page_title: Artur Kołosowski
section_title: Military career
hierarchical_section_title: Artur Kołosowski / Military career
caption_attribution_description: Polski: Pożegnanie gen. bryg. Artura Kołosowskiego przez Prezydenta RP
context_page_description: Artur Stanisław Kołosowski - born May 11, 1958 in Poland, brigadier general of Polish Armed Forces, visiting professor at the Military University of Technology in Warsaw. President of the board, and CEO in joint-stock company. Graduate of MBA studies. The author of numerous publications within the scope of national defence and security, and cybersecurity.
context_section_description: After graduating from the Military University of Technology he was associated with Air Defence and Air Force units (1982–1999), primarily as an electronics engineer of C3 (communications, command and control) equipment for radio engineering units.
  In the years 1982–1987 he dealt with C3 systems in the Radio-Technical Military College, where he worked on radiolocation subsystems, imitators and tactical simulators for guiding aircraft to targets.
  In 1987–1994 he gave lectures and tutorials in the field of radar equipment, digital devices and simulators. After completing the instructor course, he became the director of the foreign language section at the Radio-Electronics Training Centre (1994).
  He was a supervisor of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) in the Republika Srpska (1997) and Montenegro (1998).
  In 1999, as a foreign affairs expert, he began his service in the Ministry of National Defence (MoD) - Press and Information Office, where, among other things, he represented MoD in the NATO Audiovisual Working Group.
  In the years 2000–2001 he served in the office of the Under Secretary of State for Defence Policy, where his responsibilities included international affairs and foreign contacts. In 2002, he returned to the MoD Press and Information Office for the position of deputy director.
  In the years 2003–2007 he held the director position in the Department of Defence in the Office of Electronic Communications and, among other duties, he supervised telecommunications companies in terms of national defence and security. At the time he was also a Polish representative to Civil Communications Planning Committee (CCPC) NATO.
  From November 2007 to September 2010, he served as director of the Secretariat of the Minister of National Defence. He organized minister's national and international activities, and he was directly involved in the implementation of the MoD key projects. On August 15, 2009 he was nominated to the rank of Brigadier General by the President of Poland. From September 2010 to May 2012, as the director of MoD Personnel Department, he coordinated military HRM (human resource management) policies on behalf of the minister.
  The years 2007–2012, during which he performed the tasks in the strict leadership of Polish Ministry of National Defence, were crucial for the Polish Armed Forces. At this time, the compulsory military service was abolished and the professionalization of the military became a fact. It was also the time when the mission of Polish troops in Iraq was completed. There were also numerous activities in the field of crisis response, associated with the tragic aircraft crashes and natural disasters.
  On July 31, 2012 he ended his professional career in the military service and in August 15, 2012, on Polish Armed Forces Day, he was officially farewelled by the President of the Republic of Poland.
  From August 2012 till July 2016 he was the president of the board and CEO of the Central Military Bureau of Design and Technology JSC (WCBKT S.A.) which is engaged in research and development projects, development of prototypes, manufacturing and servicing of ground support equipment (GSE) for military and civilian aviation, as well as training equipment for land forces. WCBKT S.A. belongs to the Polish Armaments Group (PGZ S.A.). 
  Artur Kolosowski was involved in building a new domain for the PGZ S.A - cybertechnologies domain. He also took part in NIAG (NATO Industry Advisory Group) works in area of cybersecurity.
caption: The President of Poland bids farewell to Brigadier General Artur Kolosowski (2012)
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