Wiesław Tarka

Wiesław Karol Tarka (born 30 June 1964 in Bydgoszcz) is a Polish diplomat, Poland Ambassador to Croatia (2008–2012) and Sweden (2014–2018).

Wiesław Tarka
4th Poland Ambassador to Croatia
In office
2008 – 31 July 2012
Preceded byKazimierz Kopyra
Succeeded byMaciej Szymański
Poland Ambassador to Sweden
In office
4 November 2014 – 30 June 2018
Preceded byAdam Hałaciński
Succeeded byJoanna Hofman
Personal details
Born (1964-06-30) June 30, 1964
Bydgoszcz, Poland
NationalityPolish
Alma materUniversity of Warsaw
ProfessionDiplomat
Awards

Life

Wiesław Tarka finished High School No. 6, Bydgoszcz. He has graduated from German studies at the University of Warsaw (M.A., 1988). He was studying also in Germany[1]

During 1989 Polish legislative election campaign he was Solidarity Citizens' Committee volunteer, next two years cooperating in creating the foreign policy of the Committee.[2]

He started his career as an assistant and Swedish language teacher between 1988–1991 and 1996–1997. He was working at the embassy in Stockholm between 1991 and 1996. He was back there between 1998 and 2002. From 2003 to 2005 he was head of the promotion and international cooperation unit at the Masovian Voivodeship Marshal's Office, and, afterwards, Culture Bureau deputy director at the City of Warsaw office. In 2005, he joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.[2]

Between 15 November 2005 and 20 November 2007 he was the Undersecretary of State at the Ministry of Interior, being responsible for international cooperation, migration policy, Schengen Area and Phare issues. In 2008 he became Poland ambassador to Croatia, ending his term on 31 July 2012.[2] Since 4 November 2014 he was nominated an ambassador to Sweden,[3] presenting his letter of credence to king Carl XVI Gustav on 5 February 2015.[4] He returned to Poland in June 2018.[5][6]

Currently, he is the Coordinator of the 2019 Western Balkans Summit in Poznań.[7]

He speaks English, German, Swedish, Croatian, French and Russian languages.[2]

Honours

References
  1. "Biuletyn Komisji Spraw Zagranicznych Sejmu RP nr 787/VI". orka.sejm.gov.pl (in Polish). 2008-06-12. Retrieved 2019-06-08.
  2. "Zapis przebiegu posiedzenia Komisji Spraw Zagranicznych /nr 143/". www.sejm.gov.pl (in Polish). 2014-08-27. Retrieved 2019-06-08.
  3. "Postanowienie Prezydenta Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej z dnia 4 listopada 2014 r. nr 110-39-2014 w sprawie mianowania Ambasadora Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej". prawo.sejm.gov.pl (in Polish). 2014-11-04. Retrieved 2019-06-08.
  4. "Formal audiences at the Royal Palace of Stockholm - Sveriges Kungahus". www.kungahuset.se. 2015-02-05. Retrieved 2019-06-08.
  5. "The King holds farewell audiences - Sveriges Kungahus". www.kungahuset.se. 2018-06-07. Retrieved 2019-06-08.
  6. "Postanowienie Prezydenta Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej z dnia 22 marca 2018 r. nr 110.16.2018 w sprawie odwołania Ambasadora Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej". prawo.sejm.gov.pl (in Polish). 2018-06-30. Retrieved 2019-06-08.
  7. "Wieslaw Tarka, Coordinator of the Poznan Summit: It is important to listen to the civil society – Balkan Fund". balkanfund.org. 2019-01-25. Retrieved 2019-06-08.
  8. "Odznaczenia z okazji Dnia Służby Zagranicznej". prezydent.pl (in Polish). 2012-12-21. Archived from the original on 2012-12-21. Retrieved 2019-06-08.
  9. "Odluka o odlikovanju Redom kneza Branimira s ogrlicom Njegove Ekscelencije Wieslawa Tarke". narodne-novine.nn.hr (in Croatian). 2012-08-12. Retrieved 2019-06-08.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.