| Honorific-Suffix: | Ph.D. |
| Order: | 9th |
| Ambassador From: | Poland |
| Country: | Czech Republic |
| Term Start: | 16 September 2022 |
| Term End: | 31 July 2024 |
| Predecessor: | Mirosław Jasiński |
| Birth Place: | Warsaw, Poland |
| Mateusz Gniazdowski | |
| Nationality: | Polish |
| Children: | 2 |
| Alma Mater: | University of Warsaw |
| Profession: | political scientist |
Mateusz Gniazdowski (born 1974 in Warsaw)[1] is a Polish political scientist, expert on Central European issues. Ambassador of the Republic of Poland to the Czech Republic, heading the Polish diplomatic mission in Prague during the period: 16 September 2022 – 31 July 2024.
In 2000, Gniazdowski graduated with honours from Political Science at the University of Warsaw.[2] He previously graduated from the Secondary Technical Aviation School in Warsaw (1994) and also studied at the Faculty of Power and Aeronautical Engineering at the Warsaw University of Technology (1994–95).[3] He received his doctoral degree from the Slovak Academy of Sciences.[4] From 2004 to 2010 he worked at the Polish Institute of International Affairs (PISM). He was deputy head of the PISM Research Office[5] and coordinator of the programme for bilateral relations in Europe.[6] In 2010, he joined the Centre for Eastern Studies (OSW). He was head of the Central European Department. Between 15 February 2016 and September 2022 he was Deputy Director there.[7] On 22 August 2022 he was nominated as Polish ambassador to the Czech Republic.[8] He took his post on 16 September 2022,[9] and presented his credentials to President Miloš Zeman on 21 September 2022.[10] He concluded his tenure as head of the Polish Embassy in Prague on July 31 and was recalled to the headquarters in Warsaw.[11] President of Poland Andrzej Duda, as in the case of other ambassadors, did not agree to his dismissal.[12]
In his work as an analyst, he specialized in the internal and foreign policy and regional cooperation of the Central European countries, especially the Visegrad Group; public diplomacy; historical issues in foreign policy. In his academic work, he primarily focused on the history of Polish-Czech and Polish-Slovak relations in the 20th century. He is a co-author or editor of several book publications and has written numerous scholarly articles.
He was chairman of the Policy Board of the Czech-Polish Forum,[13] a member of the Polish-Slovak Commission for the Humanities at the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of Poland, and at the Ministry of Education, Science, Research and Sport of Slovakia. He was a member of the Editorial Committee of the Polish Diplomatic Review [Polski Przegląd Dypomatyczny], and co-coordinator of the Polish part of the Think Visegrad – V4 Think Tank Platform.
He is married with two daughters.