Katarzyna Pełczyńska-Nałęcz (born October 26, 1970) is a Polish sociologist and the current Minister of Development Funds and Regional Policy since 2023. She was formerly the Ambassador of Poland to Russia from 2014 to 2016. She became the first woman ambassador of Poland in Moscow since the establishment of Polish–Russian relations, between the Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Moscow in the 16th century.[1] Pełczyńska-Nałęcz previously served as Undersecretary of State at the Polish Foreign Ministry from 2012 to 2014.
Katarzyna Pełczyńska-Nałęcz | |
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.jpg) Pełczyńska-Nałęcz in 2024 | |
| Minister of Funds and Regional Policy | |
| Assumed office 13 December 2023 | |
| Prime Minister | Donald Tusk |
| Preceded by | Małgorzata Jarosińska-Jedynak |
| Leader of Poland 2050 | |
| Assumed office 31 January 2026 | |
| Preceded by | Szymon Hołownia |
| Poland Ambassador to Russia | |
| In office 19 November 2014 – 31 July 2016 | |
| President | Bronisław Komorowski Andrzej Duda |
| Preceded by | Wojciech Zajączkowski |
| Succeeded by | Włodzimierz Marciniak |
| Personal details | |
| Born | October 26, 1970 |
| Party | Poland 2050 (since 2020) |
| Children | 3 |
| University of Warsaw Polish Academy of Sciences | |
| Occupation | Diplomat • Politician |
Biography
editPełczyńska-Nałęcz graduated from the Institute of Sociology of Warsaw University in 1994.[2] Then she worked at the Institute of Philosophy and Sociology of the Polish Academy of Sciences[2] where in 1999 she defended her Ph.D. Later she became the deputy director at the Center for Eastern Studies[2] and the head of its Russian Department.
In an interview with a Russian news agency, Pełczyńska-Nałęcz said the return of the wreck of the Polish presidential plane which crashed in 2010 would be "of symbolic significance for Poland".[3]
She was dismissed from her position as Ambassador of Poland to the Russian Federation by President Andrzej Duda in 2016.[4]
Personal life
editReferences
edit- ↑ "Poland's new ambassadors to Russia and the UN". Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Poland. 14 Aug 2014. Retrieved 15 Aug 2014.
- 1 2 3 "Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs will become a new Polish ambassador to Russia". EU-Russia Civil Society Forum. Archived from the original on 19 August 2014. Retrieved 15 Aug 2014.
- ↑ "New ambassador calls for speedy return of Smolensk plane wreck". Thenews.pl. 13 Aug 2014. Retrieved 15 Aug 2014.
- ↑ "Postanowienie nr 110.16.2016 Prezydenta Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej z dnia 7 czerwca 2016 r. w sprawie odwołania Ambasadora Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej (M.P. 2016 poz. 746)" (PDF). Sejm. Retrieved 22 July 2025.
- 1 2 "Посол". Embassy of Poland in Moscow. Retrieved 17 Oct 2014.