Wojciech Gerwel

Wojciech Gerwel (born in Gdynia) is a Polish diplomat who serves as an ambassador of Poland to Vietnam since August 2018.

Wojciech Gerwel
Poland Ambassador to Vietnam
Assumed office
August 2018
Preceded byBarbara Szymanowska
Personal details
BornGdynia
NationalityPolish
Childrenone daughter
Alma materGeorgetown University
Simon Fraser University
Professiondiplomat
Awards

Life

Wojciech Gerwel has been educated at the Lester B. Pearson College, Victoria (1995–1997).[1] He has graduated from economics and political science at the Simon Fraser University,[2] Vancouver (B.A.) and the School of Foreign Service at the Georgetown University (M.A.). He has been also studying at the Sciences Po, Paris.[3]

He has been working as an analyst for the Center for European Policy Analysis in Washington, D.C., Center for Strategic and International Studies, Centre for International Governance Innovation, General Motors. In 2007 he entered the diplomatic service of Poland. Between 2007 and 2014 he served as an economic counsellor at the embassy in Hanoi. Later, he headed the unit at the Department of Economic Cooperation and analyst at the Department of Foreign Policy Strategy. He was also fellow of the Harvard University Weatherhead Center for International Affairs.[4]

Since August 2018 he serves as an ambassador of Poland to Vietnam.[5]

In 2019, Gerwel carried out a competition on Vietnamese Wikipedia, resulting in creating 2000 new articles about Poland. The winner, 23-year-old Võ Ka Anh Duy, who authored more than 800 articles, won 7-day trip to Poland.[6][7]

Gerwel was honoured with Vietnamese Friendship Order.[3] Besides Polish, he speaks French, English, German and Russian. He is married, with a daughter.[4]

References
  1. "Według roczników - Towarzystwo Szkół Zjednoczonego Świata im. prof. Pawła Czartoryskiego". www.uwc.org.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2019-04-27.
  2. "Governing Bodies and Faculty". www.sfu.ca. Retrieved 2019-04-27.
  3. "Zapis przebiegu posiedzenia Komisji Spraw Zagranicznych /nr 104/". www.sejm.gov.pl (in Polish). 2018-04-11. Retrieved 2019-04-27.
  4. "Ambasador". hanoi.msz.gov.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2019-04-27.
  5. "President receives new foreign ambassadors". vietnamplus.vn. 2018-08-07. Retrieved 2019-04-27.
  6. "Wietnamscy wikipedyści uhonorowani przez Ambasadora RP". PolskieRadio.pl (in Polish). 21 August 2019. Retrieved 2019-09-03.
  7. "Trao giải Cuộc thi viết về Ba Lan cho người dùng Wikipedia và Internet năm 2019". baotintuc.vn (in Vietnamese). 2019-08-14. Retrieved 2019-09-05.
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