Diplomat politician sociologist
He received a Doctor of Philosophy in humanities from the Institute of Sociology at the University of Warsaw in 1997, and habilitation at the Faculty of Philosophy and Sociology in 2005.
He is a professor and former head of department in the Department of Middle and Far East at the Jagiellonian University in Krakow. He is a sociologist and political scientist He is a graduate of the Faculty of Journalism and Political Science at the University of Warsaw.
In 1986, he became an underground activist for the Federation of Fighting Youth.
Between 1993 and 2006, Jelonek was an assistant and associate professor at the Institute of Sociology in the University of Warsaw. Between 1999 and 2005, he was an associate professor at the Institute of Political Studies at the Polish Academy of Sciences.
He has been head of department in the Department of Middle and Far East at the Faculty of International and Political Studies at the Jagiellonian University since 2007 - and under his leadership, the department became an institute. Between 2007 and 2009, he was Chairman of the Scientific Council of the Institute of Regional Studies at the Jagiellonian University.
In 2010, Jelonek became Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Poland to Malaysia, Brunei and the Philippines.
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