Mosbacher resigns from Poland ambassador post
After two years in her position, Georgette Mosbacher announced her resignation as U.S. Ambassador to Poland.
The Polish Press
Agency was first to report her announcement on
Dec. 26 with the following:
“Georgette Mosbacher, the U.S. ambassador to Poland, has filed in a resignation, effective Jan. 20, Mosbacher told a private TV station. The ambassador said her decision was in accordance with rules applying to politically-nominated ambassadors and that her resignation should be submitted before a new president is sworn in. Mosbacher said she would continue her involvement in the region and was not leaving Poland for good.
She said she did not agree with Donald Trump, who claims victory in the presidential election contrary to official results. She also said that, according to her, the vote count was fair in most cases.
The Polish president, Andrzej Duda, accepted Mosbacher’s credentials in September 2018. She has been the first U.S. woman ambassador in Warsaw.”
It was in March 2018 when I wrote first reported about Northwest Indiana native and cosmetics maven Mosbacher’s likely appointment as ambassador to Poland, as recommended by her pal President Donald Trump. Most of us from Northwest Indiana know of Georgette and her early roots in her hometown of Highland, starting back when her maiden name was Paulsin.
Georgette, who graduated from Indiana University in 1969, was married to Robert Mosbacher Sr. until they divorced in 1998.
He was a Houston oil multimillionaire who served as U.S. Commerce secretary under President George H.W. Bush. Mosbacher moved to New
York City, while still remaining on the Washington, D.C. social scene helping with Republican party fundraising. Mosbacher Sr. died in 2010.
In my three decades of reporting, I’ve interviewed Georgette a few times, and she’s always provided colorful column fodder, in particular, a favorite story from December 1990.
She wore the infamous Hope Diamond while the couple was at a Washington D.C. party to publicize a $1 million gift to the Smithsonian museum, where the gem is displayed.
In the past three centuries, the 45.52 carat sparkling blue diamond has been worn by such royalty as Marie Antoinette and Countess DuBarry of France, and it comes with a legendary curse.
At the party, Georgette laughed at the diamond’s curse, telling reporters at the event: “I’d wear it in my navel for a million bucks.”
According to lore, the diamond, now worth more than $350 million, was stolen from the forehead of an Indian idol worshiped by followers of Rama Sita. As a result, the god placed a curse on the diamond, promising tragedy to befall anyone who owned or wore it.
On Tuesday, Georgette tweeted: “My priorities as US Ambassador were: #1 visa waiver for Poles, #2 EDCA, #3 V Corps HQ, #4 energy diversification, and #5 Three Seas Initiative. I am proud of what we have achieved together beginning with Poland joining the Visa Waiver Program. #MyProudestMoments”
She spent her Christmas in Poland, which she describes as her “second home,” and posted a short holiday music video via Twitter featuring herself and embassy staff dancing and singing from their homes to the tune “We Wish You a Merry Christmas.”