Selim Chazbijewicz


Selim Chazbijewicz is a Polish political scientist, columnist, poet, since 2017 serving as an ambassador to Kazakhstan.

Life

Selim Chazbijewicz was born in 1957 in Gdańsk to a family of Tatar descent. He spent his childhood there. In 1980, he earned his Master degree from the University of Gdańsk, Faculty of Polish Philology. In 1991 he defended at the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań Ph.D. thesis on Polish muslims in 20th century. In 2002 he received his post-doctoral degree, thesis on Crimean Tatars after World War II. He has been working as an assistant professor at the University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn. He is also member of the Polish Academy of Sciences.
Apart from his academic career, he has been publishing poems and working as an editor. Between 1986 and 1991 he was editor-in-chief of Życie Muzułmańskie quarterly. In 1994 he became editor-in-chief of Rocznik Tatarów Polskich. He is a member of Polish Writers' Association.
Between 1999 and 2007 he was the president of Związek Tatarów Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej. In 2003 he became Imam of Gdańsk Muslim Community.
In 2000s he joined the Law and Justice party since 2000s. In 2017 Chazbijewicz was nominated Poland ambassador to Kazakhstan. On 18 October 2017, he presented his credentials to the President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev. He is accredited also to Kyrgyzstan, presenting his credentials to the President of Kyrgyzstan Almazbek Atambayev on 27 October 2017.
He is the recipient of the Bronze Cross of Merit.

Works

; Scientific books
; Poems