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Line 1: {{~~short~~Short description\|American lawyer~~\|bot=PearBOT~~ 5and diplomat (born 1965)}} {{Infobox Ambassador \| honorific_prefix = \| name = Mark Brzezinski \| image = ~~Mark~~ ~~Brzezinski,~~ ~~Ambassador~~= ~~to Sweden~~Ambassador-Brzezinski.jpg \| caption = Brzezinski in 2022 ~~\|caption = Ambassador Brzezinski speaks at the dedication of the American Swedish Institute's Nelson Cultural Center in Minneapolis in 2013.~~ \| office = [[United States Ambassador to Poland]] \| president = [[Joe Biden]] \| term_start = ~~January~~February 1922, 2022 \| term_end = \|~~succeeding~~ predecessor = [[Georgette Mosbacher]] \|~~predecessor~~ office2 = [[~~Georgette~~United States Ambassador to ~~Mosbacher~~Sweden]] \|~~office2~~ president2 = [[~~United States Ambassador to~~Barack ~~Sweden~~Obama]] \|~~president2~~ term_start2 = ~~[[Barack~~November 24, ~~Obama]]~~2011 \|~~monarch2~~ term_end2 = ~~[[Carl~~July ~~XVI~~1, ~~Gustaf]]~~2015 \| predecessor2 = [[Matthew Barzun]]▼ ~~\|primeminister2 = [[Fredrik Reinfeldt]]<br>[[Stefan Löfven]]~~ \| successor2 = [[Azita Raji]] ~~\|term_start2 = November 24, 2011~~ \|~~term_end2~~ birth_name = ~~July~~Mark 1,Francis ~~2015~~Brzezinski \| birth_date = {{birth date and age\|1965\|4\|7}}▼ ▲\|predecessor2 = [[Matthew Barzun]] \|~~successor2~~ birth_place = ~~[[Azita~~ ~~Raji]]~~ = \|~~birth_name~~ death_date = ~~Mark~~ ~~Francis~~ ~~Brzezinski~~ = \| death_place = ▼ ▲\|birth_date = {{birth date and age\|1965\|4\|7}} \| party = [[Democratic Party (United States)\|Democratic]] ~~\|birth_place =~~ \| alma_mater = [[Dartmouth College]] ([[Bachelor of Arts\|BA]])<br>[[University of Virginia School of Law\|University of Virginia]] ([[Juris Doctor\|JD]])<br>[[St Antony's College, Oxford]] ([[Doctor of Philosophy\|DPhil]])▼ ~~\|death_date =~~ \| spouse = Carolyn M. Campbell (div.)<br>Natalia Brzezinski (mdiv. ~~2008~~)▼ ▲\|death_place = \|~~party~~ parents = [[~~Democratic~~Zbigniew ~~Party~~Brzezinski]]<br>[[Emilie ~~(United~~Benes ~~States)\|Democratic~~Brzezinski]] \| relatives = [[Ian Brzezinski]] (brother)<br>[[Mika Brzezinski]] (sister)<br>[[Matthew Brzezinski]] (cousin)▼ ▲\|alma_mater = [[Dartmouth College]] ([[Bachelor of Arts\|BA]])<br>[[University of Virginia School of Law\|University of Virginia]] ([[Juris Doctor\|JD]])<br>[[St Antony's College, Oxford]] ([[Doctor of Philosophy\|DPhil]]) \| awards = [[Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland\|Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland]], [[Order of the Polar Star\|Order of the Polar Star, Commander 1st Class]] ▲\|spouse = Carolyn M. Campbell (div.)<br>Natalia Brzezinski (m. 2008) ~~\|parents = [[Zbigniew Brzezinski]]<br>[[Emilie Benes Brzezinski]]~~ ▲\|relatives = [[Ian Brzezinski]] (brother)<br>[[Mika Brzezinski]] (sister)<br>[[Matthew Brzezinski]] (cousin) }} '''Mark Francis Brzezinski''' (born April 7, 1965) is an American lawyer ~~and~~serving ~~the~~as ~~current~~the [[List of ambassadors of the United States to Poland\|United States Ambassador to Poland]] since 2022. He previously served as the [[United States Ambassador to Sweden]] from 2011 to 2015 under President [[Barack Obama]]. The son of [[Zbigniew Brzezinski]],<ref>{{Cite web \|date=2021-08-04 \|title=Biden taps Brzezinski son as Poland ambassador amid reported row \|url=https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20210804-biden-taps-brzezinski-son-as-poland-ambassador-amid-reported-row \|access-date=2022-07-25 \|website=France 24 \|language=en}}</ref> former [[National Security Advisor (United States)\|US National Security Advisor]] to President [[Jimmy Carter]], Brzezinski attended [[Dartmouth College]], the [[University of Virginia School of Law\|University of Virginia Law School]], and [[St Antony's College, Oxford\|St. Antony's College, Oxford]].