Selim Chazbijewicz
Ph.D.
Poland Ambassador to Kazakhstan
In office
12 August 2017 – 15 November 2023
Preceded byMaciej Lang
Personal details
Born (1955-11-17) 17 November 1955 (age 68)
Gdańsk, Poland
Alma materUniversity of Gdańsk
ProfessionPolitical scientist, columnist, poet

Selim Chazbijewicz (born 17 November 1955 in Gdańsk) is a Polish political scientist, columnist, and poet. Between 2017 and 2023, he served as an ambassador to Kazakhstan.

Life

Selim Chazbijewicz was born in 1957 in Gdańsk to a family of Tatar descent. He spent his childhood there. In 1980, he earned his master's degree from the University of Gdańsk, Faculty of Polish Philology. In 1991, he defended at the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań Ph.D. thesis on Polish Muslims in 20th century. In 2002, he received his post-doctoral degree (habilitation), thesis on Crimean Tatars after World War II. He has been working as an assistant professor at the University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn.[1] He is also member of the Polish Academy of Sciences.[2]

Apart from his academic career, he has been publishing poems and working as an editor. Between 1986 and 1991, he was editor-in-chief of Życie Muzułmańskie (Muslim Life) quarterly. In 1994 he became editor-in-chief of Rocznik Tatarów Polskich (Polish Tatars Yearly).[3] He is a member of Polish Writers' Association.[2]

Between 1999 and 2007, he was the president of Związek Tatarów Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej (Association of Tatars of the Republic of Poland). In 2003, he became Imam of Gdańsk Muslim Community.[3]

In the 2000s, he joined the Law and Justice party since 2000s. In 2017, Chazbijewicz was nominated Poland ambassador to Kazakhstan. On 18 October 2017, he presented his credentials to the President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev.[4] He is accredited also to Kyrgyzstan, presenting his credentials to the President of Kyrgyzstan Almazbek Atambayev on 27 October 2017.[5] He ended his term on 15 November 2023.[6]

He is the recipient of the Bronze Cross of Merit (2014).[7]

Works

Scientific books
Poems

References

  1. ^ "Nowa Nauka Polska". nauka-polska.pl. Retrieved 2019-06-23.
  2. ^ a b "Zapis przebiegu posiedzenia Komisji Spraw Zagranicznych /nr 65/". www.sejm.gov.pl (in Polish). 2017-05-10. Retrieved 2019-06-23.
  3. ^ a b Gazda, Grzegorz (2009). Słownik europejskich kierunków i grup literackich XX wieku. Warszawa: Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN. p. 723. ISBN 978-83-01-15724-1.
  4. ^ "Нұрсұлтан Назарбаев шетел елшілерінен сенім грамотасын қабылдады". www.inform.kz (in Kazakh). 2017-10-18. Retrieved 2019-06-23.
  5. ^ "Атамбаеву вручили верительные грамоты послы ряда стран". Информационное Агентство Кабар (in Russian). 2017-10-27. Retrieved 2019-06-23.
  6. ^ "Monitor Polski 2023 r. poz. 1201". monitorpolski.gov.pl. Retrieved 2023-11-07.
  7. ^ "Postanowienie Prezydenta Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej z dnia 5 lutego 2014 r. o nadaniu odznaczeń". prawo.sejm.gov.pl (in Polish). 2014-02-05. Retrieved 2019-06-23.[permanent dead link]
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