Abstract: The text is the first non-Communist Polish Prime Minister’s very personal refection on the first Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Poland after the country regained full independence. Minister Krzysztof Skubiszewski has been presented here as a devoted patriot, a real European and a competent statesman. The speech shows the complexity of his ministerial activities he dealt with in a manner deserving his compatriots’ real gratitude. The text of course is of a personal character.