires)
References
See also List of ambassadors of the United States to Poland Poland–United States relations