Mark Brzezinski sworn as Polish ambassador

[Jaga]

Mark is a son of Zbigniew Brzezinski and a brother of Mika Brzezinski and he also speaks Polish pretty well. I think that his announcement for US ambassador in Poland helped Polish free media, since pres. Duda did not want to provoke America and he vetoed it.

Here is more from his swearing ceremony:



Vice President Harris Ceremonially Swears In Mark Brzezinski as Ambassador to Poland

[pieter]

Jaga,

I hope that (born April 7, 1965) will be a sophisticated diplomat in Poland and will be beneficiary for the bilateral ties between the USA and Poland 🇵🇱. His Polish roots and knowledge of Polish language will ease the communication. He will be probably good for US-Polish trade ties, cultural connections. Polish Foreign Affairs aims (with US support), NATO ties, Polish-American coordination in the Polish-Belarus border situation, the Baltic borders with Belarus en the Russian Federation, joint efforts to stabilize the situation in Ukraine and a strong Transatlantic Orientation of Poland could be achieved in his term as ambassador. Tensions between the liberal American administration and diplomats and the more National Conservative Polish administration and diplomats may occur, but on the long term mutual interests will be stronger than the differences of opinion.

Mark Brzezinski



Mark Brzezinski is the son of the Polish-born former National Security Advisor Zbigniew Brzezinski and Emilie Benes Brzezinski, and the grandson of Polish diplomat Tadeusz Brzeziński. His mother is the grandniece of former Czechoslovak president Edvard Beneš. His sister is Mika Brzezinski, co-host of the morning talk show Morning Joe, and his brother is military expert Ian Brzezinski. He is also first cousin of author Matthew Brzezinski.

Mark Brzezinski received a BA from Dartmouth College, a JD from the University of Virginia, and a PhD in Political Science from Oxford University. He was a Fulbright Scholar in Poland in 1991-93, during which he researched and wrote a book entitled “The Struggle for Constitutionalism in Poland.” Brzezinski previously served as the United States Ambassador to Sweden from 2011 to 2015.



Career

Ambassador Brzezinski is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) and the Trilateral Commission.

Brzezinski was a corporate and securities associate at Hogan & Hartson LLP in Washington, D.C. from 1996-1999. From 1999-2001, Brzezinski served in the Clinton administration as a director of Russian/Eurasian affairs and director of Southeast European affairs of the National Security Council at the White House. In that capacity, he was White House coordinator for U.S. democracy and rule of law assistance programs for the region.

Brzezinski was a foreign policy advisor to the presidential campaign of Barack Obama, and was later appointed Ambassador to Sweden by Obama.

On May 26, 2021, The New York Times reported that President Joe Biden is considering nominating Brzezinski to be the United States Ambassador to Poland. Brzezinski was officially nominated on August 4. On August 9, 2021, his nomination was sent to the Senate. His nomination was favorably reported by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on December 15, 2021, and was confirmed by the Senate on December 18, 2021 by voice vote.

Brzezinski was sworn in as the United States Ambassador to Poland on January 19, 2022 by Vice President Kamala Harris.

Personal life

His first wife was Carolyn M. Campbell, a lawyer. His second wife, from 2008, is Natalia Brzezinski, née Lopatniuk. Lopatniuk Sounds Ukrainian to me (Pieter), but could be Polish or Czech as welll, it could be another kind of Slavic name as well. Mark Brzezinsk is the proud father of a teenage daughter, Aurora Brzezinski.


Natalia Brzezinska and Aurora Brzezinska, Mark Brzezinski's wife and daughter


Natalia Brzezinski in Stockholm, Sweden, with her husband ambassador Mark Brzezinsk

Ambassadors career


Mark Brzezinski as U.S. Ambassador to Sweden

As U.S. Ambassador to Sweden from 2011 to 2015, Mark Brzezinski spearheaded innovative new approaches to advance U.S.-European trade and landing key Swedish investments, including Volvo’s decision to build a $1 billion factory in South Carolina. He also arranged the first-ever U.S. Presidential visit to Stockholm, which brought together all five heads of governments of the Nordic countries for a summit that galvanized a U.S.-Nordic strategic approach on energy, innovation, and sustainability. In 2015, he was asked by the White House to lead a strategic effort on the Arctic as the first Executive Director of the White House’s Arctic Executive Steering Committee.

Most recently, Ambassador Brzezinski was founder and principal of Brzezinski Strategies LLC. He was a Managing Director at Makena Capital Management, where he led the firm’s sustainable and ESG investing efforts. For a decade, he was a partner at the law firm McGuireWoods LLP, where he helped build the law firm’s international compliance practice. From 1999 to 2001, he served on President Clinton’s National Security Council staff, first as a Director for Russia and Eurasia, and then as a Director for the Balkans.

Cheers,
Pieter

Sources;
pl.usembassy.gov/our-relationship/our-ambassador/
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Brzezinski
pl.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Brzezinski

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Hello Pieter, thanks for the introduction. Mark Brzezinski was also in Poland for a couple of years paid by Fullbright stipend, this is how he learned Polish better. Polish mass media were very excited when he came to Poland. There is a feeling that he might have a power and will to change and improve Polish-American relationship