Jacek Andrzej Bylica (born 23 November 1963, Warsaw)[1] is a Polish and European Union diplomat; ambassador-head of the Polish Permanent Representation to the OSCE, IAEA and other international organizations in Vienna (2004–2007).
Jacek Bylica | |
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_(cropped).jpg) Jacek Bylica (2021) | |
| Poland Ambassador to the United Nations and OSCE in Vienna | |
| In office 2004 – 31 December 2007 | |
| Preceded by | Henryk Szlajfer |
| Succeeded by | Przemysław Grudziński |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 23 November 1963 Warsaw, Poland |
| Spouse | Małgorzata Kosmalska-Bylica |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater | Moscow State Institute of International Relations Tufts University |
| Profession | Diplomat |
Biography edit
Bylica graduated from the International Relations at the Moscow State Institute of International Relations. He hold also master's degree in Law and Diplomacy at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University. He has been educated at the Polish Institute of International Affairs as well.[1][2]
In 1988, he began his professional career at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Between 1990 and 1995 he was posted at the Embassy in Beijing, promoting from Third to Second and First Secretary.[3] At the Ministry in Warsaw he was holding positions of: Korea Desk Officer; China Desk Officer; Head at the Arms Control and Disarmament Division; deputy director and Director of the Department of Asia, Australia and Latin America (1999–2001); Director of the Secretariat of the Minister (2002–2003); deputy director and Director of the Department of Security Policy (2003–2004). From 2004 to 2007 he was serving as an Ambassador, Permanent Representative to the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO), the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG), the Wassenaar Arrangement (WA) and other international organizations in Vienna. Next, from 2008 to 2013, he was the Head of NATO Weapons of Mass Destruction Non-proliferation Centre (WMDC) in Brussels. He was responsible, among others, for co-chairing NATO-Russia Council's Working Group on Arms Control, Disarmament and Non-proliferation.[4] In 2012, he joined the European External Action Service and was appointed the Principal Adviser and Special Envoy for Non-proliferation and Disarmament.[5] He ended his term in September 2020.[6] Afterwards, he held the position of the Chief of Cabinet for the Director General of IAEA.[7]
Besides Polish, Bylica speaks English, Chinese, Russian and has working knowledge of French. He is married to Małgorzata Kosmalska-Bylica, with two children.[8][4]
References edit
- ^ a b Wizimirska, Barbara, ed. (2002). Rocznik Polskiej Polityki Zagranicznej (in Polish). Warszawa: Polski Instytut Spraw Międzynarodowych.
- ^ "New Permanent Representative of Poland Presents Credentials". unis.unvienna.org. 2004-08-26. Retrieved 2021-05-21.
- ^ "Zapis posiedzenia Komisji Spraw Zagranicznych /nr 175/". orka.sejm.gov.pl (in Polish). 12 May 2004. Retrieved 2021-05-20.
- ^ a b "Principal Adviser and Special Envoy for Non-proliferation and Disarmament" (PDF). europarl.europa.eu. 12 November 2012. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2019-06-22. Retrieved 2021-05-20.
- ^ "Jacek BYLICA". European External Action Service. 2018-06-25. Archived from the original on 2018-06-25. Retrieved 2021-05-20.
- ^ "Nuclear arms control regimes state of play and perspectives" (PDF). europarl.europa.eu. December 2020. p. 20. Retrieved 2021-05-21.
- ^ "CRDF Global Hosts First Implementers' Event for the Sustained Dialogue on the Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Technology Program". CRDF Global. Retrieved 2023-08-31.
- ^ "Jacek Bylica specjalnym przedstawicielem UE ds. nierozprzestrzeniania broni oraz rozbrojenia". msz.gov.pl (in Polish). 2019-04-04. Archived from the original on 2019-04-04. Retrieved 2021-05-20.