Katarzyna Pełczyńska-Nałęcz

Katarzyna Pełczyńska-Nałęcz
Ph.D.
Pełczyńska-Nałęcz in 2024
Minister of Funding and Regional Policy
Assumed office
13 December 2023
Prime MinisterDonald Tusk
Preceded byMałgorzata Jarosińska-Jedynak
Poland Ambassador to Russia
In office
19 November 2014  31 July 2016
PresidentBronisław Komorowski
Andrzej Duda
Preceded byWojciech Zajączkowski
Succeeded byWłodzimierz Marciniak
Personal details
Born (1970-10-26) October 26, 1970
Warsaw, Poland
Political partyPoland 2050 (since 2020)
Children3
ProfessionPolitician

Katarzyna Pełczyńska-Nałęcz (born October 26, 1970) is a Polish sociologist and the former Ambassador of Poland to Russia. She succeeded Wojciech Zajączkowski in the fall of 2014. She became the first woman ambassador of Poland in Moscow since the establishment of Polish–Russian relations, between the Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Moscow in the 16th century. Pełczyńska-Nałęcz previously served as Undersecretary of State at the Polish Foreign Ministry.