Rafał Romanowski (born 15 February 1978) is a Polish politician who has served as a Member of the

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since 2023. He was undersecretary of state at the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development from 2015 to 2020 and 2021 to 2022. From 2022 to 2023, he served as secretary of state in the same ministry. Romanowski was a member of the

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from 2019 to 2023 and became a

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of the 9th term in November 2023.

Biography

Romanowski comes from the village of Szulmierza, Gmina Regimin in

Ciechanów County Ciechanów County () is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Masovian Voivodeship, east-central Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. Its a ...

Masovian Voivodeship Masovian Voivodeship or Mazowieckie Province (, ) and any variation thereof, is a Voivodeships of Poland, voivodeship (province) in east-central Poland, containing Poland's capital Warsaw. Masovian Voivodeship has an area of and had a 2019 po ...

. He is a graduate of studies in journalism and public relations at the Faculty of Political Science of the

Pułtusk Academy of Humanities Aleksander Gieysztor Academy of Humanities also known as Pułtusk Academy of Humanities in Pułtusk, Poland, ( or ) was established by the Ministry of National Education of the Republic of Poland on 14 July 1994. The School runs graduate degree ...

and in the field of marketing and advertising at the same university. He completed Executive MBA postgraduate studies at the University of Management in Warsaw. In 2022, he obtained a PhD in social sciences from the Military University of Technology in Warsaw. He worked at local television in

Ciechanów Ciechanów is a city in north-central Poland, seat of the Ciechanów County in the Masovian Voivodeship. As of December 2021, it has a population of 43,495. A city with almost a thousand years of history, recorded in 1065, Ciechanów is one of ...

and at Polkomtel. Then, from 2006, he was an advisor to

Henryk Kowalczyk Henryk Kowalczyk (; born 15 July 1956) is a Polish politician and teacher, who is served as Deputy Prime Minister of Poland and Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development. He was first elected to the Sejm on 25 September 2005. In 2006–2007 ...

(then Secretary of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development), as well as the head of his office as the government plenipotentiary for shaping the agricultural system. From August 2007 to 16 November 2007 he served as Undersecretary of State at the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development. In the

2007 Polish parliamentary election Parliamentary elections were held in Poland on 21 October 2007. All 460 members of the Sejm and 100 senators of the Senate were elected. The largest opposition group, Civic Platform (PO), soundly defeated the ruling Law and Justice (PiS) party an ...

, he unsuccessfully ran for the Sejm from the last place on the Law and Justice list in the Płock district (he received 3,419 votes). From 2009, he worked for the commercial law company Stadnina Koni "Nowe Jankowice", among others. as a proxy. From 2009, he was also vice-president of the management board of a limited liability company called ''Grupa Hodowcy Koni'' "Cold-blooded Horse". He served as vice-president of the board of the Coldblood Horse Breeders' Association (2009–2017), and then in 2018 he became a member of the board of this organization. He chaired the council of the Local Action Group "Orzyc-Narew" (2011–2016), and in 2013 he became the president of the Przyjazne Przedszkole Association in

Maków Mazowiecki Maków Mazowiecki () is a town in Poland, in the Masovian Voivodship. It is the powiat capital of Maków County (or Powiat of Maków). Its population is 10,850. History The town obtained its town charter in 1421. It was a Polish royal town, ad ...

. In November 2015, he again became deputy minister of agriculture with the rank of undersecretary of state. In the 2018 local elections, he was elected from the Law and Justice list as a councillor of the Masovian assembly of the 6th term. In the 2019 European election, he ran for the

in the Masovian constituency winning 11,420 votes but being too far down the list to be elected. In the parliamentary election later that year he ran for the

in Constituency 16. In January 2020, he left the position of deputy minister. In March 2020, he became the

plenipotentiary A ''plenipotentiary'' (from the Latin ''plenus'' "full" and ''potens'' "powerful") is a diplomat who has full powers—authorization to sign a treaty or convention on behalf of a sovereign. When used as a noun more generally, the word can als ...

of the Minister of State Assets,

Jacek Sasin Jacek Robert Sasin (born 6 November 1969 in Warsaw) is a Polish politician and former local government official. Biography The son of Wojciech, a turner, and Irena, an office worker. He graduated from the 20th Secondary School named after Boles� ...

with responsibility for agri-food. In November 2021, he returned to the position of Undersecretary of State at the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development. In February 2022, he obtained the right to take up the parliamentary seat vacated by Łukasz Szumowski. In the same month, he moved to the position of secretary of state in the Ministry of Agriculture, and also became the government's plenipotentiary for shaping the agricultural system. He lost his seat in the October 2023 Polish parliamentary election. In November 2023, he was elected MEP of the 9th term, replacing Zbigniew Kuźmiuka. As a result, he ended his position as deputy minister. In the European Parliament he joined the group of

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Medals

He was awarded the Silver Medal of Merit for National Defence.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Romanowski, Rafał 1978 births Living people People from Ciechanów Members of the Polish Sejm 2019–2023 Members of the European Parliament for Poland Law and Justice politicians Law and Justice MEPs 21st-century Polish civil servants Recipients of the Medal of Merit for National Defence MEPs for Poland 2019–2024

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