On Friday, April 12, 2024, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Defense, Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz, appointed Major General Karol Dymanowski as the First Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Polish Armed Forces.
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Thus, the vacancy was filled after on March 29 of this year, the former First Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Polish Armed Forces, General Piotr Błazeusz, was appointed by the Minister of National Defense as the commander of the European Corps (casually shortened to Eurocorps). General Błazeusz assumed his new command one day before.
Major General Dr. Eng. Karol Dymanowski
He is a graduate of the Faculty of Military Electronics at the Military University of Technology in Warsaw and the National Defence University in Warsaw, where he completed postgraduate studies in operational-tactical and defense policy, and also obtained a doctoral degree in defense sciences.
He began his military service at the 1st Radioelectronic Center in Grójec, where from 2001 to 2007, he served as an intelligence officer, head of the radio tracking section, and chief of the data analysis group section.
From 2007 to 2012, he served in the Air Command Reconnaissance And Electronic Warfare Division – A2 as a specialist and senior specialist. During this time, from 2010 to 2012, he also served as the chairman of the NATO Electronic Warfare Working Group under the auspices of the NATO Conference Of National Armament Directors.
In 2012, he was appointed to the position of Chief of the Office of the Air Force Commander, and since January 2014, as Chief of the Office of the General Commander of the Armed Forces.
In 2015, he assumed the duties of Chief of the Non-Kinetic Operations Division – J9 of the General Command of the Armed Forces, where he was responsible for civil-military cooperation (CIMIC), information operations (INFOOPS), and psychological operations (PSYOPS).
In March 2016, he was appointed Deputy Director, and then (in December 2016) Director of the Department of Armament Policy at the Ministry of National Defense, simultaneously serving as the National Armaments Director. On August 15, 2018, he was promoted to the rank of Brigadier General.
In June 2021, he was promoted to the rank of Major General and was assigned to serve at the Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (SHAPE) within NATO as the Deputy Chief of Staff for Strategic Development and Readiness. On October 24, 2022, he assumed the position of Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Polish Armed Forces.