<ref>{{Cite web \|last=reichardr \|title=Ambassador Mark Brzezinski \|url=https://pl.usembassy.gov/our-relationship/our-ambassador/ \|access-date=2022-07-25 \|website=U.S. Embassy & Consulate in Poland \|language=en-US}}</ref> ==Early life and education== Brzezinski is the son of [[Emilie Benes Brzezinski]] and Polish-born former [[National Security Advisor (United States)\|National Security Advisor]] [[Zbigniew Brzezinski]], and the grandson of Polish diplomat [[Tadeusz Brzeziński]]. His mother is the grandniece of former [[Czechoslovakia\|Czechoslovak]] president [[Edvard Beneš]]. His sister is [[Mika Brzezinski]], co-host of the morning talk show ''[[Morning Joe]]'', and his brother is military expert [[Ian Brzezinski]]. He is also first cousin of author [[Matthew Brzezinski]].{{Citation needed \|date=August 2021}} Brzezinski graduated from [[Dartmouth College]] with a [[Bachelor of Arts]] in [[government]], earned a [[Juris Doctor]] from the [[University of Virginia Law School]], and holds a [[Doctor of Philosophy]] in [[political science]] from [[Oxford University]]. He also earned a [[Fulbright Scholarship]] to study the [[Constitutional Tribunal of the Republic of Poland]].<ref>{{cite web \|title=Mark Brzezinski Former United States Ambassador To Sweden \|url=https://www.ndi.org/people/mark-brzezinski \|website=NDI \|date=2 August 2018 \|publisher=National Democratic Institute \|access-date=17 August 2021}}</ref> ==Career== [[File:Ambassador Brzezinski, Malena Ernman and Natalia Brzezinski.jpg\|thumb\|left\|Ambassador Brzezinski (left) and his then wife Natalia Brzezinski (right) with Swedish opera singer [[Malena Ernman]] (center)~~, Swedish opera singer and mother of climate activist [[Greta Thunberg]].~~]] Brzezinski was a corporate and securities associate at [[Hogan & Hartson]] LLP in Washington, D.C. from 1996-1999. From 1999-2001, Brzezinski served in the [[Clinton administration]] as a director of Russian/Eurasian affairs and director of Southeast European affairs of the [[United States National Security Council\|National Security Council]] at the [[White House]]. In that capacity, he was White House coordinator for U.S. democracy and rule of law assistance programs for the region. Brzezinski was a foreign policy advisor to the presidential campaign of [[Barack Obama]],<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.newsweek.com/id/40772 \|title=The Talent Primary \|date=15 September 2007 \|publisher=Newsweek.com}}</ref> and was later appointed [[United States Ambassador to Sweden\|Ambassador to Sweden]] by Obama.<ref>{{cite news\|url=https://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/senate/188347-seven-ambassadors-confirmed-by-senate\|title=Seven ambassadors confirmed by Senate\|series=The Hill's Floor Action Blog\|author=Pete Kasperowicz\|work=[[The Hill (newspaper)\|The Hill]]\|date=October 18, 2011}}</ref> ===Ambassador to Poland=== On May 26, 2021, ''The New York Times'' reported that President Joe Biden is considering nominating Brzezinski to be the [[United States Ambassador to Poland]].<ref>{{Cite news\|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/26/us/politics/biden-ambassadors-burns-garcetti.html\|title=Biden is said to be planning to nominate Burns and Garcetti for ambassadorships\|newspaper=The New York Times\|date=27 May 2021\|last1=Karni\|first1=Annie}}</ref> Brzezinski was officially nominated on August 4.<ref>{{Cite web\|date=2021-08-04\|title=Biden nominates Mark Brzezinski as US ambassador to Poland\|url=https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-europe-arts-and-entertainment-poland-81de01ff464d99d4611a56f76cf56015\|access-date=2021-08-05\|website=AP NEWS\|language=en}}</ref> On August 9, 2021, his nomination was sent to the [[United States Senate\|Senate]].