Piotr Iwaszkiewicz was born in 1959 in Lublin. In 1984, he earned his master's degree in
classical philology at the
University of Warsaw, Faculty of History. Between 1980 and 1983 he was president of the Faculty
students' union. Between 1981 and 1992 he was member of the
Solidarity trade union. After graduating, between 1984 and 1992 he was lecturing
history of early Christianity, late
Roman and
Byzantine literature at the University of Warsaw. He authored two books and several translations from Greek and Latin languages. and later a Human Rights and Media Officer in
Ashgabat (1999–2000). Following being
chargé d'affaires of the Polish embassy in Tbilisi (2001) and
Yerevan (2001–2003), he was deputy head of mission in
Almaty (2003–2005). After that he was deputy director of the MFA Eastern Department. In 2009 he was responsible for organizing
PERN Przyjazn SA office in
Baku. Between May 2011 and June 2012 he was heading the MFA Department of Development Cooperation. He was in charge of organizing Polish medical mission to
Misrata. Since June 2012 he was head of the MFA
Central Asia and
North Caucaus Unit. He was accredited also to
Tajikistan. Afterwards, he worked at the MFA Eastern Department, being responsible for relations with Russia. He was father to six children. == Works ==