| Piotr Serafin | |
| Birth Date: | 12 January 1974 |
| Birth Place: | Sulęcin, Poland |
| Party: | Civic Platform |
| Children: | 2 |
| Alma Mater: | SGH Warsaw School of Economics University of Warsaw |
| Awards: | Cross of Merit (2005) Order of Polonia Restituta (2014) National Order of Merit (Romania) (2020) |
| Office: | European Commissioner for Budget and Administration |
| President: | Ursula von der Leyen |
| Term Start: | 1 December 2024 |
| Predecessor: | Johannes Hahn |
| Office1: | Permanent Representative of Poland to the European Union |
| Termstart1: | 13 December 2023 |
| Predecessor1: | Andrzej Sadoś |
| Office2: | Secretary of State of Foreign Affairs |
| Minister2: | Radosław Sikorski |
| Termend2: | 22 September 2014 |
| Termstart2: | 22 May 2012 |
| Primeminister2: | Donald Tusk |
| Office3: | Undersecretary of State of Foreign Affairs |
| Term Start3: | 1 January 2010 |
| Term End3: | 18 February 2010 |
| Minister3: | Radosław Sikorski |
| Primeminister3: | Donald Tusk |
| Office4: | Undersecretary of State for European Integration |
| Term Start4: | 16 January 2008 |
| Term End4: | 1 January 2010 |
| Minister4: | Radosław Sikorski |
| Primeminister4: | Donald Tusk |
| Birth Name: | Piotr Arkadiusz Serafin |
| Termend1: | 14 October 2024 |
| Succeeded1: | Agnieszka Bartol-Saurel |
| Status1: | Caretaker |
Piotr Arkadiusz Serafin (pronounced as /pl/; 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.
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]
Serafin 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]
Serafin is married with two daughters.