Urszula Doroszewska

Urszula Doroszewska (born 2 December 1954 in Warsaw) is a Polish diplomat, journalist and sociologist, ambassador to Georgia (2008–2013) and Lithuania (2017–2023).

Life

Early life and education Urszula Doroszewska was born on 2 December 1954 in Warsaw. During her school years she was a scout. In 1978 she graduated with a degree in sociology from the University of Warsaw.

From 1989 In the 1990s she worked as a freelance journalist, published articles about the changes in the former USSR (mainly about Ukraine, Georgia and Azerbaijan), among others, in the ”Rzeczpospolita” daily. Doroszewska ran assistance programmes carried out in Ukraine (Crimea) and the South Caucasian countries, conducted first by the IDEE Foundation Warsaw, then by the foundation Towarzystwo Demokratyczne Wschód, over whose works she presided from 2002 to 2006.

Since August 2006, she had been working for the Chancellery of the President of Poland Lech Kaczyński as an expert, and, since April 2007 as deputy director of the Foreign Affairs Office there.

From November 2008 until February 2013 Doroszewska was Poland Ambassador to Georgia.

From May 2013 to August 2015 she was Director of the Polish Institute in Minsk. In September 2015 she became an adviser to the President of Poland Andrzej Duda. Between 29 May 2017 and 19 March 2023 she served as an ambassador to Lithuania.

Private life She is married to Wiktor Krzysztoporski, a graphic artist. She speaks Russian, French and English languages. Presidential Order of Excellence, Georgia (2013) Lithuanian Diplomacy Star (2023)