Prime Minister Donald Tusk appointed the heads of ABW, AW, CBA, SKW and SWW – the Prime Minister’s Chancellery announced on its website. They have all been acting heads of these services for several months – since December 19, 2023.
Colonel Paweł Szota became the head of the Intelligence Service, Colonel Rafał Syrysko of the Internal Security Service, Agnieszka Kwiatkowska-Gurdak of the Central Anti-Corruption Bureau, Colonel Dorota Kawecka of the Military Intelligence Service and General Jarosław Stróżyk of the Army. Counterintelligence.
What do we know about the new service chiefs?
According to information on the website of the Prime Minister’s Chancellery, Syrysko previously worked in the counterintelligence and internal security departments, as well as as a representative for the protection of classified information at the Office of State Protection and the Internal Security Agency. The announcement shows that the new head of Military Intelligence, Colonel Szota, has been in service for 24 years, initially as an officer of the UOP and then of the Intelligence Service, and the new head of the CBA, Kwiatkowska-Gurdak. , has been associated with the uniformed services for twenty years – initially as a police officer and since 2015 at the CBA branch in Bydgoszcz.
The work of the Military Counterintelligence Service will be led by General Jarosław Stróżyk, whose experience includes as Defense Attaché at the Polish Embassy in Washington and Deputy Director of NATO’s International Military Staff. The head of Military Intelligence is Colonel Dorota Kawecka, in service since 2002, with experience in the analytical department, SIGINT radio intelligence service and in the foreign service of the Military Diplomatic Corps in London
– the office said in a press release.
The heads of the secret services are appointed by the Prime Minister, after consultation with the President, the Parliamentary Committee on Secret Services and the College for Secret Services. The content of the advice is not binding on the head of government.
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Source: wPolityce
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