Piotr Arkadiusz Serafin (born 12 January 1974)[1] is a Polish politician and lawyer. Between 2007–2008, he served as Undersecretary of State for European Integration and between 2012–2014 as Secretary of State of Foreign Affairs.
Piotr Serafin | |
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.jpg) Official portrait, 2024 | |
| European Commissioner for Budget and Administration | |
| Assumed office 1 December 2024 | |
| President | Ursula von der Leyen |
| Preceded by | Johannes Hahn |
| Permanent Representative of Poland to the European Union | |
Caretaker | |
| In office 13 December 2023 – 14 October 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Andrzej Sadoś |
| Succeeded by | Agnieszka Bartol-Saurel |
| Secretary of State of Foreign Affairs | |
| In office 22 May 2012 – 22 September 2014 | |
| Prime Minister | Donald Tusk |
| Minister | Radosław Sikorski |
| Undersecretary of State of Foreign Affairs | |
| In office 1 January 2010 – 18 February 2010 | |
| Prime Minister | Donald Tusk |
| Minister | Radosław Sikorski |
| Undersecretary of State for European Integration | |
| In office 16 January 2008 – 1 January 2010 | |
| Prime Minister | Donald Tusk |
| Minister | Radosław Sikorski |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Piotr Arkadiusz Serafin 12 January 1974 Sulęcin, Poland |
| Political party | Civic Platform |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater | SGH Warsaw School of Economics University of Warsaw |
| Occupation | |
| Awards | Cross of Merit (2005) Order of Polonia Restituta (2014) National Order of Merit (Romania) (2020) |
Early life and education
editSerafin 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
editSerafin began his professional career at the Office of the Committee for European Integration (UKIE) in 1998. He became director of the Analysis and Strategy Department 2004. Between 16 January 2008 and 31 December 2009, Serafin 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. He served as the Secretary of State at MFA from 22 May 2012 until 24 September 2014. On 1 December 2014, Serafin took the position of the Head of the Cabinet of the President of the European Council, Donald Tusk.[3][4]
From 13 December 2023 to October 2024, Serafin served as the acting Permanent Representative of Poland to the European Union.[5] In August 2024, he was nominated by the Polish Government to be Poland's next European Commissioner.[6]
Personal life
editSerafin is married, with two daughters.[2]
Honours
edit- 2005 – Silver Cross of Merit, Poland[7]
- 2014 – Officer's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta, Poland[8]
- 2020 – Commander's Cross of the National Order of Merit, Romania[9]
References
edit- ^ Pawlicki, Jacek (12 February 2013). "Piotr Serafin: Szerpa z Sulęcina". NewsWeek (in Polish). Retrieved 18 December 2023.
- ^ a b c "Secretary of State Piotr Serafin" (PDF). app.parlemento.pt. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 December 2023. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
- ^ "Wszyscy ludzie Tuska. Nowy szef Rady Europejskiej skompletował gabinet" (in Polish). 28 November 2014. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
- ^ "Gabinet Donalda Tuska". consilium.europa.eu (in Polish). Archived from the original on 25 September 2015. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
- ^ "Acting Permanent Representative of Poland to the EU". Government of Poland. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
- ^ "Tusk names ally Piotr Serafin as Poland's next EU commissioner pick". Politico Europe. Retrieved 13 August 2024.
- ^ "Postanowienie Prezydenta Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej z dnia 15 czerwca 2005 r. o nadaniu odznaczeń". isap.sejm.gov.pl (in Polish). 15 June 2005. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
- ^ "Postanowienie Prezydenta Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej z dnia 11 listopada 2014 r. o nadaniu orderu". isap.sejm.gov.pl (in Polish). 11 November 2014. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
- ^ "Persoane Decorate". canord.presidency.ro (in Romanian). Retrieved 18 December 2023.