Waldemar Jan Dubaniowski (born 23 February 1964 in Warsaw) is a Polish government official and diplomat; he served as an ambassador of Poland to Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, and Myanmar (2017–2023) and to Singapore (2009–2013); as a member of the National Broadcasting Council; a Chief of the Cabinet of the President of Poland and Secretary of State in the Chancellery of the President of the Republic of Poland.

Waldemar J. Dubaniowski
Poland Ambassador to Thailand
In office
November 2017 – 31 May 2023
Preceded byZenon Kuchciak
Succeeded byArtur Dmochowski
Poland Ambassador to Singapore
In office
26 March 2009 – 15 November 2013
Preceded byBogusław Majewski
Succeeded byZenon Kosiniak-Kamysz
Personal details
Born (1964-02-23) 23 February 1964 (age 60)
Warsaw, Poland
Alma materUniversity of Warsaw
National School of Public Administration
ProfessionDiplomat, Civil servant
Awards

Biography

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He graduated from the Institute of Social Sciences from Warsaw University. He became a graduate of the National School of Public Administration in 1993. He completed a postgraduate course at Warsaw School of Economics in foreign trade in 1997.

In the first half of the 1990s, he worked as an assistant secretary at the Ministry of Industry and Commerce, then in the Office of Government Plenipotentiary for European Integration and Foreign Assistance and Economic Committee of Council of Ministers. During 1996–1998, he served as the Group Director of the Cabinet of the President of the Republic of Poland. Until 2003, he was a member of the National Broadcasting Council. During 2005, he was the Chief of the Cabinet of the President of Poland.

From 2003 to 2009 he was the President of Polish Tennis Association.

In 2008, he was appointed an ambassador of the Republic of Poland to Singapore. He took this post in March 2009. As the ambassador to Singapore, he was also the Governor for Poland at Asia-Europe Foundation.[1][2] In November 2013, he completed his mission and departed the post in Singapore.

In 2014 he was a director at PricewaterhouseCoopers in Warsaw.[3] In the same year, he was appointed a member of the supervisory board of Polish State Railways.

In 2017, he was appointed an ambassador of the Republic of Poland to Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, and Myanmar, based in Bangkok.[4] He took this post in September 2017. He ended his term on 31 May 2023.[5]

In 2005 Dubaniowski was awarded the Officer's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta.[6]

Besides Polish, he speaks English, German, and Russian.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Dubaniowski ambasadorem w Singapurze, portal tvn24.pl z 5 stycznia 2009
  2. ^ a b Ministry of Foreign Affairs
  3. ^ PwC – Waldemar Dubaniowski
  4. ^ "Ambassador". bangkok.msz.gov.pl. Archived from the original on 8 February 2016. Retrieved 27 February 2019.
  5. ^ "Postanowienie Prezydenta Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej z dnia 15 maja 2023 r. nr 110.45.2023 w sprawie odwołania Ambasadora Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej (M.P. z 2023 r. poz. 577)". isap.sejm.gov.pl. 15 May 2023. Retrieved 15 June 2023.
  6. ^ "Postanowienie Prezydenta Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej z dnia 21 grudnia 2005 r. o nadaniu orderów". prawo.sejm.gov.pl. Retrieved 27 February 2019.