Roman Polko

Division General Roman Polko (2008)

Roman Polko (born November 8, 1962 in Tychy , Poland) is a division general of the Polish armed forces and current head of the " Biuro Bezpieczeństwa Narodowego " (German National Security Authority). He is a former commander of the GROM unit of the Polish special forces .

Polko graduated from the Tadeusz Kościuszko Military Academy of the Army in Wrocław . He then served in a reconnaissance unit in Dziwnów , later also in the “1. Special Regiment Command in Lubliniec as platoon leader . Between 1992 and 1994 he took part in the UNPROFOR peace mission in the former Yugoslavia. In 1994, after serving as the commanding officer of the “Czerwone Berety” (red berets) in Kraków , Polko resumed his studies at the “ Academy for National Security ” in Warsaw. He also completed a ranger and pathfinder course with the US Army . In 1998 Polko became the commander of the “6. Airborne Battalion ”in Bielsko-Biała , which was part of the Polish military contingent of KFOR in Kosovo. Between May 26, 2000 and February 11, 2004 he was the commander of the Polish special unit "GROM". Polko led this during Operation Iraqi Freedom . In 2006 Polko, meanwhile promoted to colonel , was again commander of the GROM, but only for a short time. In March 2006, he was promoted to brigadier general and transferred to the "Biuro Bezpieczeństwa Narodowego", where Polko took up the post of deputy chief. There he was appointed boss in August 2007 after his former supervisor took up the post of Polish interior minister. On August 15, 2007, Polko was promoted to division general.