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Piotr Serafin | |
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 Official portrait, 2024 | |
| European Commissioner for Budget and Administration | |
| Assumed office 1 December 2024 | |
| Commission | Von der Leyen II |
| Preceded by | Johannes Hahn |
| Permanent Representative of Poland to the European Union | |
| In office 13 December 2023 – 14 October 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Andrzej Sadoś |
| Succeeded by | Agnieszka Bartol |
| 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 (1974-01-12)12 January 1974 (age 51) |
| 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) |
Piotr Arkadiusz Serafin (Polish pronunciation:[ˈpjɔtrarˈkadjuʂsɛˈrafin]; born 12 January 1974)[1] is a Polish politician and lawyer who has served asEuropean Commissioner for Budget, Anti-Fraud and Public Administration since December 2024. Between 2007–2008, he served asUndersecretary of State for European Integration and between 2012–2014 asSecretary of State of Foreign Affairs.
Serafin graduated in economics at theSGH Warsaw School of Economics, and in law at theUniversity of Warsaw. He was a postgraduate student of European integration at theUniversity of Sussex.[2]
Serafin began his professional career at theOffice 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 wasUndersecretary of State at UKIE and National Aid Coordinator for thePhare and Transition Facility programmes. Following the merging of UKIE and theMinistry 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 theEU Commissioner for Financial Programming and BudgetJanusz 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 thePresident 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 theEuropean Union.[5] In August 2024, he was nominated by the Polish Government to be Poland's next European Commissioner.[6]
Serafin is married and has two daughters.[2]
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