Jolanta Róża Kozłowska

Jolanta Róża Kozłowska (born 21 April 1957 in Zawichost)[1] is a Polish diplomat. Ambassador to Austria (since 2017), Consul-General in Munich (1998–2002) and Cologne (2009–2013).

Jolanta Róża Kozłowska
Poland Ambassador to Austria
Assumed office
2017
Preceded byArtur Lorkowski
Personal details
Born (1957-04-21) April 21, 1957
Zawichost, Poland
NationalityPolish
ParentsJan Kozłowski, Genowefa Kozłowska
Alma materMaria Curie-Skłodowska University
University of Freiburg
ProfessionDiplomat

Life

Kozłowska started her study in the Kielce Pedagogical Academy. She was active member of dissident movement, distributing samizdat. Because of that, in 1978 she was expelled from the Academy with no right to study anywhere else. In 1980, she was twice detained. That year, she was allowed to take up her studies again. In 1983, she graduated from music studies at the Maria Curie-Skłodowska University, Lublin (UMCS). She was activist of the UMCS Independent Students’ Association.[2] In 1984, Kozłowska moved to Germany. She received Master degree at the German history from the University of Freiburg.[3] She has been engaged in Polish-German dialogue and GFPS e.V., organization supporting financially Polish students. She took English language course at the University of California, Berkeley.[2]

In 1992, Kozłowska returned to Poland, working for a year at the Ministry of Culture and Art where she was in charge of cooperation with ethnic minorities in Poland.[3] In 1994 she joined the diplomatic service. Her first diplomatic post was reopened Consulate General in Munich, being responsible for cultural relations. Between 1998 and 2002 she was Consul-General. From 2003 to 2009, she was director of the Ludwig van Beethoven Easter Festival bureau in Warsaw and Kraków, closely cooperating with Adam Mickiewicz Institute at that time. In 2009, she was Consul-General again, this time in Cologne. Next year, she was chosen dean of the consular corps in North Rhine-Westphalia and Düsseldorf. In 2013, she returned to Poland, becoming advisor on foreign affairs of the Podkarpackie Voivodeship marshal.[2] In August 2017, Kozłowska was appointed ambassador to Austria.[4] She presented her letter of credence to the President Alexander van der Bellen on 5 December 2017.[5]

Kozłowska is active in several non-governmental organizations, e.g. Ludwik van Beethoven Association in Warsaw, Ignacy Paderewski Christian-Democratic Institute in Warsaw, Hieronim Dekutowski-Zapora Foundation in Tarnobrzeg.[2]

Kozłowska’s father was Jan Kozłowski, member of the Senate of Poland (1989–1991).[6] Besides Polish, she speaks German, English, and Russian.[2]

References
  1. "Biuletyn Informacji Publicznej Instytutu Pamięci Narodowej". katalog.bip.ipn.gov.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2019-12-04.
  2. "Zapis przebiegu posiedzenia Komisji Spraw Zagranicznych /nr 70/". www.sejm.gov.pl (in Polish). 2017-07-05. Retrieved 2019-12-04.
  3. "Zapis przebiegu posiedzenia Komisji Łączności z Polakami za Granicą /nr 42/, Biuletyn nr 2474/VI". orka.sejm.gov.pl (in Polish). 2009-07-01. Retrieved 2019-12-04.
  4. "Szef MSZ wręczył nominacje nowym ambasadorom RP w Austrii, Chile i Panamie". www.gazetaprawna.pl (in Polish). 2017-08-28. Retrieved 2019-12-04.
  5. "Überreichung von Beglaubigungsschreiben an Bundespräsident Dr. Alexander Van der Bellen". OTS.at (in German). 2017-12-05. Retrieved 2019-12-04.
  6. Surowaniec, Zdzisław (2017-09-28). "Radomyślanka Jolanta Róża Kozłowska została ambasadorem w Wiedniu". Echo Dnia Podkarpackie (in Polish). Retrieved 2019-12-04.
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