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The Republic of Poland
ambassador to the
United Kingdom (known formally as the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Poland to the
Court of St James 's ) is the official representative of the Government of the
Republic of Poland to the
Queen and
Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland .
The main building of the embassy is located in the
City of Westminster close to the
Regent's Park . Moreover the Consular and Economic sections are located in the
City of London on
Bouverie Street . In addition there are Consulates General located in
Belfast ,
Edinburgh and
Manchester .
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History
The first permanent Polish diplomatic mission was created in late 18th century by the last
King of Poland ,
Stanislaus Augustus . After
partitions of Poland , there was over a century gap in diplomatic relations. The mission was re-established following
Poland regaining independence in the
aftermath of World War I .
Ambassadors of Poland to the Court of St James's
Franciszek Bukaty
Prince
Eustachy Sapieha
Count
Edward Bernard Raczyński
Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
1553
Thomas Stafford
1763
Józef Poniński
1766–1768
General Charles Lee
1769–1772
Tadeusz Burzyński
1772–1785
Franciszek Bukaty
Note: Military
Partitions of Poland ended the existence of a sovereign Polish state for over a century.
Second Polish Republic
Note: Second Republic was created in 1918.
1918–1919
Władysław Sobański (Delegate of the Polish National Committee )
1919–1920
Eustachy Sapieha (Envoy )
1920–1921
Jan Ciechanowski (Chargé d'Affaires a.i. )
1921–1922
Władysław Wróblewski (Envoy )
1922–1929
Konstanty Skirmunt (Envoy )
1929–1934
Konstanty Skirmunt (Ambassador )
1934–1945
Edward Raczyński
Note: Edward Raczyński was the ambassador of the
Polish government-in-exile to United Kingdom from 1939 until 1945.
Polish People's Republic
Note: Officially,
Polish People's Republic is the name used since 1952. Unofficially, this name is used for all Polish communist governments since 1944.
1945–1949
Henryk Strasburger
1949–1953
Jerzy Michałowski
1953–1956
Eugeniusz Milnikiel
1960–1964
Witold Rodziński
1964–1969
Jerzy Morawski
1969–1972
Marian Dobrosielski
1972–1978
Artur Starewicz
1978–1983
Jan Bisztyga
1987–1990
Zbigniew Gertych
Third Polish Republic
Note: modern Poland.
1990–1993
Tadeusz de Virion
1994–1999
Ryszard Stemplowski
1999–2004
Stanisław Komorowski
2004–2006
Zbigniew Matuszewski
2006–2012
Barbara Tuge-Erecińska
2012–2016
Witold Sobków
2016–2021
Arkady Rzegocki
since 2022
Piotr Wilczek
See also
References
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