<ref>{{Cite press release \|title=Nominations Sent to the Senate \|date=August 9, 2021 \|publisher=The White House \|location=Washington, D.C. \|url=https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2021/08/09/nominations-sent-to-the-senate-32/}} {{PD-notice}}</ref> His nomination was favorably reported by the [[United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations\|Senate Foreign Relations Committee]] on December 15, 2021, and was confirmed by the Senate on December 18, 2021 by [[voice vote]].<ref>{{cite web \|title=PN1004 — Mark Brzezinski — Department of State 117th Congress (2021-2022) \|url=https://www.congress.gov/nomination/117th-congress/1004?q=%7B%22search%22%3A%5B%22brzezinski%22%2C%22brzezinski%22%5D%7D&s=2&r=1 \|website=US Congress \|access-date=20 December 2021}}</ref>▼ [[File:Secretary Blinken Arrives in Rzeszow (51919357337).jpg\|left\|thumb\|Brzezinski greets U.S. Secretary of State [[Antony Blinken]] in Rzeszow, Poland on March 5, 2022]] ▲On May 26, 2021, ''The New York Times'' reported that President Joe Biden iswas considering nominating Brzezinski to be the [[United States Ambassador to Poland]].<ref>{{Cite news\|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/26/us/politics/biden-ambassadors-burns-garcetti.html\|title=Biden is said to be planning to nominate Burns and Garcetti for ambassadorships\|newspaper=The New York Times\|date=27 May 2021\|last1=Karni\|first1=Annie}}</ref> Brzezinski was officially nominated on August 4.<ref>{{Cite web\|date=2021-08-04\|title=Biden nominates Mark Brzezinski as US ambassador to Poland\|url=https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-europe-arts-and-entertainment-poland-81de01ff464d99d4611a56f76cf56015\|access-date=2021-08-05\|website=AP NEWS\|language=en}}</ref> On August 9, 2021, his nomination was sent to the [[United States Senate\|Senate]].<ref>{{Cite press release \|title=Nominations Sent to the Senate \|date=August 9, 2021 \|publisher=The White House \|location=Washington, D.C. \|url=https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2021/08/09/nominations-sent-to-the-senate-32/}} {{PD-notice}}</ref> ~~His~~Hearings on his nomination ~~was~~were ~~favorably~~held ~~reported by~~before the [[United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations\|Senate Foreign Relations Committee]] on December 1, 2021. His nomination was favorably reported by the committee on December 15, 2021, and was confirmed by the Senate on December 18, 2021 by [[voice vote]].<ref>{{cite web \|title=PN1004 — Mark Brzezinski — Department of State 117th Congress (2021-2022) \|url=https://www.congress.gov/nomination/117th-congress/1004?q=%7B%22search%22%3A%5B%22brzezinski%22%2C%22brzezinski%22%5D%7D&s=2&r=1 \|website=US Congress \|date = 18 December 2021\|access-date=20 December 2021}}</ref> Brzezinski was sworn in as the United States Ambassador to Poland on January 19, 2022 by Vice President [[Kamala Harris]].<ref>{{cite web \|title=Vice President Harris Ceremonially Swears In Mark Brzezinski as Ambassador to Poland \|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BbuXEqA5okM \|website=The White House on YouTube \| date=19 January 2022 \|access-date=20 January 2022}}</ref> He presented his credentials to President [[Andrzej Duda]] on February 22, 2022.<ref>{{cite web \|last1=Potocka \|first1=Joanna \|title=Mark Brzezinski już w Polsce. To nowy ambasador Stanów Zjednoczonych \|url=https://www.rmf24.pl/fakty/polska/news-mark-brzezinski-juz-w-polsce-to-nowy-ambasador-stanow-zjedno,nId,5783788#crp_state=1 \|website=RMF 24 \|access-date=21 January 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web \|date=2022-02-22 \|title=Ambassador Mark Brzezinski's Credentialing Ceremony \|url=https://pl.usembassy.gov/mark_brzezinski_credentials/ \|access-date=2022-03-04 \|website=U.S. Embassy & Consulate in Poland \|language=en-US}}</ref> == Awards == In 2007 [[President of Poland]] [[Lech Kaczyński]] decorated him with [[Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland\|Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland]]. The order was awarded ''"for outstanding contributions to the development of Polish-American relations and for promoting a positive image of Poland in the world"''.