| Piotr Serafin | |
| Ambassador From: | Poland |
| Country: | the European Union |
| Term Start: | 13 December 2023 |
| Predecessor: | Andrzej Sadoś |
| Birth Date: | 12 January 1974 |
| Birth Place: | Sulęcin, Poland |
| Nationality: | Polish |
| Alma Mater: | SGH Warsaw School of Economics, University of Warsaw |
| Profession: | official, diplomat |
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.
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, 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.
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]
Serafin is married, with two daughters.