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{{Infobox Ambassador
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| name = Mark Brzezinski
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| caption = Brzezinski in 2022
| office = [[United States Ambassador to Poland]]
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| president2 = [[Barack Obama]]
| term_start2 = November 24, 2011
| term_end2 = July
| predecessor2 = [[Matthew Barzun]]
| successor2 = [[Azita Raji]]
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| parents = [[Zbigniew Brzezinski]]<br>[[Emilie Benes Brzezinski]]
| relatives = [[Ian Brzezinski]] (brother)<br>[[Mika Brzezinski]] (sister)<br>[[Matthew Brzezinski]] (cousin)
| 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]]
}}
'''Mark Francis Brzezinski''' (born April 7, 1965) is an American lawyer serving as 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
==Early life and education==
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==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)
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.
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===Ambassador to Poland===
[[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
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>
==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, was 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>
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