<ref>{{Cite web\|title=Postanowienie Prezydenta Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej z dnia 14 marca 2007 r. o nadaniu orderów\|url=http://isap.sejm.gov.pl/isap.nsf/DocDetails.xsp?id=WMP20070420477\|access-date=2022-02-03\|website=isap.sejm.gov.pl}}</ref> In 2018, he received the [[Order of the Polar Star]], Commander 1st Class.<ref>{{Cite web \|date=2018-04-09 \|title=Council of American Ambassadors \|url=https://www.americanambassadors.org/news/news-briefs/congratulations-ambassador-mark-f-brzezinski \|access-date=2023-05-17 \|website=Council of American Ambassadors \|language=en}}</ref> Brzezinski was sworn in as the United States Ambassador to Poland on January 19, 2022 by Vice President [[Kamala Harris]].<ref>{{cite web \|title=Vice President Harris Ceremonially Swears In Mark Brzezinski as Ambassador to Poland \|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BbuXEqA5okM \|website=The White House on YouTube \|access-date=20 January 2022}}</ref> ==Personal life== He is currently divorced.<ref>Viva! (April 5, 2023), [https://viva.pl/ludzie/wywiady-vivy/mark-brzezinski-ambasador-stanow-zjednoczonych-w-polsce-kim-jest-jego-partnerka-olga-leonowicz-historia-milosci-143516-r1/ ''"We met for the first time after 20 years, we found that the chemistry is still ongoing." The love story of Mark Brzezinski and Olga Leonowicz'']. Retrieved June 23, 2023.</ref> His first wife was Carolyn M. Campbell, a lawyer.<ref>{{cite news\|work=[[The New York Times]]\|title=Carolyn M. Campbell Is to Marry Mark Brzezinski, a Fellow Lawyer\|date=December 22, 1991\|page=55}}</ref> His second wife, from 2008 until 2022, iswas Natalia Brzezinski, née Lopatniuk.<ref>Steve Clemons (September 6, 2008), [https://washingtonnote.com/congratulations_2/ ''Congratulations Natalia Lopatniuk & Mark Brzezinski'']. Retrieved November 23, 2019.</ref> ==References== Line 56 ⟶ 63: {{commonscat}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20061120073411/http://www.theglobalist.com/DBWeb/AuthorBiography.aspx?AuthorId=420 Profile at the Globalist] [http://www.mcguirewoods.com/lawyers/index/Mark_Brzezinski.asp Profile at McGuireWoods] {{Webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111101030446/http://www.mcguirewoods.com/lawyers/index/Mark_Brzezinski.asp \|date=2011-11-01 }} *{{C-SPAN\|~~Mark Brzezinski~~1029703}} {{s-start}} Line 64 ⟶ 71: {{s-ttl\|title=[[United States Ambassador to Sweden]]\|years=2011–2015}} {{s-aft\|after=[[Azita Raji]]}} \|- {{s-bef\|before=[[Georgette Mosbacher]]}} {{s-ttl\|title=[[United States Ambassador to Poland]]\|years=2022–present}} {{s-inc}} {{s-end}} {{US Ambassadors to Sweden}} {{US Ambassadors to Poland}} {{USEUambassadors}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Brzezinski, Mark}} ~~[[Category:Members of the Council on Foreign Relations]]~~ [[Category:1965 births]] [[Category:Living people]] Line 75 ⟶ 87: [[Category:Dartmouth College alumni]] [[Category:Ambassadors of the United States to Sweden]] [[Category:Ambassadors of the United States to Poland]] [[Category:Alumni of St Antony's College, Oxford]] [[Category:American people of Czech descent]] [[Category:American people of Polish descent]] [[Category:American people of Swiss descent]] [[Category:Brzezinski family\|Mark]] [[Category:Washington, D.C., Democrats]] [[Category:Lawyers from Washington, D.C.]] [[Category:Place of birth missing (living people)]] [[Category:21st-century American diplomats]] [[Category:Commanders First Class of the Order of the Polar Star]]