Maciej Hunia
Maciej Hunia | |
|---|---|
_(cropped).jpg) Maciej Hunia (2024) | |
| Head of the Foreign Intelligence Agency | |
| In office 7 June 2008 – 19 November 2015 | |
| Preceded by | Andrzej Ananicz (acting) |
| Succeeded by | Grzegorz Małecki (acting) |
| Head of the Military Intelligence Service | |
| In office 16 January 2008 – 11 August 2008 | |
| Preceded by | Witold Marczuk |
| Succeeded by | Radosław Kujawa |
| Ambassador of Poland to Israel | |
| Assumed office July 2025 | |
| Preceded by | Marek Magierowski |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Maciej Marek Hunia 25 February 1961 Kraków, Poland |
Maciej Marek Hunia (born 25 February 1961) is a Polish government officer of special services, including the Office of State Protection and the Internal Security Agency, and a Brigadier General of the Civil Intelligence. In 2008 he was the head of the Military Intelligence Service, and was the head of the Foreign Intelligence Agency from 2008 to 2015. Since April 2025 he is Poland's Ambassador to Israel.
Biography
Maciej Hunia was born in Kraków on 25 February 1961.[1]
In 1986 he graduated from the Faculty of Philosophy and History of the Jagiellonian University. He was active in the Independent Students' Association. He practiced mountain climbing and met Konstanty Miodowicz during this period.[2]
At the end of the 1980s, he completed his military service. In 1990, he became an officer in the delegation of the State Protection Office in Kraków. He held the positions of an analyst, and from 1993 to 1997, he was the deputy head and head of the counterintelligence department in this delegation. From 1997 to 2006 he was the director of the Counterintelligence Board at the Office for State Protection, and then headed the Counterintelligence Department at the Internal Security Agency.[1]
In 2004, President Aleksander Kwaśniewski appointed Hunia to the rank of brigadier general in the ABW corps.[3]
In 2007 he was a diplomat (counselor) at the Polish Embassy in Prague. On 16 January 2008, Hunia took the office of the head of the Military Intelligence Service, previously (from 29 November 2007) he was the deputy of the then head of the SWW Witold Marczuk. On 7 June 2008, he was the head of the Foreign Intelligence Agency. On 11 August 2008, he was dismissed from the position of the head of the SWW and at the same time appointed to the position of the head of the AW, which he held until 19 November 2015.
In May 2015, Hunia was one of the Polish people sanctioned by Russia during the Russo-Ukrainian War.[4] From 2019 through 2023 he was an advisor to the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Polish Senate.[5]
In October 2024, Hunia became Chargé d'affaires of Poland to Israel,[6] and in April 2025 was appointed ambassador to Israel.[7] On July 21, 2025, he presented his credentials to Israeli President Isaac Herzog. [8]
References
- ^ a b Informacje na stronie Agencji Wywiadu
- ^ Wojciech Czuchnowski (Q9376425) (8 November 2006). "ABW pozbywa się szefa kontrwywiadu". wyborcza.pl.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "Postanowienie Prezydenta Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej z dnia 5 kwietnia 2004 r. Nr 111-8-04 o mianowaniu na stopień generała brygady". isap.sejm.gov.pl. Retrieved 2021-10-28.
- ^ Seymat, Thomas (2015-06-02). "The complete blacklist of EU officials banned from Russia". euronews. Retrieved 2021-10-12.
- ^ "Ambasador - Polska w Izraelu". Portal gov.pl. Polish government.
- ^ "Personel - Polska w Izraelu - Portal Gov.pl". Polska w Izraelu (in Polish). Retrieved 2024-10-15.
- ^ "Postanowienie Prezydenta Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej z dnia 11 kwietnia 2025 r. nr 110.6.2025 w sprawie mianowania Ambasadora Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej". monitorpolski.gov.pl (in Polish). 2025-04-11. Retrieved 2025-05-06.
- ^ Cashman, Greer Fay (July 21, 2025), "After long hiatus, there is finally a Polish ambassador in Israel", Jerusalem Post, retrieved 2025-07-21