Personnel policy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the period of formation of the foreign service of the Second Polish Republic – recruitment of the staff and requirements for candidates to work in the department

Abstract

The main purpose of this article is to present some major aspects of the personnel policy pursued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs starting from 1918. The starting point is marked by Poland’s regaining independence and the establishment of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. It is significant that the year1926 closes a certain stage in the history of Polish diplomacy, during which the most functional organisational shape of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs was sought, a network of foreign diplomatic and consular posts was created, and basic normative acts were drafted. The assessment of the personnel policy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the first years of its operation is difficult because of the fluidity of personnel, frequent changes of ministers, and constant reorganization of the structure. From the very beginning of the