Krzysztof Skubiszewski
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Minister of Foreign Affairs of Poland 1st Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Third Republic of Poland |
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In office 12 September 1989 – 26 October 1993 |
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| President | Lech Wałęsa |
| Prime Minister | Tadeusz Mazowiecki, Jan Krzysztof Bielecki, Jan Olszewski, Hanna Suchocka |
| Preceded by | Tadeusz Olechowski |
| Succeeded by | Andrzej Olechowski |
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8 October 1926 Poznań, Poland |
| Died | 8 February 2010 (aged 83) Warsaw, Poland |
| Political party | independent |
| Profession | Lawyer |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
Krzysztof Skubiszewski [ˈkʂɨʂtɔf skubʲiˈʂɛfskʲi] (8 October 1926 – 8 February 2010) was a Polish politician, a former Minister of Foreign Affairs (1989–1993) and an established scholar in the field of international law.
Skubiszewski was born in Poznań on 8 October 1926. He attended high school in Warsaw. He held a law degree, which he received from Poznan University. He also attended Harvard University and Nancy University in France for postgraduate studies. He graduated from Harvard University in 1958.
Skubiszewski taught international law at this alma mater, Poznan University. He was an expert on Polish-German relations. He was a member of the Curatorium of The Hague Academy of International Law. During the communist regime in the country he was an active member of the Solidarity movement.
After the fall of communism, he served in the successive cabinets of Tadeusz Mazowiecki, Jan Krzysztof Bielecki, Jan Olszewski and Hanna Suchocka and was the first minister of foreign affairs of the Third Republic of Poland. He was in office from 12 September 1989 to 26 October 1993. In 1992, Skubiszewski, together with 9 other ministers of foreign affairs from the Baltic Sea area, and an EU commissioner, founded the Council of the Baltic Sea States (CBSS) and the EuroFaculty.
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