Konrad Krzysztof Szymański (born 6 December 1969) is a Polish politician who was Minister for European Affairs from 2015 to 2022.

Biography

Szymański was growing up in

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. He earned a Master of Law at Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań in 1995. He was an advisor to the

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of the

Sejm The Sejm (English: , Polish: ), officially known as the Sejm of the Republic of Poland ( Polish: ''Sejm Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej''), is the lower house of the bicameral parliament of Poland. The Sejm has been the highest governing body of ...

from 1999 to 2000, subsequently serving in the Political Cabinet of the

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. From 2004 to 2014, he was a

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for the

Lower Silesian Voivodship Lower Silesian Voivodeship, or Lower Silesia Province, in southwestern Poland, is one of the 16 voivodeships (provinces) into which Poland is divided. The voivodeship was created on 1 January 1999 out of the former Wrocław, Legnica, Wałbrzy ...

Opole Voivodship Opole Voivodeship, or Opole Province ( pl, województwo opolskie ), is the smallest and least populated voivodeship (province) of Poland. The province's name derives from that of the region's capital and largest city, Opole. It is part of Upper Si ...

with the Law and Justice party, part of the European Conservatives and Reformists group. Szymański sat on the

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's Committee on Foreign Affairs and its

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.European Parliament, Your MEPs, Konrad Szymański
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and a member of the delegation for relations with Belarus. In 2013 and 2014,

Polityka ''Polityka'' (, ''Politics'') is a centre-left weekly news magazine in Poland. With a circulation of 200,050 (as of April 2011), it was the country's biggest selling weekly, ahead of ''Newsweek''s Polish edition, '' Newsweek Polska'', and '' W ...

and

Rzeczpospolita () is the official name of Poland and a traditional name for some of its predecessor states. It is a compound of "thing, matter" and "common", a calque of Latin ''rés pública'' ( "thing" + "public, common"), i.e. ''republic'', in Engli ...

respectively voted him one of the best Polish members of the European Parliament. On 9 November 2015, Szymański was appointed the Polish Secretary of State for European Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He resigned in October 2022.

References

External links

Official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Szymanski, Konrad 1969 births Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań alumni Living people Government ministers of Poland Politicians from Kalisz Law and Justice MEPs MEPs for Poland 2004–2009 MEPs for Poland 2009–2014