Anna Barbarzak | |
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Poland Ambassador to Greece | |
In office 21 January 2016 –15 August 2019 | |
Appointed by | Andrzej Duda |
President | Prokopis Pavlopoulos |
Preceded by | Maciej Krych |
Succeeded by | Artur Lompart |
Personal details | |
Nationality | Polish |
Spouse | Wojciech Flera |
Alma mater | Warsaw School of Economics |
Profession | Diplomat |
Anna Barbarzak is a Polish civil servant and diplomat who served as an ambassador to Greece from 2016 to 2019.
Barbarzak studied international economic relations at the SGH Warsaw School of Economics. [1] She was studying also international security at the Geneva Centre for Security Policy. [2]
In 2001,she began her career at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. [2] Between 2006 and 2007 she was working as a Third Secretary at the Permanent Mission of the Republic of Poland to the United Nations Office in Geneva. [2] From 2007 to 2011 she was Second and First Secretary at the Embassy in Washington, [2] being responsible for economic,climate and energy issues. Afterwards,she was heading the unit at the Minister's secretary. [2] In 2013,she became deputy director,and later director of the Department of Economic Cooperation,being in charge of,among other,coordinating cooperation with OECD,IMF,UNCTAD,EBRD,EIB. [3]
In October 2015,Barbarzak was nominated as Poland's ambassador to Greece. [2] She presented her letter of credence on 21 January 2016. [4] During her time as ambassador she increased cooperation between the Polish and Greek shipbuilding industries. [5] She also attempted to expand the tourism cooperation between the two countries by pushing new promotional initiatives. [6] She ended her term in 2019. [7]
From 2023 to 2024,Barbarzak was Minister-Counsellor for the World Intellectual Property Organization at the Polish mission to the UN. [8] Since 2024 she has been Minister Plenipotentiary for the World Intellectual Property Organization,CERN,and the International Telecommunication Union. [9]
Besides Polish,Barbarzak speaks English and Russian languages. [2] She is married to Wojciech Flera. [10]