Piotr Świtalski

Piotr Antoni Świtalski (born 2 August 1957, in Kutno) is a Polish diplomat; permanent representative of Poland to the Council of Europe (2005–2010) and ambassador of the European Union to Armenia (2015–2019).

Life Świtalski has graduated from Faculty of Journalism and Political Science at the University of Warsaw and Moscow State Institute of International Relations (1982). In 1985, he defended his Ph.D. dissertation in history. Following his directoral post at the MFA Department of Foreign Policy Planning (2002–2005), on 11 January 2005 he was nominated Undersecretary of State at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. On 20 September 2005 he became permanent representative of Poland to the Council of Europe in Strasbourg. Ending his term on 1 September 2010, he became director for policy planning at the Council of Europe Secretary. In 2014, he returned to the MFA, Warsaw. He was director of Asia and Pacific Department. From September 2015 to 2019 he was serving as the European Union ambassador to Armenia. In January 2025, he became head of the Polish Embassy in New Delhi, India, as Chargé d'affaires.

Besides Polish, Świtalski speaks English, Russian, German, and French. He is married, with two children.

Works

Гражданин и мировая политика. Цикл лекций, Wyd. Shkola grazhdanskogo prosveshchenya, Riga, 2022, ISBN 978-9934-9133-0-3 Europe and the Spectre of Post-Growth Society, Strasburg: Council of Europe, 2014. Emocje, interesy, wartości. Przemiany paradygmatów polityki międzynarodowej, Toruń: Wydawnictwo Adam Marszałek, 2013. Droga do Pangei: polityka międzynarodowa czasu „globalizacyjnej konwergencji”, Toruń: Wydawnictwo Adam Marszałek, 2011. Niecierpliwość świata. Uwagi o polityce międzynarodowej czasu globalizacji, Warszawa: Wydawnictwo Scholar, 2008. OBWE w systemie bezpieczeństwa europejskiego: szanse i ograniczenia, Warszawa: Instytut Spraw Publicznych, 1997.