Krzysztof Zbigniew Ligęza (born 29 September 1965 in Gdynia) is a habilitated doctor specializing in security studies, reserve officer of the Polish Navy, former commander of the ships ORP Zwrotny and ORP Czujny, as well as the Floating Units Group, and director of the Institute of Maritime Operations at the Polish Naval Academy.

[1] After five years of study, in 1989, he earned the title of Master of Science in Marine Navigation based on his thesis Hydrometeorological Conditions for Submarine Search in Selected Areas of the Southern Baltic Sea, supervised by Professor Krzysztof Holec.

In 2000, by order of the Minister of National Defence, he was sent for postgraduate studies at the Joint Services Command and Staff College in Shrivenham.

[1] Upon completing the Polish Naval Academy, he was assigned to the 11th Division of Submarine Chasers, 9th Coastal Defence Flotilla, stationed in Hel.

[1] In May 1995, after five years of service aboard ships, he transitioned to work at the Polish Naval Academy, taking the position of assistant in the Department of Tactics and Operational Art at the Institute of Command and Staff.

[1][3] After returning from studies at the Staff College in Shrivenham, UK, he became a senior lecturer and, in 2005, after earning his doctorate, an assistant professor at his alma mater.

[7][8][9][10] He is also the author of numerous works, expert reports, defense standards, articles, scripts, textbooks, and monographs related to the Polish Navy, many of which have been presented at conferences both domestically and internationally, as well as published in scientific journals.