List of ambassadors of Poland to the United Kingdom

Ambassador of Republic of Poland to the United Kingdom
Ambassador of Republic of Poland to the United Kingdom
Ambasador Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej w Wielkiej Brytanii
	Coat of arms of Poland
	Incumbent; Piotr Wilczek; since 15 February 2022
Style	Mr. Ambassador; (informal); His Excellency; (diplomatic)
Reports to	Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Seat	London, United Kingdom
Appointer	President of Poland
Term length	No fixed term
Formation	1766
Website	Polish Embassy – London

The Republic of Poland ambassador to the United Kingdom (known formally as the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Poland to the Court of St James's) is the official representative of the Government of the Republic of Poland to the Queen and Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

The main building of the embassy is located in the City of Westminster close to the Regent's Park. Moreover the Consular and Economic sections are located in the City of London on Bouverie Street. In addition there are Consulates General located in Belfast, Edinburgh and Manchester.^[1]

History

The first permanent Polish diplomatic mission was created in late 18th century by the last King of Poland, Stanislaus Augustus. After partitions of Poland, there was over a century gap in diplomatic relations. The mission was re-established following Poland regaining independence in the aftermath of World War I.

Ambassadors of Poland to the Court of St James's

Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth

Note: Military Partitions of Poland ended the existence of a sovereign Polish state for over a century.

Second Polish Republic

Note: Second Republic was created in 1918.

1918–1919 Władysław Sobański (Delegate of the Polish National Committee)
1919–1920 Eustachy Sapieha (Envoy)
1920–1921 Jan Ciechanowski (Chargé d'Affaires a.i.)
1921–1922 Władysław Wróblewski (Envoy)
1922–1929 Konstanty Skirmunt (Envoy)
1929–1934 Konstanty Skirmunt (Ambassador)
1934–1945 Edward Raczyński

Note: Edward Raczyński was the ambassador of the Polish government-in-exile to United Kingdom from 1939 until 1945.

Polish People's Republic

Note: Officially, Polish People's Republic is the name used since 1952. Unofficially, this name is used for all Polish communist governments since 1944.