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A doctor of political science. Graduate of international relations at the University of Łódź and a scholarship holder of the Surrey University in Great Britain and the university in Joensuu, Finland. He was awarded a PhD in social policy at the University of Warsaw upon defence of his doctoral dissertation “Evolution of Swedish and British models of social policy in 1993–2003”.

In 2002, he started working at the Office of the Committee for European Integration where he dealt with the benefits and costs of Poland’s membership in the EU in the Department of Analyses and Strategies. In 2010–2014, he was Director of the MFA Department of Foreign Policy Strategy. He was editor and co-author of “Priorities of Polish Foreign Policy 2012–2016”. In 2014–2016, he served as Permanent Representative of Poland to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development and later as Vice-President of Globsec, a think-tank based in Bratislava.

He sat on the programme and research boards of PISM, Institute for Western Affairs, Centre for Eastern Studies (2010–2015), and Institute of East-Central Europe. In 2010–2013, he was a member of the Polish-Czech Forum. He was also a regular contributor of “Tygodnik Powszechny”.

He speaks French, English, and Slovak. Married with three children.

Undersecretary of State Jakub Wiśniewski coordinates issues related to economic coordination, human rights, global challenges, and Poland’s activities within the United Nations. He coordinates international development cooperation. Jakub Wiśniewski is responsible for relations with the Latin American countries. He also coordinates issues related to the strategy and programming of Poland’s foreign policy.