Adam Daniel Rotfeld | |
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Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
In office 5 January 2005 – 13 October 2005 | |
Prime Minister | Marek Belka |
Preceded by | Włodzimierz Cimoszewicz |
Succeeded by | Stefan Meller |
Personal details | |
Born | Peremyshliany, Second Polish Republic (now Ukraine) | 4 March 1938
Political party | None |
Spouse | Barbara Sikorska (deceased) |
Children | 1 |
Profession | Diplomat, academician |
Adam Daniel Rotfeld (Polish pronunciation: ['adam ˈdaɲɛl ˈrɔtfɛlt] ; born 4 March 1938) is a Polish researcher, diplomat, and former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Poland from 5 January 2005 until 31 October 2005 when a change of government took place. He served earlier as the deputy foreign minister. While in that position, Rotfeld established the Warsaw Reflection Group on the UN Reform and the Transformation of the Euro-Atlantic Security Institutions, with participation from leading US and European experts and politicians.
From 1991 up to 2002 he served as Director of the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) and in 1989–1991 project leader on Building a Cooperative Security System in and for Europe at SIPRI.