Henryk Szlajfer (born 7 November 1947, Wrocław) – Polish economist and political scientist of Jewish origin, professor at the University of Warsaw,[1] in the years 1993–2008, director of the Department of Strategy and Policy Planning, then of the American Department and archive at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, appointed by then Prime Minister Jerzy Buzek as an ambassador ad personam, former ambassador-head of the Polish Permanent Representation to the OSCE, IAEA and other international organizations in Vienna.
In 1968 Szlajfer and Adam Michnik, at that time students of the University of Warsaw, were expelled from the university for their opposition activity.
Associated with the so-called banana youth,[2] he was sentenced to 2 years in prison.
Member of the editorial board of the Studia Polityczne magazine (ISP PAN).
In the 1990s in the Editorial Council of the Journal of Latin American Studies (Cambridge University Press).