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Permanent Representative of Poland to NATO Ambassador Jerzy M. Nowak 2002 - 2007 Dr. JERZY M. NOWAK was appointed Ambassador of Poland to the North Atlantic Council (NATO Headquarters) in Brussels, on 24 February 2002. Before, he was Ambassador of Poland to the Kingdom of Spain and the Principality of Andorra since March 2000. Until March 2000 he was Security Policy General Director at the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the rank of Ambassador ad personam. He was also a member of the official team to negotiate Poland's accession to NATO and Personal Representative of the Minister for the Polish OSCE Chairmanship in 1998. A professional diplomat, joined Poland's Foreign Service in 1960. He served in Dar-es-Salaam (1962-1965) and Buenos Aires (1967-1971), held the post of Deputy Representative of Poland to the UN in New York (1981-1986). From 1991 to 1997 he was Head of Mission of Poland to the OSCE and Permanent Representative to the UN European Office, International Atomic Energy Agency and UNIDO in Vienna. From 1972, he was engaged in particular in the CSCE/OSCE and CFE processes (negotiated revision of the CFE Treaty) and served as a member and then as a head of the Polish delegations to several expert and political meetings. Dr. Nowak also held the posts of Head of the Policy Planning Staff and European Institutions Department of the Polish Foreign Ministry in Warsaw. He is a member of the Polish Euroatlantic Association, the Polish Club of Rome Section and of American Eisenhower Fellowship. He was also a member of the Board of Directors of the East-West Institute in New York. He is the author of over 40 publications on international issues in Poland and abroad. He delivered many lectures at universities and international seminars. Born in 1937, he graduated from the Central College of Foreign Service in Warsaw in 1960. He holds a Ph.D. in constitutional law from the University of Torun (1967). In 1997 he was awarded the Order Polonia Restituta (Officer's Cross). The same year he was given a title of "ambassador ad personam". He and his wife Izabella Janowska-Nowak, have two children and two grandchildren. He speaks English, Russian, Spanish and basic French.