Janusz Andrzej Kotański (born 29 April 1957 in Warsaw) is a Polish historian and teacher, since 2016 serving as an ambassador to the Holy See. Life Janusz Kotański was born in 1957 in Warsaw. In 1983, he has earned his master's degree from the University of Warsaw, Faculty of History. He has been studying also law. He was working as a high school teacher and as a specialist at the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage, as well as at the Polish Information Agency and as a historian at the Institute of National Remembrance and at the Museum of John Paul II and Primate Wyszyński. In 2016 he was nominated ambassador to the Holy See, accredited also to the Sovereign Military Order of Malta. He presented his credentials to Pope Francis on 23 June 2016. He ended his term on 15 May 2022. He is married. Works Polacy w ZSRR 1917–1947 (co-author), Warszawa 1990 Wiersze, Warszawa 1991 Krym i inne wiersze, Kraków 1993 44 wiersze, Warszawa 1999 Ksiądz Jerzy Popiełuszko, Warszawa 2004, 2010 Kropla, Warszawa 2006 Czas przemian 1979–1989. Znaczenie pierwszych trzech pielgrzymek Jana Pawła II do Ojczyzny, Warszawa 2010 Nic niemożliwego, Warszawa 2011 Prymas Stefan Wyszyński w służbie Bogu, człowiekowi i narodowi, Warszawa 2011 Głos, Warszawa: Fronda PL 2014 References 1957 births Ambassadors of Poland to the Holy See University of Warsaw alumni Living people Writers from Warsaw 20th-century Polish historians Polish male non-fiction writers Diplomats from Warsaw 21st-century Polish historians