Janusz Burakiewicz was a Polish politician and diplomat who formerly served as the Minister of Shipping and Foreign Trade. Born in 1961, he spent four years as a prisoner in Nazi concentration camps from 1941 to 1945. He entered a career in politics and quickly rose to become Minister of Shipping from 1964 to 1969. He then went on to become the Minister of Foreign Trade from 1969 to 1971, before serving as the Polish Ambassador in Belgrade from 1971 to 1978.