Piotr Serafin

Piotr Serafin
Official portrait, 2024
European Commissioner for Budget and Administration
Incumbent
Assumed office
1 December 2024
PresidentUrsula von der Leyen
Preceded byJohannes Hahn
Permanent Representative of Poland to the European Union
In office
13 December 2023 – 14 October 2024
Preceded byAndrzej Sadoś
Succeeded byAgnieszka Bartol-Saurel
Secretary of State of Foreign Affairs
In office
22 May 2012 – 22 September 2014
Prime MinisterDonald Tusk
MinisterRadosław Sikorski
Undersecretary of State of Foreign Affairs
In office
1 January 2010 – 18 February 2010
Prime MinisterDonald Tusk
MinisterRadosław Sikorski
Undersecretary of State for European Integration
In office
16 January 2008 – 1 January 2010
Prime MinisterDonald Tusk
MinisterRadosław Sikorski
Personal details
Born
Piotr Arkadiusz Serafin

(1974-01-12) 12 January 1974 (age 50)
Sulęcin, Poland
Political partyCivic Platform
Children2
Alma materSGH Warsaw School of Economics
University of Warsaw
Occupation
AwardsCross of Merit (2005)
Order of Polonia Restituta (2014)
National Order of Merit (Romania) (2020)

Piotr Arkadiusz Serafin (Polish pronunciation: [ˈpjɔtr arˈkadjuʂ sɛˈrafin]; born 12 January 1974)[1] is a Polish politician and lawyer who has served as European Commissioner for Budget and Administration since December 2024. Between 2007–2008, he served as Undersecretary of State for European Integration and between 2012–2014 as Secretary of State of Foreign Affairs.

Early life and education

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

Career

Serafin began his professional career at the Office of the Committee for European Integration (UKIE) in 1998. 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. 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

Serafin is married with two daughters.[2]

Honours

References

  1. ^ Pawlicki, Jacek (12 February 2013). "Piotr Serafin: Szerpa z Sulęcina". NewsWeek (in Polish). Retrieved 18 December 2023.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ "Wszyscy ludzie Tuska. Nowy szef Rady Europejskiej skompletował gabinet" (in Polish). 28 November 2014. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
  4. ^ "Gabinet Donalda Tuska". consilium.europa.eu (in Polish). Archived from the original on 25 September 2015. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
  5. ^ "Acting Permanent Representative of Poland to the EU". Government of Poland. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
  6. ^ "Tusk names ally Piotr Serafin as Poland's next EU commissioner pick". Politico Europe. Retrieved 13 August 2024.
  7. ^ "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.
  8. ^ "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.
  9. ^ "Persoane Decorate". canord.presidency.ro (in Romanian). Retrieved 18 December 2023.