Tomasz Szatkowski

Tomasz Szatkowski (born 10 May 1978) is a Polish politician and political scientist. From 2019 he has served as an ambassador to NATO. He is a specialist in national security domain, in particular defense and armaments policy.

Life Szatkowski was born in Słupsk. In his youth, Szatkowski had been a background actor, playing in movies by Andrzej Wajda and Jerzy Hoffman.

He received scholarships from the UK Ministry of Defence (2004), the US Department of State (2007), and the German Marshall Fund (2013), among others. Szatkowski participated in the program of the Munich Security Conference Munich Young Leaders (2019). From 3 November 2009 to 18 December 2009 he was acting general director of Telewizja Polska (TVP). From 2009 to 2012 he worked as advisor on defense policy at the European Parliament. He was also member of the board of supervisors of TVP (2009–2011). He was also presiding the National Centre for Strategic Studies think tank. In 2015 he was invited by the president Andrzej Duda to the National Development Council – Security, Defense, Foreign Policy Section.

Between 17 November 2015 and 18 July 2019 he was the deputy minister of national defence, responsible for international affairs, organization of the 2016 NATO Summit in Warsaw, Strategic Defence Review, and negotiations with the Americans on increasing their military presence in Poland. He was recalled by new Polish government led by Donald Tusk on 31 May 2024.