Rafał Piotr Siemianowski (born 25 October 1980 in

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) is a Polish civil servant, from 2021 to 2024 he served as

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Life

Siemianowski graduated from international relations at the

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(2004) and the National School of Public Administration, KSAP (2006). Between 2008 and 2009 he was president of the KSAP alumni association. He has been educated also at the

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and at the

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He gained his experience as an intern at the Embassy of Poland in

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(2002), at the Prefecture of the

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Department in

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(2005), at the EU

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(2009/2010). In 2004, Siemianowski started his professional career at the Marshal's Office of the

Opole Voivodeship Opole Voivodeship ( , , ), is the smallest and least populated voivodeships of Poland, voivodeship (province) of Poland. The province's name derives from that of the region's capital and largest city, Opole. It is part of Silesia. A relatively lar ...

. In 2006 he joined the

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, being promoted from a chief specialist to an advisor to the Head of the Chancellery and the Deputy Director of the Secretariat/Office of the Prime Minister. Between 2012 and 2015 he served at the

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as counsellor for scientific and academic cooperation as well as political affairs. In 2015, he returned to the post of the Deputy Director of the Office of the Prime Minister. In 2017, he was appointed to the Board of the

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. On 23 October 2020 he became Undersecretary of State, Deputy Head of the Chancellery of the Prime Minister. In 2021, Siemianowski was nominated Poland ambassador to Belgium. He took the post on 20 November 2021. He ended his mission on 31 July 2024. He is married, with one daughter.

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