Edward Pietrzyk

Edward Pietrzyk

Infobox Military Person
name=Edward Pietrzyk
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caption=Gen. Pietrzyk receiving general's rank
rank=Generał broni
date_of_birth=1949
placeofbirth=Rawa Mazowiecka, Poland
date_of_death=
placeofdeath=
profession= Military officer
serviceyears= 1971 - 2006
units= 2nd Artillery Brigade, Polish artillery and rocket forces
battles=
laterwork= Polish ambassador to Iraq
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Generał broni Edward Pietrzyk (born 1949) is a Polish military officer, diplomat and general in the Polish Army. A former commander-in-chief of the Polish Land Forces, in April 2007 he was appointed Poland's ambassador to Iraq.

Pietrzyk was born on November 3, 1949 in Rawa Mazowiecka. In 1971 he graduated from the Military University of Technology (WAT) of Warsaw, after which he served for six years in the 2nd Artillery Brigade. In 1978 he moved to Moscow, where he graduated from the local Military Academy of Artillery and in 1988 became the deputy commander of Polish artillery and rocket forces of the Warsaw Military Area.

In 1990, Pietrzyk graduated from the Academy of the General Staff of the USSR and after two years of service as the deputy chief of operations of the General Staff, he became the chief of the Operational Command of the Polish General Staff. Between 1998 and 2000 he was the deputy commander of the Multinational Corps Northeast composed of forces of Poland, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania and Slovakia. Between 2000 and September 2006 he has been the commander of the Land Forces of Poland. In 2000 he also graduated from the United States Military Academy.

Since April 2007, he served as Polish ambassador to Iraq.

On October 3, 2007 he was wounded in a probable assassination attempt in Baghdad, by a roadside bomb. [ [http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/E2E92F8B-EDEF-4230-9F3F-6F20C50344D6.htm Iraq blast wounds Polish ambassador] , "Al Jazeera English"] He was flown to a military hospital by a Blackwater Security helicopter. [ [http://www.mcclatchydc.com/iraq/story/20198.html McClatchy Washington Bureau | 10/03/2007 | Blackwater flies injured Polish diplomat to hospital ] ] Pietrzyk received burns to about 20 percent of his body, including his air passage ways, and was held in an artificial coma to reduce the pain. [cite news | title = Poland's ambassador to Iraq in serious condition after assassination attempt in Baghdad | url = http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/10/06/europe/EU-GEN-Poland-Iraq-Ambassador.php | publisher = International Herald Tribune | date = 2007-10-06] The United Nations Security Council convened a meeting to condemn this attack.UN document |docid=S-PV-5754 |date=5 October 2007 |type=Verbatim Report |body=Security Council |meeting=5754 |accessdate=2007-10-09] [cite news | title = Poland's Iraq envoy recovering after Baghdad attack | publisher = Reuters | date = 2007-10-07] As of November 8, he is still recovering from his injuries, but vowing to get back to work. [cite web | title = Press Gaggle by Dana Perino | url = http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2007/11/20071108-1.html | publisher = Whitehouse.gov | date = 2007-11-08]

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