Henryka Mościcka-Dendys
Henryka Mościcka-Dendys PhD | |
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| Poland Ambassador to Denmark | |
| In office 8 November 2015 – 15 September 2020 | |
| Preceded by | Rafał Wiśniewski |
| Succeeded by | Antoni Fałkowski |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 3 July 1976 Kędzierzyn-Koźle |
| Nationality | Polish |
| Alma mater | University of Silesia in Katowice |
| Profession | diplomat |
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| Website | Twitter profile |
Henryka Joanna Mościcka-Dendys (born 3 July 1976, Kędzierzyn-Koźle) is a Polish diplomat who served an ambassador of Poland to Denmark (2015–2020).
Life[edit]
Henryka Mościcka-Dendys has graduated from the law and classics at the University of Silesia in Katowice. Since 2007 she holds a PhD in international law from the University of Warsaw. Her thesis was on Common Foreign and Security Policy of the European Union.[1]
In 2002 she began her diplomatic career at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In 2003 she got seconded to the office of the Council of the Baltic Sea States Commissioner for Democratic Development in Copenhagen. Between 2007 and 2011 she was working at the Poland embassy in Berlin where she was covering EU policies, especially enlargement and institutional issues (2007–2011). Later, in 2011, she was the deputy director of the European Policy Department responsible for institutional affairs and Northern Europe and, since 2012, the director of that department.[2]
On 16 April 2013 she was appointed Undersecretary of State at the MFA. Among her scope of responsibility were European policy, human rights and parliamentary affairs. On 8 November 2015 she started her service as an ambassador to Denmark,[3] presenting her credentials to the queen Margrethe II of Denmark five days later.[4] She ended her term on 15 September 2020.[5] Week later, she became director of the MFA Bureau of Investments.[6] In January 2024, she was nominated Undersecretary of State at the MFA for the second time.[7]
She was member of the Council of the Foundation for Polish-German Cooperation between 2011 and 2016.[8]
She speaks German, English, Russian, and Danish.[4] She is married.[9]
Honours[edit]
- Gold Cross of Merit (Poland, 2013)[10]
- Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana, 2nd Class (Estonia, 2014)[11]
- Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Italy (2014)[12]
- Commander of the Order of the Dannebrog (Denmark, 2020)[13]
- Bene Merito honorary badge (Poland, 2021)[14]
- Knight's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta (Poland, 2022)[15]
References[edit]
- ^ "Nowa Nauka Polska". nauka-polska.pl (in Polish). Archived from the original on 10 June 2019. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
- ^ "Zapis przebiegu posiedzenia Komisji Spraw Zagranicznych /nr 180/". www.sejm.gov.pl (in Polish). 10 June 2015. Archived from the original on 3 June 2021. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
- ^ "Ambassador". kopenhaga.msz.gov.pl. Archived from the original on 4 April 2019. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
- ^ a b Mørch, Jens (13 November 2015). "Polen | Polen har fået ny ambassadør i Danmark i dag". polennu.dk (in Danish). Archived from the original on 25 September 2020. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
- ^ "Postanowienie Prezydenta Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej z dnia 11 sierpnia 2020 r. nr 110.37.2020 w sprawie odwołania Ambasadora Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej". isap.sejm.gov.pl (in Polish). 11 August 2020. Archived from the original on 3 June 2021. Retrieved 24 September 2020.
- ^ "Organigram funkcjonalny Ministerstwa Spraw Zagranicznych". Ministerstwo Spraw Zagranicznych (in Polish). 23 September 2020. Archived from the original on 24 September 2020. Retrieved 24 September 2020.
- ^ "Nowi wiceministrowie spraw zagranicznych". Ministerstwo Spraw Zagranicznych - Portal Gov.pl. 10 January 2024. Archived from the original on 10 January 2024. Retrieved 10 January 2024.
- ^ "Fundacja Współpracy Polsko-Niemieckiej – Henryka Mościcka-Dendys – członek Rady Fundacji". fwpn.org.pl (in Polish). 20 March 2015. Archived from the original on 20 March 2015. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
- ^ "Podsekretarz stanu ds. parlamentarnych, polityki europejskiej i praw człowieka – Henryka Mościcka-Dendys". msz.gov.pl (in Polish). 14 December 2013. Archived from the original on 14 December 2013. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
- ^ "Postanowienie Prezydenta Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej z dnia 11 listopada 2012 r. o nadaniu odznaczeń". prawo.sejm.gov.pl (in Polish). 11 November 2012. Archived from the original on 3 June 2021. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
- ^ "Vabariigi President". www.president.ee (in Estonian). Archived from the original on 5 April 2019. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
- ^ "Le onorificenze della Repubblica Italiana". www.quirinale.it (in Italian). Archived from the original on 5 April 2019. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
- ^ "Polsk ambassadør i Danmark siger farvel | Mr. East". Mr. East (in Danish). 12 September 2020. Archived from the original on 28 November 2020. Retrieved 16 September 2020.
- ^ Decyzja nr 122 Ministra Spraw Zagranicznych z dnia 10 listopada 2021 r. w sprawie nadania Odznaki Honorowej „Bene merito”.
- ^ "Odznaczenia państwowe w związku z otwarciem gazociągu Baltic Pipe". prezydent.pl (in Polish). 27 September 2022. Archived from the original on 27 September 2022. Retrieved 23 January 2024.
| International | |
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| National | |
- 1976 births
- Ambassadors of Poland to Denmark
- Commanders of the Order of the Dannebrog
- Knights Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic
- Living people
- People from Kędzierzyn-Koźle
- Polish jurists
- Polish women ambassadors
- Recipients of the Gold Cross of Merit (Poland)
- Recipients of the Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana, 2nd Class
- University of Silesia in Katowice alumni