Piotr Serafin
Piotr Serafin | |
|---|---|
 Piotr Serafin (2023) | |
| Poland Ambassador to the European Union | |
| Assumed office 13 December 2023 | |
| Preceded by | Andrzej Sadoś |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 12 January 1974 Sulęcin, Poland |
| Alma mater | SGH Warsaw School of Economics, University of Warsaw |
| Profession | official, diplomat |
Piotr Arkadiusz Serafin (born 12 January 1974 in Sulęcin)[1] is a Polish official. Since 13 December 2023 he serves as the Acting Permanent Representative of Poland to the European Union.
Life[edit]
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]
In 1998, he 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, he 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, he was nominated the acting Permanent Representative of Poland to the European Union.[5]
Married, with two daughters.[2]
Honours[edit]
- 2005 – Silver Cross of Merit, Poland[6]
- 2014 – Officer's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta, Poland[7]
- 2020 – Commander's Cross of the National Order of Merit, Romania[8]
References[edit]
- ^ Pawlicki, Jacek (2013-02-12). "Piotr Serafin: Szerpa z Sulęcina". Newsweek (in Polish). Retrieved 2023-12-18.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Gabinet Przewodniczącego Rady Europejskiej". european-council.europa.eu (in Polish). Archived from the original on 2015-09-25. Retrieved 2023-12-18.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Persoane Decorate". canord.presidency.ro (in Romanian). Retrieved 2023-12-18.
- 1974 births
- 21st-century Polish politicians
- European civil servants
- Living people
- Officers of the Order of Polonia Restituta
- People from Sulęcin
- Permanent Representatives of Poland to the European Union
- Recipients of the National Order of Merit (Romania)
- Recipients of the Silver Cross of Merit (Poland)
- SGH Warsaw School of Economics alumni
- University of Warsaw alumni