Selim Chazbijewicz

Selim Chazbijewicz (born 17 November 1955 in Gdańsk) is a Polish political scientist, columnist, poet, since 2017 serving as an ambassador to Kazakhstan.

Selim Chazbijewicz

Ph.D.
Poland Ambassador to Kazakhstan
Assumed office
12 August 2017
Preceded byMaciej Lang
Personal details
Born (1955-11-17) November 17, 1955
Gdańsk
NationalityPolish
Alma materUniversity of Gdańsk
ProfessionPolitical scientist, columnist, poet

Life

Selim Chazbijewicz was born in 1957 in Gdańsk to a family of Tatar descent. He spent his childhood there. In 1980, he earned his Master degree from the University of Gdańsk, Faculty of Polish Philology. In 1991 he defended at the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań Ph.D. thesis on Polish muslims in 20th century. In 2002 he received his post-doctoral degree (habilitation), thesis on Crimean Tatars after World War II. He has been working as an assistant professor at the University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn.[1] He is also member of the Polish Academy of Sciences.[2]

Apart from his academic career, he has been publishing poems and working as an editor. Between 1986 and 1991 he was editor-in-chief of Życie Muzułmańskie (Muslim Life) quarterly. In 1994 he became editor-in-chief of Rocznik Tatarów Polskich (Polish Tatars Yearly).[3] He is a member of Polish Writers' Association.[2]

Between 1999 and 2007 he was the president of Związek Tatarów Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej (Association of Tatars of the Republic of Poland). In 2003 he became Imam of Gdańsk Muslim Community.[3]

In 2000s he joined the Law and Justice party since 2000s. In 2017 Chazbijewicz was nominated Poland ambassador to Kazakhstan. On 18 October 2017, he presented his credentials to the President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev.[4] He is accredited also to Kyrgyzstan, presenting his credentials to the President of Kyrgyzstan Almazbek Atambayev on 27 October 2017.[5]

He is the recipient of the Bronze Cross of Merit (2014).[6]

Works
Scientific books
  • Awdet czyli Powrót. Walka polityczna Tatarów krymskich o zachowanie tożsamości narodowej i niepodległość państwa po II wojnie światowej, Olsztyn: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Warmińsko-Mazurskiego 2000, ISBN 83-7299-097-2.
  • Tatarzy krymscy: walka o naród i wolną ojczyznę, Poznań-Września: Likon 2001, ISBN 83-916144-1-7.
  • Baśnie, podania i legendy polskich Tatarów, Białystok: Muzułmański Związek Religijny w Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej. Najwyższe Kolegium 2012.
  • Tatarzy pod Grunwaldem (co-author: Sławomir Moćkun), Grunwald-Stębark: Muzeum Bitwy pod Grunwaldem 2012.
Poems
  • Wejście w baśń, Olsztyn 1978.
  • Czarodziejski róg chłopca, Gdańsk 1980, ISBN 83-215-9149-3.
  • Sen od jabłek ciężki, Łódź 1981, ISBN 83-218-0156-0.
  • Krym i Wilno, Gdańsk 1990.
  • Mistyka tatarskich kresów, Białystok 1990.
  • Poezja Wschodu i Zachodu, Warszawa 1992.
  • Rubai'jjat albo czterowiersze, Gdańsk 1997, ISBN ISBN 83-907513-2-1.
  • Hymn do Sofii, Olsztyn 2005, ISBN 83-919014-1-6.

References
  1. "Nowa Nauka Polska". nauka-polska.pl. Retrieved 2019-06-23.
  2. "Zapis przebiegu posiedzenia Komisji Spraw Zagranicznych /nr 65/". www.sejm.gov.pl (in Polish). 2017-05-10. Retrieved 2019-06-23.
  3. Gazda, Grzegorz (2009). Słownik europejskich kierunków i grup literackich XX wieku. Warszawa: Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN. p. 723. ISBN 978-83-01-15724-1.
  4. "Нұрсұлтан Назарбаев шетел елшілерінен сенім грамотасын қабылдады". www.inform.kz (in Kazakh). 2017-10-18. Retrieved 2019-06-23.
  5. "Атамбаеву вручили верительные грамоты послы ряда стран". Информационное Агентство Кабар (in Russian). 2017-10-27. Retrieved 2019-06-23.
  6. "Postanowienie Prezydenta Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej z dnia 5 lutego 2014 r. o nadaniu odznaczeń". prawo.sejm.gov.pl (in Polish). 2014-02-05. Retrieved 2019-06-23.
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