Grażyna Bernatowicz

In 1968, Bernatowicz graduated from the Faculty of Law at the University of Warsaw. In 1975 she obtained a doctoral degree in law there, with a doctoral dissertation entitled Wewnętrznych i zewnętrznych uwarunkowań polityki zagranicznej Hiszpanii (Internal and external determinants of Spanish foreign policy).^[1] In 1992, she was awarded a Habilitation in humanities with a specialization in political science.^[1]

After obtaining her doctoral dissertation, Bernatowicz became a professor in the Faculty of Law of the Polish Institute of International Affairs.^[1] In 1995, she became a professor at the Helena Chodkowska University (pl).^[1]

Beginning in 1993, Bernatowicz joined the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs.^[1] There she first worked as an advisor to the minister and deputy director of the Strategic Research Department, and in 1998 became a coordinator of issues related to European integration.^[1] From 2000 to 2002, she was the Undersecretary of State in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.^[1]

In April 2002, Bernatowicz was appointed by the President of Poland to be Ambassador to Spain and Andorra.^[1] She served in this role until 2007, when she was re-appointed to the office of the Undersecretary of State at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.^[1]

In 2013, Bernatowicz was appointed Poland's ambassador to the Czech Republic,^[2] and retired in 2017.^[3]

• Portuguese Order of Merit, 2008^[4]
• Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary, 2009^[5]
• Maltese Order of Merit, 2010^[6]
• Commandeur of the Order of Saint-Charles, Monaco, 2012^[7]
• Royal Norwegian Order of Merit, 2012^[8]
• Officer of the Order of the Rebirth of Poland, 2013^[9]