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Piotr Serafin
Piotr Serafin in 2023
Poland Ambassador to the European Union
Incumbent
Assumed office
13 December 2023
Preceded byAndrzej Sadoś
Personal details
Born (1974-01-12) 12 January 1974 (age 50)
Sulęcin, Poland
Political partyCivic Platform
Children2
Alma materSGH Warsaw School of Economics, University of Warsaw
OccupationLawyer • Diplomat • Civil servant • Politician
AwardsCross of Merit (2005)
Order of Polonia Restituta (2014)
National Order of Merit (Romania) (2020)

Piotr Arkadiusz Serafin (born 12 January 1974)[1] is a Polish official. Since 13 December 2023 he serves as the Acting Permanent Representative of Poland to the European Union.

Early life and education

Serafin graduated from economics at the SGH Warsaw School of Economics, and from law at the University of Warsaw. He was a postgraduate student of European integration at the University of Sussex.[2]

Career

In 1998, Serafin began his professional career at the Office of the Committee for European Integration (UKIE). In 2004, he became director of the Analysis and Strategy Department. Between 16 January 2008 and 31 December 2009, he was Undersecretary of State at UKIE and National Aid Coordinator for the Phare and Transition Facility programmes. Following the merging of UKIE and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in 2010, he was appointed Undersecretary of State at MFA.[2]

In February 2010, Serafin was appointed the deputy head of Cabinet of the EU Commissioner for Financial Programming and Budget Janusz Lewandowski. From 22 May 2012 to 24 September 2014, he served as the Secretary of State at MFA. On 1 December 2014, he took the position of the Head of the Cabinet of the President of the European Council, Donald Tusk.[3][4] After that, between 2020 and 2023, he was the Director of Transport, Telecommunications and Energy at the General Secretariat of the Council of the European Union.

On 13 December 2023, Serafin was nominated the acting Permanent Representative of Poland to the European Union.[5]

In August 2024, Serafin was nominated by the Polish Government to be Poland's next European Commissioner.[6]

Personal life

Serafin is married, with two daughters.[2]

Honours

References

  1. ^ Pawlicki, Jacek (2013-02-12). "Piotr Serafin: Szerpa z Sulęcina". Newsweek (in Polish). Retrieved 2023-12-18.
  2. ^ a b c "Secretary of State Piotr Serafin" (PDF). app.parlamento.pt. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2023-12-18. Retrieved 2023-12-18.
  3. ^ "Wszyscy ludzie Tuska. Nowy szef Rady Europejskiej skompletował gabinet". dziennik.pl (in Polish). 2014-11-28. Archived from the original on 2023-02-06. Retrieved 2023-12-18.
  4. ^ "Gabinet Przewodniczącego Rady Europejskiej". european-council.europa.eu (in Polish). Archived from the original on 2015-09-25. Retrieved 2023-12-18.
  5. ^ "Acting Permanent Representative of Poland to the EU - Poland in the EU - Gov.pl website". Poland in the EU. Archived from the original on 2023-12-18. Retrieved 2023-12-18.
  6. ^ "Tusk names ally Piotr Serafin as Poland's next EU commissioner pick". Politico. Retrieved 13 August 2024.
  7. ^ "Postanowienie Prezydenta Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej z dnia 15 czerwca 2005 r. o nadaniu odznaczeń". isap.sejm.gov.pl (in Polish). 2005-06-15. Retrieved 2023-12-18.
  8. ^ "Postanowienie Prezydenta Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej z dnia 11 listopada 2014 r. o nadaniu orderu". isap.sejm.gov.pl (in Polish). 2014-11-11. Retrieved 2023-12-18.
  9. ^ "Persoane Decorate". canord.presidency.ro (in Romanian). Retrieved 2023-12-18.
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