Bogdan Klich

Bogdan Klich
Poland Chargé d'Affaires a.i. to the United States
Assumed office
18 November 2024
Appointed byRadosław Sikorski
Preceded byMarek Magierowski (Ambassador)
Minister of National Defence
In office
16 November 2007  2 August 2011
Prime MinisterDonald Tusk
DeputyTomasz Siemoniak
Preceded byAleksander Szczygło
Succeeded byTomasz Siemoniak
Personal details
Born (1960-05-06) 6 May 1960
Kraków, Poland
Political partyCivic Platform
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Bogdan Adam Klich ['bɔɡdan klʲix] (born on 8 May 1960 in Kraków) is a Polish politician, diplomat, and former minister of national defence of Poland. He currently serves as Poland Chargé d’Affaires ad interim to the United States. Until November 16, 2007, he was a member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the Lesser Poland Voivodeship and Swietokrzyskie Voivodeship with the Civic Platform, part of the European People's Party. Klich served as a senator between 2011 and 2024. Since 2002, Klich has been a lecturer at the Department of European Studies at Jagiellonian University. Lecturer at the Cracow University of Economics since the academic year 2013/2014. The author of numerous publications concerning foreign policy and international security.