Secretary-General Appoints Joanna Wronecka of Poland Special Coordinator for Lebanon

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres today announced the appointment of Joanna Wronecka of Poland as his new Special Coordinator for Lebanon, with the United Nations Office of the Special Coordinator for Lebanon.

Ms. Wronecka succeeds Ján Kubiš of Slovakia to whom the Secretary-General is grateful for his commitment and leadership.

Ms. Wronecka brings over 25 years of experience in diplomacy, international security and Middle East affairs, serving since 2017 as the Permanent Representative of Poland to the United Nations, including during Poland’s tenure on the Security Council (2018-2019), and as Under‑Secretary of State for Arab and African countries, development cooperation and Polish-United Nations relations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Poland (2015-2017).

She previously served as Head of the European Union Delegation to Jordan (2011-2015), Ambassador of Poland to Morocco (2005-2010) and Egypt (1999‑2003) and non-resident Ambassador of Poland to Mauritania (2006-2010) and Sudan (2000-2003).  She further served as the Director of the Secretariat of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Poland (2003-2005), Director of the Africa and Middle East Department (1998-1999) and Deputy Director of the United Nations Department at the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs (1996-1998).

Ms. Wronecka holds a doctorate in Arabic philosophy and a master’s degree in Arabic philology from the University of Warsaw, and conducted research on Middle East and Islamic Affairs at the Centre d’Etudes et de Documentation Economique et Juridique in Cairo and at the Polish Academy of Sciences.  She is fluent in Arabic, English, French and Polish.

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*     This supersedes Press Release BIO/5049 of 19 December 2017.