Nicholas Andrew Rey


Nicholas Andrew Rey was an American diplomat, businessman, and United States Ambassador to Poland, affiliated with the Democratic Party.

Life

Rey was born in Warsaw, Poland, and as an infant fled the country with his family right after the beginning of World War II. In 1946 he became a naturalized United States citizen. He graduated from Princeton and Johns Hopkins universities, and worked as an investment banker at Merrill Lynch and Bear Stearns. Rey died in Washington, D.C. A memorial service was held on January 30 in Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Washington D.C. He was married, and had three children. He was a descendant of the Polish poet Mikołaj Rey.

Political career

Rey was appointed the United States' ambassador to Poland by President Bill Clinton, and served in that role from 1993 to 1997. He worked with many prominent Polish-Americans, for instance Edward Rowny and Mark Brzezinski, and participated in several campaigns of the Democratic Party.