Wojciech Bożek

Wojciech Stanisław Bożek (born 1 February 1961, in Gliwice) is a Polish diplomat, specializing in the Middle East region and the countries with a high level of security risk. He served as ambassador to Kuwait (2001–2005), Libya (2010–2012), and Lebanon (2013–2017).

Life Bożek graduated from the Moscow State Institute of International Relations with degree in Arab countries (1986). He was educated also at the Polish Institute of International Affairs (1987). to July 2005, he was ambassador to Kuwait, accredited also to Bahrain. Following his return to Warsaw, until 2007, he was deputy director of the MFA Department of Africa and the Middle East. At that time he was also representing Poland in the Anna Lindh Euro-Mediterranean Foundation for the Dialogue Between Cultures, and the Union for the Mediterranean. From October 2007 to October 2008, he was chargé d'affaires en pied at the Embassy in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. and 2012, he was ambassador to Libya, accredited also to Niger and Chad. Because of the Libyan civil war, in 2011 Bożek was in charge of evacuating the Embassy for a couple of months to Benghazi. to December 2017, he was ambassador to Lebanon. In the years 2023–2024, he worked in the Office of the Head of the Office for Foreigners. On 1 April 2024, he returned to the MFA Department of Africa and the Middle East. On 7 February 2025, he became chargé d'affaires a.i. of the Embassy in Baghdad, Iraq.

Besides his native Polish, he speaks English, Arabic, Russian, and has some basic knowledge of French.

He is father to a daughter.