Maciej Szymański

Maciej Szymański studied at University of Silesia in Katowice. The recorded working language is Polish, Croatian and Serbian. Employment is recorded with Ossoliński National Institute, Polish Academy of Sciences and Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Poland. Positions recorded include ambassador of Poland to Slovenia and ambassador of Poland to Serbia. Distinctions recorded are Knight of the Order of Polonia Restituta, Order of Duke Branimir and Order of the cavalier of Madara 1st degree.

• Name — Maciej Szymański • Term Start2 — February 2018 • Term End2 — October 2018 • Predecessor2 — Andrzej Jasionowski • Successor2 — Andrzej Papierz • Term Start3 — January 2013 • Term End3 — July 2017 • Predecessor3 — Wiesław Tarka • Successor3 — Andrzej Jasionowski • Term Start4 — 2005 • Predecessor4 — Tadeusz Diem • Successor4 — Andrzej Jasionowski • Born — 25 January 1957 • Birthplace — Milicz, Poland • Occupation — Diplomat, philologist • Honorific Suffix — Doctor of Philosophy • Alma Mater — University of Silesia in Katowice • Children — 4 • Office1 — Poland Ambassador to Bulgaria • Term Start1 — April 2019 • Predecessor1 — Krzysztof Krajewski • Appointer1 — Andrzej Duda • 1blankname1 — President • 1namedata1 — Rumen Radev • Office2 — Director General of the Foreign Service • Office3 — Poland Ambassador to Croatia • Appointer3 — Bronisław Komorowski • 1blankname3 — President • 1namedata3 — Ivo Josipović Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović • Appointer2 — Jacek Czaputowicz • Office4 — Poland Ambassador to Serbia • Term End4 — 2009 • Appointer4 — Aleksander Kwaśniewski • 1blankname4 — President • 1namedata4 — Svetozar Marović Boris Tadić • Office5 — Poland Ambassador to Slovenia • Term Start5 — 1998 • Term End5 — 2002 • Predecessor5 — Jan Tombiński • Successor5 — Janusz Jesionek • 1blankname5 — President • 1namedata5 — Milan Kučan • Appointer5 — Aleksander Kwaśniewski • Term End1 — November 2025

Szymański grew up in Międzyrzec Podlaski, and finished high school in Wrocław. In 1981, he graduated from Yugoslav studies at the University of Silesia in Katowice, specialising in Macedonian and Serbo-Croatian languages. In 1982, he began his professional career at the Ossolineum library in Wrocław. Between 1984 and 1992, he worked as a scientist at the Slavic Institute of the Polish Academy of Sciences. He obtained his Ph.D. thesis on Slavic linguistics there. In 1992, Szymański joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He began as a head of the unit at the Consular Department. In 1995, he became deputy director there. In 1998, he was director of the Department of Central and South-Eastern Europe. That year he was nominated ambassador to Slovenia, next year being accredited also to newly formed embassy in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. In 2002, he returned to the Consular Department, as a head of unit, and then as a director. Between 2005 and 2009, he was ambassador to Serbia and Montenegro, and since 2006, after the dissolution, to Serbia. Back at the Ministry, he was serving as a director of the Department for Cooperation with Polish Diaspora and Poles Abroad. In January 2013, Szymański started his mission as an ambassador to Croatia, ending his term in July 2017. Next, for a year, he has been director of the Diplomatic Academy. From February to October 2018, he was the Director General of the Foreign Service. In April 2019, he was nominated ambassador to Bulgaria. He ended his mission in November 2025. Szymański is married, with four children. In his free time, he photographs nature, birds mostly. His works have been publishing in books, atlases, and magazines, including National Geographic.

He was employed by Ossoliński National Institute, Polish Academy of Sciences and Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Poland. Recorded positions include ambassador of Poland to Slovenia, ambassador of Poland to Serbia, ambassador of Poland to Croatia, ambassador of Poland to Bulgaria and ambassador of Poland to Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Maciej Szymański is recorded with the occupation civil servant. Recorded as having received Knight of the Order of Polonia Restituta, Order of Duke Branimir and Order of the cavalier of Madara 1st degree.