{{Short description|Polish diplomat (born 1952)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2022}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = | children = 2 daughters | death_date = | death_place = | spouse = Hanna | party = | relations = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1952|8|6|df=yes}} | alma_mater = University of Warsaw | occupation = | profession = Diplomat | signature = | signature_alt = | website = | birth_place = Kościerzyna, Poland | successor2 = Robert Kupiecki | name = Janusz Reiter | term_start = 1990 | honorific_suffix = | image = 2012 Janusz Reiter.JPG | alt = | order = | ambassador_from = Poland | country = Germany | term_end = 1995 | predecessor2 = Przemysław Grudziński | predecessor = Ryszard Karski | successor = Andrzej Byrt | order2 = | ambassador_from2 = Poland | country2 = the United States | term_start2 = 2005 | term_end2 = 2007 | footnotes = }} '''Janusz Stanisław Reiter''' (born 6 August 1952) is a Polish diplomat.

==Career== Janusz Reiter has graduated from German studies at the University of Warsaw.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2007-07-27|title=Biuletyn Komisji Spraw Zagranicznych Sejmu RP nr 4956/IV|url=http://orka.sejm.gov.pl/Biuletyn.nsf/wgskrnr/SZA-265|access-date=2020-06-15|website=orka.sejm.gov.pl|language=pl|archive-date=7 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190407220010/http://orka.sejm.gov.pl/Biuletyn.nsf/wgskrnr/SZA-265|url-status=dead}}</ref> A former Solidarity activist and editor of certain opposition magazines for seven years during communist rule in Poland, Reiter became an editor for ''Życie Warszawy'' and later served as a diplomat for Poland.<ref name=boosts>{{cite news| url = https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/1422831/Arrogance-of-France-boosts-eastern-Europes-admiration-for-US.html | title = Arrogance of France boosts eastern Europe's admiration for US | access-date = 2010-12-01 | date = 2003-02-22 | newspaper = The Daily Telegraph}}</ref> From 1990 to 1995, he was Poland's ambassador to Germany.<ref name=boosts/> He was the Polish ambassador to the United States from 2005 to 2007, also accredited to the Bahamas as well.

Reiter returned to Poland in late 2007 and took the position of Poland's Special Envoy for Climate Change. He also served as vice-chairman of the management board of the media company Presspublica. From 2010 until 2013, he was the president of the Polish Center for International Relations; he now serves as chairman of the board.<ref>[http://www.robertboschacademy.de/content/language2/html/53219.asp Richard von Weizsäcker Fellow; Janusz Reiter] Robert Bosch Academy.</ref> Also, he is on the advisory board of OMFIF where he participates in various meetings regarding the financial and monetary system.

Reiter has received the Grand Crosses with Star and Sash of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Who is who w Polsce|publisher=Wyd. I. Zug: Hübners blaues|year=2002|isbn=3-7290-0034-9|page=1646}}</ref>

==Other activities== * Scope Group, Member of the Advisory<ref>[https://scopegroup.com/boards-and-ambassadors Boards and Ambassadors] Scope Group.</ref> * Deutsche Bank, Member of the Advisory Board<ref>[https://www.db.com/company/de/media/bezirksbeiraete-fuer-deutschland-regional-advisory-councils-for-germany.pdf Members of the Regional Advisory Board, 2018] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181229171844/https://www.db.com/company/de/media/bezirksbeiraete-fuer-deutschland-regional-advisory-councils-for-germany.pdf |date=2018-12-29 }} Deutsche Bank.</ref>

==Bibliography== {{Incomplete list|date=May 2020}}

* {{Cite journal |author=Reiter, Janusz |date=Spring 2007 |title=Bridging the Oder : reflections on Poland, Germany, and the transformation of Europe – Part II. Lecture delivered at the German Unification Symposium, October 3, 2006 |journal=Bulletin of the German Historical Institute |volume=40 |pages=47–51 |url=https://www.ghi-dc.org/publications/ghi-bulletin.html?L=0 <!--accessdate=2020-05-27-->}}

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