Artur Lompart

Artur Piotr Lompart[1] (born 30 July 1973 in Nowy Sącz) is a Polish spokesperson, civil servant and diplomat, since 2020 an ambassador to Greece.[2]

Artur Lompart
Poland Ambassador to Greece
Assumed office
20 July 2020
Preceded byAnna Barbarzak
Personal details
Born (1973-07-30) 30 July 1973
Nowy Sącz
NationalityPolish
Children2
Alma materUniversity of Warsaw
ProfessionDiplomat, spokeperson

Life

Lompart finished high school in Nowy Sącz. In 1997, he received master's degree at the University of Warsaw Institute of International Relations. Between 1994 and 1996, he was cooperating with Polish Television and Życie daily. In 1996, he started working for the University of Warsaw Bureau of Information and Promotion. In 1997, he became deputy spokesperson and, five years later, head of the Bureau and spokesperson.[3]

In 2007, he started his diplomatic career, serving as culture and science counsellor at the embassy in New Delhi. Later, he was also responsible for development cooperation and consular affairs.[3]

In 2014, he returned to the University of Warsaw, being in charge of coordination of the celebration of its 200th anniversary. In December 2015, he was employed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Bureau for Organizing NATO 2016 Warsaw summit. In September 2016, he joined the MFA Consular Department, since February 2017 as head of its unit for America, Africa, Asia and Australia. On 6 October 2017, he took post of the director of the MFA Press Office and spokesperson of the Ministry. Since 22 October 2018, he was director of the MFA Bureau of Human Resources.[3] Following his nomination as ambassador to Greece in May 2020,[4] he took the post on 20 July 2020.[2]

Married, with two children.[2]

Honours

References
  1. "Education Briefs". EducationWorld. 2007-11-01. Retrieved 2020-07-24.
  2. "Ambasador - Polska w Grecji - Portal Gov.pl". gov.pl (in Polish). 2020-07-22. Archived from the original on 2020-07-24. Retrieved 2020-07-24.
  3. "Zapis przebiegu posiedzenia Komisji Spraw Zagranicznych /nr 3/". Sejm (in Polish). 2019-12-19. Retrieved 2020-07-24.
  4. "Szef MSZ wręczył nominację Arturowi Lompartowi na ambasadora RP w Grecji - społeczeństwo". wnp.pl (in Polish). 2020-05-11. Retrieved 2020-07-24.
  5. "Oficjalna strona Prezydenta Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej / Aktualności / Ordery i odznaczenia / Odznaczenia z okazji Dnia Służby Zagranicznej [PL/ENG]". www.prezydent.pl (in Polish). 2019-11-15. Retrieved 2020-07-24.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.